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Mayor Eric Adams cuts the ribbon at his new Harlem campaign office at 102 West 124th Street on Wednesday

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams opens Harlem campaign office amid ballot-line dispute with election officials

By Adam Daly and Ramy Mahmoud

City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

By Shea Vance & Lloyd Mitchell

Council member Tiffany Cabán among 50 protesters arrested in takeover of Schumer, Gillibrand’s Midtown offices

By Dean Moses

Midtown mass shooting suspect holding M4 rifle with photo of his permit

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: How Nevada gun laws helped enable a killer to wreak havoc and death in New York

By Ajani Stella

people embrace during a candlelight vigil in Bryant Park

New Yorkers gather in Bryant Park to grief Midtown mass shooting victims, vow ‘we are stronger together’

By Manuela Moreyra

Masked guards for ICE escort immigrant

ICE in court: Feds snatch more immigrants as Lander, Williams demand safety inspection of detainment center

By Dean Moses

three men apprehended in dark ICE courtroom.

Housing & Homelessness

ICE in courts: Arrests go on in Lower Manhattan as leaked video shows immigrants detained in squalid conditions

By Dean Moses and Adam Daly

Man in suit stands in front of crowd holding signs and speaks to press.

NYC public school funding: Pols and advocates rally at Tweed Courthouse to condemn federal cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By Shea Vance

Eric Adams stands with several individuals in front of Chinese dragon dancers.

‘AAPI for Mayor Adams’: Adams campaigns in Chinatown, earns support from local leaders

By Shea Vance

A handful of elected officials touted the MELT ICE bill on Wednesday, which would force Feds to unmask; however, its implementation inside immigration court remains murky.

Melting ICE? Pols tout bill to unmask Feds but its implementation inside court remains unclear

By Dean Moses

Zohran Mamdani leading in NYC mayor's poll

Manhattan Democrats endorse Mamdani in latest sign of growing party support

By Ajani Stella

Congressman Dan Goldman detailed on Tuesday the horrific conditions that detained immigrants say they are living in on the 10th floor of Federal Plaza.

‘They’re shackled by their arms, their legs and their waist’: U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman details horrific ICE conditions

By Dean Moses

Headshots of Harvey Epstein and Virginia Maloney

Harvey Epstein, Virginia Maloney win City Council Democratic nominations in Manhattan districts 2 and 4

By Shea Vance

District 4 city council candidates

Maloney, Aronson, Storch locked in tight District 4 City Council race

By Manuela Moreyra

Harvey Epstein appears to clinch win for District 2 City Council race in NYC Primary

By Claude Solnik

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‘Just following orders’: ICE denies two New York Congress members entry to inspect immigrant detention center where people are sleeping on floors

By Dean Moses

Delivery workers holding a sign that reads Grubhub wonder stop deactivations

Food fight: Grubhub fires 50 delivery workers, sparking protest in Lower Manhattan

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Brad Lander being arrested by ICE officials

Brad Lander arrest is ‘abuse of power’ by ICE and feds, NYC mayoral candidates and organizations say

By Shea Vance

Mayoral candidate Scott Stringer votes in election

NYC Mayor’s Race: Stringer casts his early vote in Tribeca, calls himself the ‘adult’ in the election

By Dean Moses

Candidates for Manhattan Council District 7

Election 2025: District 7 City Council Democratic primary race heats up as Shaun Abreu seeks third term

By Adam Daly

Ballot boxes in a episcopal church in New York

Brooklyn

Things to Know for the 2025 Primary Elections

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

Reel Talk Featured Image District 4

Meet the City Council Candidates for Manhattan’s District 4

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

District 1

Meet the City Council Candidates for Manhattan’s District 1

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

NYPD commissioner and Espaillat holding check for camera funding

NYPD to install more cameras around Upper Manhattan with security funding from Espaillat

By Shea Vance

More from Around New York

six 33 Bedford Park Blvd. in Norwood.

Housing lottery closing soon for six units in Norwood, rent at $2,506

Standing together for trans rights on Transgender Day of Visibility

Report: 2.8 million transgender people 13 years and older in the US

More than 40 community members and local leaders testified at the first public advisory hearing for Resorts World NYC's casino gaming license bid.

First public hearing on Resorts World’s casino gaming license bid draws community support

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Sheepshead Bay’s historic Ocean Avenue Bridge reopens after $1.2M rehab