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NY: 2025 Mayoral Election

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LIVE UPDATES: Polls open across Brooklyn as voters turn out for the 2025 election

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil, Kirstyn Brendlen, Gabriele Holtermann & Olivia Seaman

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Brooklyn leads early voting turnout in record-setting year

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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From barstools to ballots: Weekly ‘hour of action’ brings climate advocates together at Threes Brewing

By Isabella Appell

NY: Presser SNAP Benefits

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Brooklyn officials urge congress to end shutdown as SNAP benefits hang in the balance

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Fatal flooding in Brooklyn: Streets submerged, one dead after nearly 3 inches of rain in hours

By Olivia Seaman

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Lawmakers sound the alarm as SNAP benefits set to expire, putting 700,000 Brooklynites at risk

By Olivia Seaman

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Your Vote 2025: District 47: Contenders talk healthcare

By Jada Camille

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Voters sue to redistrict NY-11, putting Malliotakis’ GOP seat in jeopardy

By Olivia Seaman

A woman casts her ballot during early voting in Brooklyn on Oct. 25, 2025.

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EARLY VOTING STARTS: Massive turnout across the city as New Yorkers cast ballots in 2025 NYC Mayor’s Race

By Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell

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Brooklyn Paper’s 2025 General Election Voter Guide: How and where to vote, who’s on the ballot, and more

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Pardoned Capitol rioter charged for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

By Shea Vance

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New York state retires ‘EDP’ term, adopts compassionate language for people experiencing a mental health crisis

By Gabriele Holtermann

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PHOTOS: ‘No Kings’ march against Trump draws thousands to Park Slope

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

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Mayor Adams presses feds to fast-track BQE overhaul, catching community groups off guard

By Adam Daly

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Editorial | The push for NYC jail reform should address a complex truth

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Brooklyn lawmaker pushes to bring back year-round outdoor dining

By Jonathan Mak

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Council member calls for revocation of parking placards as study shows rampant illegal parking in Brooklyn

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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City Council grant to fund free field trips to Brooklyn Children’s Museum for Title I schools

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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‘Protect the protectors’: Hundreds rally in support of new regulations to protect security guards

By Claude Solnik

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Brooklyn lawmakers among more than a dozen pols arrested in ICE protest at Federal Plaza

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Dean Moses

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NYC’s Department of Small Business Services announces milestone job placement numbers

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Mamdani, Sanders rally supporters at Brooklyn College town hall ahead of mayoral election

By Gabriele Holtermann

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‘Party above politics’: Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian endorses George Sarantopoulos for District 47 after contentious primary

By Robert Pearl

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Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

By Gabriele Holtermann & Lloyd Mitchell

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What’s happening | Films, live performances and more

Hüsker Düs '1985: The Miracle Year' come out Nov. 7.

November LGBTQ music: ‘All Things Go’ festival & Hüsker Dü

Port Authority Police Officers Danny Sun (l.) and Joseph Picillo witnessed an assault in progress in Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport and chased after the suspect before arresting him with help from other officers.

Man busted after assaulting victim with knife in Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport: PAPD

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Man brutally stabbed, robbed by trio of assailants in East New York