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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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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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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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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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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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Albany had days to pass six voting bills. Five of them died, and the biggest one would just send New Yorkers back to a vote they already lost.

A New York voting rights coalition is urging Albany to pass six key bills before the session ends, as Supreme Court rulings threaten federal protections. Voters line up at a Brooklyn polling place. A ...
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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 former US diplomat running against Grace Meng said he hoped a teen he turned away found “the best smuggler they could afford”

Chuck Park, a former US diplomat challenging Rep. Grace Meng in Queens, expressed hope that a teen he turned away at the border used a smuggler to return. Rep. Grace Meng, the NY-06 incumbent Chuck ...
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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, ...