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Jewish woman’s tires slashed and antisemitic note left on her Manhattan windshield as city logs 152 antisemitic hate crimes so far in 2026

A Jewish woman visiting Manhattan had her car’s tires slashed and found an antisemitic note on her windshield Monday, according to The Algemeiner. In New York City, antisemitic hate crimes account for ...
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A Brooklyn nurse spent years earning a Rikers patient’s trust. He left prison, removed an old gang tattoo, and became a father who no longer needed her team at all.

Brooklyn behavioral health nurse Marie Tisi spent years supporting a former Rikers inmate through mental health care, helping him become a devoted father who no longer needed her team’s services.
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The Bronx finally gets its first Jollibee, and fans lined up through a heat wave for Chickenjoy

Fans braved a heat wave to line up for the Bronx’s first Jollibee at The Hub on Third Avenue, celebrating the Filipino fast-food chain’s debut with Chickenjoy, Jolly Spaghetti, and ribbon-cutting ...
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Con Edison activates its Emergency Response Center ahead of extreme heat, urges New Yorkers to cut power use between 2 and 10 p.m.

Con Edison activated its Emergency Response Center ahead of extreme heat hitting NYC, urging residents to reduce power use between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. to prevent outages in Bushwick and North Brooklyn.
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Honduras president sends letter to Marco Rubio asking for TPS transition period after Supreme Court clears way for mass revocations

Honduras President Nasry Asfura has requested a transition period for Honduran TPS holders following a Supreme Court ruling that enables mass revocations, citing risks to families and economies in ...
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The British occupied New York for seven years. A new MCNY exhibition wants to change how the city remembers the Revolution.

A new Museum of the City of New York exhibition reveals how British forces occupied New York for seven years during the Revolution, reshaping how the city remembers its pivotal role in American ...
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Rikers Island completes first building transfers since 2021, renewing calls to convert the 400-acre jail site into a solar and clean energy hub

NYC's first Rikers Island building transfers since 2021 prompt Bushwick's Sandy Nurse to push for faster progress on the Renewable Rikers clean energy plan. A 2022 rally outside City Hall called for ...
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He furnished his first apartment with buy now, pay later and went deep into debt. Now Rep. Maxwell Frost is going after the companies selling the same thing for rent

Rep. Maxwell Frost, who once used buy-now-pay-later services and fell into debt, is urging the CFPB to investigate rent-financing companies for potential consumer violations affecting Bushwick and ...
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Mamdani campaigned on expanding rent vouchers, then fought it in court. The new $125.8B budget finally drops the lawsuit and raises income limits for CityFHEPS

Mayor Mamdani's $125.8 billion NYC budget expands CityFHEPS vouchers to renters facing eviction and drops the lawsuit blocking the 2023 expansion law. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie ...
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South Bronx men skip the doctor, so this health fair got their wives to bring them instead

To reach men during Men's Health Month, a South Bronx health fair co-hosted by Anthem BCBS and the Mexican Coalition targeted women and families, successfully bringing men in for screenings and ...
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NYC has never legally recognized tenant unions. Mamdani’s 23-policy Rental Ripoff Report changes that, shaped by over 2,400 New Yorkers’ testimony.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani unveiled a 23-policy Rental Ripoff Report to strengthen tenant protections in NYC, including legal ...
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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the cit…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and ...