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NYPD officers arrested at least a half dozen students taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn College.

CUNY

NYPD Tases Pro-Palestinian Demonstrator Outside Brooklyn College

May 8, 2025, 9:52 p.m.May 9, 2025, 10:33 a.m.

Students who set up several tents and a small demonstration on a campus lawn were roughed up by NYPD officers just outside the school after trying to disperse.

Immigration

Criminal-Probe Pretext for NYPD ICE Cooperation Alarms Immigrant Advocates

May 7, 2025, 2:42 p.m.May 7, 2025, 2:42 p.m.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said providing Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia’s file to the feds was “standard” exception to city sanctuary laws as Trump istration claims it’s investigating money laundering.

Campaign 2025

13 City Council Races to Watch in NYC’s June Election

May 5, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 7, 2025, 10:21 a.m.

All 51 seats in the city’s legislative body are up for grabs this year.

Bronx Housing Court on the Grand Concourse

Evictions

Tenants Facing Evictions Increasingly Don’t Have Lawyers Despite NYC Law, Comptroller’s Report Finds

May 2, 2025, 3:26 p.m.May 5, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

Low-income tenants are entitled to a lawyer, but more than half of all tenants appear in court without one — significantly increasing their chances of getting the boot.

Budget

Touting $115B ‘Best Budget Ever,’ Mayor Adams Braves Looming Trump and Economy Risks

May 1, 2025, 3:46 p.m.May 2, 2025, 12:29 p.m.

While the mayor touts spending on child care and other services in an election year, fiscal watchdogs urge bigger reserves amid economic and political turmoil.

Trump istration

Mayor Should Recuse Himself from Defending Sanctuary City Policies Against President, Says Comptroller

April 29, 2025, 6:22 p.m.April 29, 2025, 6:22 p.m.

With the Trump istration seeking local compliance with its mass deportation agenda, Brad Lander wants Eric Adams to appoint an independent party to handle the matter.

Students and visitors wait to through security at the gates of Columbia University.

Higher Ed

The Protests Shook Columbia To Its Core. Now Trump Is Trying to Upend the University Altogether.

April 28, 2025, 5:10 a.m.April 30, 2025, 11:11 a.m.

More than a year after pro-Palestine protests changed everything on New York City’s only Ivy League campus, the White House is trying to crush that movement, control the university and change everything again.

Trump istration

ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds

April 25, 2025, 4:19 p.m.April 25, 2025, 4:46 p.m.

The lawyer representing the City Council, which sued to block Mayor Adams from allowing ICE an office on Rikers, blasted the arrangement as a “corrupt deal.”

Pro-Palestinian students protest at City College, April 24, 2025.

CUNY

City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

April 24, 2025, 8:15 p.m.April 24, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

The police quickly forced the students off of the CUNY campus in Harlem, and the school is now checking IDs before letting people enter.

Mourners pray for Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Religion

New Yorkers Mourn Pope Francis, the ‘Pope of the People’

April 21, 2025, 3:28 p.m.April 21, 2025, 6:17 p.m.

"Until the last day of his life he was a messenger of hope,” said Bishop Robert Brennan speaking to an afternoon crowd of churchgoers in Brooklyn Monday.

Gwynne Hogan

NYPD Tases Pro-Palestinian Demonstrator Outside Brooklyn College

Criminal-Probe Pretext for NYPD ICE Cooperation Alarms Immigrant Advocates

13 City Council Races to Watch in NYC’s June Election

Tenants Facing Evictions Increasingly Don’t Have Lawyers Despite NYC Law, Comptroller’s Report Finds

Touting $115B ‘Best Budget Ever,’ Mayor Adams Braves Looming Trump and Economy Risks

Mayor Should Recuse Himself from Defending Sanctuary City Policies Against President, Says Comptroller

The Protests Shook Columbia To Its Core. Now Trump Is Trying to Upend the University Altogether.

ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds

City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

New Yorkers Mourn Pope Francis, the ‘Pope of the People’

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