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NYC is giving away 100,000 free tickets to the July 4 fireworks. The lottery closes Monday, and you can’t bring a chair.

Macy's July 4 fireworks are up for grabs at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Seaport, but Mamdani's lottery closes ...
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Antonio Reynoso and Claire Valdez agree on nearly everything. The NY-7 race between them got ugly anyway.

Brooklyn's NY-7 Democratic primary on June 23 pits Borough President Reynoso against DSA-backed Valdez in a race fractured by real-estate money and Mamdani. The four-way Democratic primary for Nydia ...
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Father Knows Best to close after 10 years in Bushwick, plans to reopen with new concept

After a decade near the Wilson L, the neighborhood’s living room pours its last drink Saturday, but owner Chris Taha promises a new concept will take its place within weeks. Father Knows Best, the ...
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Bushwick Starr co-production ‘A Woman Among Women’ opens at Lincoln Center’s LCT3

The Bushwick Starr co-production 'A Woman Among Women' by Julia May Jonas opens at Lincoln Center's LCT3 through June 28, following its Brooklyn premiere. The Vivian Beaumont Theater building at ...
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Mamdani tells the Bronx the era of neglect is over, pledges 200,000 affordable homes and a city-run grocery on a former jail site

Mayor Mamdani keynoted the Bronx Economic Development Summit, pledging 200,000 affordable homes, the Block By Block plan, and a city-owned Hunts Point grocery. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who pledged ...
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Antonio Reynoso is running on a wealth tax that shrinks billionaires, abolishing ICE, and an insurance code for endometriosis

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso's NY-7 platform includes a wealth tax on billionaires, abolishing ICE, and a new endometriosis insurance code. Antonio Reynoso has spent the closing weeks of ...
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Mobb Deep’s Havoc used to run from cops over weed, now he legally sells it in Astoria

Mobb Deep rapper Havoc opened cannabis dispensary The Bridge in Astoria on June 6, partnering with Bonita Money of NDICA to obtain a New York State license. Havoc of Mobb Deep, the Queensbridge rapper ...
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A federal judge killed Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee after Letitia James sued. Four days later, the same judge let the government start charging it again

NY Attorney General Letitia James won a federal lawsuit striking down the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, protecting 13,000 New York workers. New York Attorney General Letitia James, ...
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Knicks Finals betting hit its highest in years, and 18% of young men who bet say they blew money meant for bills

As the New York Knicks advanced through the 2026 NBA Finals, bettors poured money onto New York at volumes sportsbooks had not seen in years. The surge has revived the national debate over legal ...
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ICE calls the people inside Delaney Hall the worst of the worst. Its own data says 7 in 10 have no criminal record at all

Protesters continued gathering at Delaney Hall immigration detention facility on June 8, as a NYT investigation challenged ICE claims about detainees. Exterior of 26 Federal Plaza / Jacob K. Javits ...
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A cabbie and an artist could afford the West Village in 1980, now Manhattan rents top $5,700 a month

Ryder Kessler, a West Village civic advocate who co-founded the housing and government reform nonprofit Abundance New York, is running for New York State Assembly District 66 in the June 23 primary, ...
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Reynoso made Puerto Rico the wedge in his run for Congress. He is not Puerto Rican, and that is the point

Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso rolled out a six-page Puerto Rico platform in his run for Congress. He is Dominican, not Puerto Rican, and that is the point. Puerto Rican flags fly at a Brooklyn street ...