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Mora Nunez on screen in the courtroom in August 2025. He was recovering at the time from his injuries and video-conferenced into court from a hospital bed. Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez admitted to unlawfully possessing ammunition without legal immigration status. [ more › ]

Rudy Giuliani participates in an event on Feb. 25, 2025. The former New York City mayor had required mechanical ventilation but is now breathing on his own, according to his spokesperson. [ more › ]

Brooklyn Brought President Antonio Reynoso speaks at a rally Monday, May 4, 2026, outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick. Immigration advocates and local officials also condemned the action and praised the effort by New Yorkers to disrupt ICE. [ more › ]

The cost to ride PATH trains officially increased from $3 to $3.25 on Monday as part of the system’s transformative service upgrades. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the fare hike will help fund its $45 billion 2026-2035 Capital Plan, which has modernized the 118-year-old sy
Two historic landmarked properties owned by the family of the state’s first Black gynecologist have been listed for sale for $8.25 million following years of speculation about what would happen at the sites. The grand mansion at 375 Stuyvesant Avenue in Bed Stuy and Paul Robeson Theater (originally

Two prominent New York City developers have teamed up to build a 149-unit rental tower on a parking lot in Hudson Square. MAG Partners and Global Holdings last week signed a long-term lease with Trinity Church for 122 Varick Street, where the joint venture plans to construct a 192,000-square-foot pr
An ICE agent tased a man several times while another agent tried to forcefully drag him out of his car as the man screams in pain and begs for help, as captured in a video obtained by THE CITY. It appears to be the same man who ICE agents later took to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center late Saturday ni

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Street vendors and passersby on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens. Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez heads the city's new Office of Street Vendor Services. [ more › ]

Because it's called "speed running," here are your early links: Five Boro Bike Tour chaos, plane hit a Jeep on the NJ Turnpike, take the life expectancy quiz and more. [ more › ]

For design and architecture enthusiasts, the return of spring means house tour season and the chance to ogle the interiors of private homes. Brooklynites will be throwing open the doors to their dwellings this month for the return of the Prospect Lefferts Gardens House & Garden Tour. The 52nd ed

by Kirstyn Brendlen and Erica Price, Brooklyn Paper In a subway station that has served Flatbush for over a century, a series of lush mosaics marry the neighborhood’s theatrical history with the vibrant cultures of its present. The MTA and artist Christopher Myers unveiled the pieces, titled “If you

Families receive food at the Reaching Out Community Services food pantry on March 25, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. City Harvest released its annual report on child hunger as families brace for deep cuts to SNAP. [ more › ]

Jin Tao Wu has survived Japan’s invasion of China, the rise of the Communist Party and the massacres of the Cultural Revolution. Now, thousands of miles and many decades later, the 93-year-old sits in a beige-walled public housing apartment in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, conf

No heat in January? Mold creeping up the bathroom wall? Here's exactly who to call and what happens next.

It's the most serious tag HPD puts on a building — and your landlord has 24 hours to fix it.

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025 emphasizing the importance of backing the NCRI's democratic movement. A spokesperson says the former New York City mayor is “fighting” and asks for prayers. [ more › ]

NYPD officers respond to anti-ICE protesters outside out of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Elected leaders are questioning the presence of federal immigration agents and the police response after a chaotic confrontation on Saturday night. [ more › ]

New Jersey police officers and first responders are seen outside Chick-Fil-A restaurant following a mass shooting in April. Jaheed Fields, the alleged shooter, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a handgun without a permit. [ more › ]

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Windsor Terrace row house, a Park Slope limestone, and a Prospect Park South standalone. Listings in Park Slope were popular with readers this week. The least expensive property for sale on the list is a Kensington row house at $1.295 mill
