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Queens Ledger
Published 8 hours agoHORNAK: Zohran’s No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Week
BY ROBERT HORNAK Last week was the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly and it didn’t disappoint. World leaders descended on the city, and Mayor Mamdani was dragged into both the national and international limelight, and in ways that didn’t make him look terribly good.…
Queens Ledger
Published 8 hours agoHORNAK: Zohran’s No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Week
BY ROBERT HORNAK Last week was the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly and it didn’t disappoint. World leaders descended on the city, and Mayor Mamdani was dragged into both the national and international limelight, and in ways that didn’t make him look terribly good.…
Queens Ledger
Published 8 hours agoWENDELL: Rain or Shine, Woodhaven Showed Up for Margie
BY ED WENDELL It was a crazy, amazing day on Sunday as a huge gathering of Woodhaven residents, past and present, came together to celebrate the centennial of Schmidt’s Candy and the unveiling of a street sign honoring this iconic institution. There had been plenty of discussion…
Bronx Times
Published 8 hours agoMTA boss warns devastating proposed federal cuts to transit funding on the horizon
The MTA faces the grim prospect of $250 million in annual federal funding formula cuts under legislation currently being pushed in the Republican-controlled Congress — reductions that MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber warned Wednesday could spell big trouble for New York's mass…
City Limits
Published 8 hours agoNYCHA Breaks Ground for New Senior Apartments on Public Housing Land
Construction is now underway for Sol on Park, 229 affordable senior units being built on open space at NYCHA’s Morris Houses campus. Many of the apartments are earmarked for current public housing residents and formerly homeless seniors.
The Hoboken Girl
Published 9 hours agoThings to Do in New Jersey This Fall: Farms, Cider, Foliage + More
fall fun
Gothamist
Published 9 hours agoLawyer challenging NYC rent freeze releases Mamdani officials’ emails and text messages
Mayor Zohran Mamdani A judge had ordered officials to turn over correspondence with the Rent Guidelines Board. Randy Mastro has now asked the court to make them sit for interviews. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published 9 hours agoPush to strengthen NY sexual assault laws gathers steam after Cornell rape allegations
Efforts to close the "voluntary intoxication loophole" have stalled repeatedly in the state Assembly. [ more › ]
Queens Ledger
Published 9 hours agoBasketball in the Boroughs Heats Up!
BY NOAH ZIMMERMAN It’s finally October, which means the air is starting to crisp up, leaves will soon turn and fall, and all eyes are turning back to the hardcourts. From the Liberty’s playoff push, to the start of NBA preseason, to St. John’s preparing their BIG EAST title…
Queens Ledger
Published 9 hours agoJJ: The Yankees’ Great October Mystery Awaits
As the postseason gets underway in Major League Baseball, the Yankees face a whole lot of similar questions as they try to win their first World Series since 2009. One question that is very different, scary but at the same time unique is the uncertain status of Aaron Judge as the…
New York Amsterdam News
Published 9 hours agoGenerations of Justice Gala marks NAACP New York State Conference’s 90 years
NAACP NYS Conference marks 90 years of civil rights work at Oct. 9 Gala at Capitale NYC, honoring state trailblazers.
Dreamscape Virtual Reality Lab Opens in College of Communication and Media
At Montclair State University, a new virtual reality learning facility will transport students into alternate worlds through the Dreamscape Learn Lab.