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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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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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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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A former Vogue editor turned her Crown Heights backyard Covid food boxes into Saison, a Bed-Stuy corner bakery

Crown Heights baker Sammy Rees, former Vogue Home Market Editor, is opening Saison, a French-inspired bakery and shop, on Hancock Street in Bed Stuy this July. Crown Heights baker Sammy Rees plans to ...
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GOSO honors Loretta Lynch and East Harlem violence-interruption team at 22nd-anniversary gala

Getting Out and Staying Out honored former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and its East Harlem violence-interruption team at its 22nd anniversary gala. The granite landmark building of the ...
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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 militia commander paid $3,000 in crypto to bomb a Manhattan synagogue. Now the country’s faith groups want $1 billion to lock their doors.

A Jewish and interfaith coalition led by the American Jewish Committee is urging Congress to expand the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to up to $1 billion. A foiled plot to bomb a Manhattan ...
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One year after NYC made landlords pay broker fees, the city has clawed back $27,000 from 33 brokers

NYC's FARE Act drew over 2,000 complaints in its first year, with the DCWP issuing 74 summonses and securing $27,000 in penalties for broker fee violations. Knickerbocker Avenue, the main shopping ...
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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 ...