Community members, business owners and union representatives exchanged heated arguments for and against two controversial casino projects at public hearings in Queens and The Bronx Tuesday evening — taking their last swings at influencing local community advisory committees that will decide in less than three weeks whether casino bids in their neighborhoods advance toward potential […]

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Shoppers walking into Frank Pimentel’s Superfresh on 149th Street in the South Bronx are immediately surrounded by an array of pristine fresh produce and vegetables. The display is a requirement of the city’s program to bring better grocery stores to so-called food deserts, where retailers of healthy food are scarce. Tax breaks and other incentives […]

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Ballot questions are set for November, when voters will ultimately decide a feud between the mayor and City Council over their powers. The city Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to certify five ballot questions drafted by a charter revision commission convened by Mayor Eric Adams, including three that aim to expedite reviews of some […]

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Two major city public defender organizations slammed the Department of Correction Tuesday for what they described as systemic and “unconstitutional” barriers that prevent incarcerated people on Rikers Island from meeting with their lawyers, including locking lawyers in covered-windowed rooms without bathroom access for hours. During a Board of Correction hearing in Lower Manhattan, Michael Klinger […]

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This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he met with Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, but declined to make a formal endorsement. Mamdani, who won the mayoral primary by […]

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