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A New York City Department of Sanitation summons accusing a residential property owner of failing to separate food scraps from ordinary garbage is drawing attention after a video posted alongside the violation appears to show sanitation workers themselves combining regular trash with material in a composting bin before emptying everything into a collection truck.
A Brooklyn driveway dispute that began as an argument among neighbors has become an unlikely social media attraction, with strangers traveling to a Bensonhurst home to block the entrance, provoke 65-year-old homeowner Frank Chen and record his reaction for millions of online viewers.
Brad Lander has largely disappeared from public view on social media for more than a week, an unusual absence for a politician whose public profile has long included frequent photographs, appearances and commentary on political events.
Jyotsnara Begum, the wife of Muhammad Fakrul Islam, a newly elected Bangladeshi member of Parliament, has been admitted to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital after becoming ill during a family trip to the United States, according to updates from the lawmaker’s office.
For generations, the Brooklyn Democratic Party has been one of New York's most formidable political institutions, exercising influence over elections, judicial nominations and the machinery of government in a borough with more than 1.2 million registered voters. Now, the organization is approaching a potentially historic transfer of power under a cloud of federal investigations, allegations of back-room politics and bitter questions about whether the people promising to reform it can avoid controversies of their own.
What began before many residents had started their Monday morning became an all-day spectacle in Sunset Park, where Cardi B brought a major music-video production onto neighborhood streets, drawing hundreds of spectators, deploying security and police for crowd control and filming well into the night.
For New Yorkers, the image has become familiar enough to fade into the background. A bearded elderly man, often smiling or raising his hand, looks out from a large weather-resistant sticker attached to the back of a stop sign. Similar images appear on pedestrian walk-signal boxes, utility poles and other pieces of public infrastructure. Text in Hebrew or English announces that the Messiah is here.
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice presents itself as a movement grounded in solidarity: a Jewish organization that believes the safety and liberation of Jews depend on the liberation of working-class and marginalized people throughout New York City.
Brad Lander has built his political identity around a phrase that sounds conciliatory but contains one of the most difficult contradictions in modern politics: Israel, he argues, should remain both Jewish and democratic.
When Italian immigrants arrived in the United States in large numbers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they entered a country that often regarded them not as future Americans but as a dangerous and inferior population.
Nickie Kane, a candidate for Congress in New York’s 10th District, is proposing a municipal wholesale store modeled on Costco, arguing that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for city-owned grocery stores would not fully harness the buying power of New York City.
During the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District, Brad Lander’s presence at 26 Federal Plaza became one of the most visible symbols of his campaign.
Brad Lander has sought to distinguish himself from Rep. Dan Goldman by criticizing the influence of pro-Israel money in the race for New York’s 10th Congressional District. But a comparison of campaign-finance records shows that Lander’s own donor network overlaps with both Goldman’s contributors and people who donated to AIPAC’s political action committee.
Residents in Sunset Park are warning neighbors to remain vigilant after a string of reported vehicle break-ins, with at least seven cars reportedly targeted over the past two days.
For decades, "affordable housing" has been one of the most frequently repeated phrases in New York politics. It appears in mayoral speeches, gubernatorial policy proposals, congressional campaigns, and nearly every major housing announcement. But Democratic congressional candidate Nickie Kane believes the phrase has outlived its usefulness.
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a deadline for Brad Lander and the New York City Board of Elections to respond to a petition seeking review of unresolved fraud allegations involving Lander’s petitions for the 2026 Democratic congressional primary. The case, Nickie Kane v. Brad Lander, et al., was docketed as Supreme Court Case No. 26-5013.
Brad Lander's victory over Congressman Dan Goldman in New York's 10th Congressional District Democratic primary was celebrated by progressive activists across New York City. But for many within the mainstream Jewish community, the election represented something else entirely: the moment a longtime Jewish elected official abandoned traditional allies to satisfy an increasingly anti-Zionist political coalition.
A dispute over equal access to broadcast media has emerged in New York's 10th Congressional District, where write in congressional candidate Nickie Kane alleges that FOX 5 New York failed to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's Equal Opportunities Rule after airing interviews with two of Kane's opponents.
Nickie Kane, a grassroots organizer and former City Council candidate, announced her congressional bid this week, centering her campaign on affordability, workers’ rights, healthcare and housing as human rights, climate justice, and humane immigration policy.
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