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Mamdani announces $1.6 million for ‘The Wick Against Violence,’ a Bushwick-based violence prevention group

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced $1.6 million for The Wick Against Violence, a Bushwick group that deploys credible messengers ...
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City invests $4.8M to expand crisis management system to Bushwick, Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $4.8 million expansion of the city's Crisis Management System into Bushwick, Harlem, ...
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Judge dismisses Morgan Carey’s $20 million defamation suit against sister Mariah Carey

A New York judge dismissed Morgan Carey's $20 million defamation lawsuit against his sister Mariah Carey over her 2020 memoir ...
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Ridgewood Savings Bank opens teen video contest with Apple tech and cash prizes

Ridgewood Savings Bank is accepting 30-second teen video submissions on financial responsibility through December 1, with ...
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New federal rules could strip Medicaid from 900,000 New Yorkers. The city is sending workers into neighborhoods to stop it

Mayor Mamdani and the NYC Health Department launched the $3 million Health and Affordability Resource Team to send community health workers into neighborhoods before new federal Medicaid work ...
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Ryder Kessler is running to succeed Deborah Glick in Assembly District 66

West Village Democrat Ryder Kessler is running for New York State Assembly District 66 in a June 23 primary, challenging 36-year incumbent Deborah Glick. Ryder Kessler wants the Assembly seat Deborah ...
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Ten Bushwick and Ridgewood spots are chasing liquor licenses: a new Grove Street event venue, a pizza-and-pasta joint, and a bar-slash-deli all want to pour

Ten bars and restaurants across Bushwick and Ridgewood are applying for or renewing liquor licenses, with Brooklyn Community Board 4 reviewing applications before the State Liquor Authority acts. A ...
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Williamsburg restaurant Mesiba closes permanently

Mesiba, the Levantine restaurant inside Williamsburg's Moxy Hotel, has closed permanently. The Eastern Mediterranean spot served its final tables on July 19. Mesiba’s communal platters, like this ...
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A Ridgewood fire jumped from one building to the next. Eight households are now starting over with Red Cross checks

After a two-alarm fire at 590 Grandview Ave. in Ridgewood displaced 14 adults from eight households, firefighters survey the scene as residents begin to recover. The Red Cross is providing emergency ...
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The lawyer trying to keep a homeless shelter out of the East Village once won the case that protects every shelter in New York

An Adams ally identified as Mastro has joined opposition to a Mamdani administration intake shelter; the location and form of opposition were undisclosed. Randy Mastro, the former first deputy mayor ...
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‘Polycurious,’ a Bushwick-Based Podcast, Explores Relationship Structures and Delves Into Ethical Non-Monogamy

The second season is set to be released in February of 2022, and the podcast is currently looking for people who are just dipping their toes into their non-monogamy journeys. Your first story each ...
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NJ Transit raised fares 3 percent starting July 1

NJ Transit raised fares 3 percent on July 1, hitting buses, commuter rail, and light rail as part of an automatic annual increase the agency approved in 2024. An NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line ...