Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) cemented his lead in the mayoral primary election, securing a majority of the vote after just two rounds of ranked choice tabulations, according to the Board of Elections Tuesday. The BOE first eliminated votes for write-in candidates, redistributing any ranked choices to candidates on the ballot. Then, in the next round, […]

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After putting points on the board for his team, Ace Liriano, 6, sprinted around the basketball court at the Madison Boys and Girls Pinkerton Clubhouse on Saturday in Harlem, just a block away from the famous Rucker Park.  But instead of the “B-ball” that the area is known for, Liriano was playing “L-ball,” a 3-on-3 […]

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For more than 30 years, Brian Kendall has insisted he and a few friends were simply playing video games inside a Flatbush game room after school when a man wearing a hoodie casually strolled in and fatally shot a clerk in the head.   That was in 1988. Kendall, who was 17 at the time, and […]

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A rent freeze? Not this year. The Rent Guidelines board voted Monday night on rent increases for about one million rent-stabilized apartments of up to 3% for one-year leases and 4.5% for two-year leases beginning Oct. 1.  The vote of five to four was the conclusion of a contentious meeting, part of an annual process […]

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Buying a pet store parrot in New York City may soon be for the birds – and shop owners have their feathers in a bunch about it. A bill banning the retail sale of birds in shops across the city is now under consideration in the New York City Council.  The bill introduced by Councilmember […]

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