Valdez to run for Congress, setting up NY-7 showdown
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Queens Assemblymember Claire Valdez launched a campaign to succeed Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday.
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Family of man killed by police calls for officers’ firing after AG releases bodycam video
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The family of a man shot and killed by police called for accountability after the state’s attorney general released footage of the fatal shooting on Tuesday.
Read MoreMenin voted speaker of City Council
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Manhattan Councilmember Julie Menin was unanimously elected to be the next speaker of the City Council on Wednesday.
Read MoreMayor appoints new head of City’s Commission on Human Rights
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani continued with his string of administrative appointments on Wednesday, announcing a longtime civil rights attorney will lead the City’s Commission on Human Rights.
Read MoreSpeed between Queens and Manhattan increased during congestion pricing’s first year, data shows
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Queens drivers heading into Manhattan are getting there faster and with less traffic, according to new data.
Read MoreMamdani makes first judicial appointments
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the first judicial appointments of his tenure, just a few days after issuing an executive order reshaping the review and appointment process for city judges.
Read MoreCitibank ordered to pay Queens woman $3.5 million for failing to stop fraud and hiding evidence
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A Queens stroke victim is in the middle of a major legal battle against one the country’s largest financial institutions after a judge ordered the bank to pay millions for failing to prevent unauthorized bank transfers from her account.
Read MoreMake the Road Action New York backs Romero for Assembly
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Brian Romero, who is running to succeed his former boss in the State Assembly, was endorsed by immigration nonprofit Make the Road Action New York this week.
Read MoreMamdani renews long-standing Rikers emergency order, vows to reform jails
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he acknowledged would prolong a controversial legal workaround used by his predecessor for years to skirt rules dictating how the city should treat detainees.
Read MoreQueens Dems back Moreno for Mamdani’s seat
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The Queens Democratic Party nominated Democratic socialist Diana Moreno to succeed Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the State Assembly, her campaign announced Monday.
Read MoreMamdani picks Queens attorney to overhaul judicial selection process
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday tapped a prominent Queens lawyer to lead City Hall’s judicial selection committee, a little-known group the new mayor vowed to “revitalize” by opening its work to the public.
Read MoreMamdani sworn in as city’s first Queens mayor
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Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, becoming the first elected official from Queens to lead the five boroughs from City Hall.
Read MoreWhat Mamdani’s Queens office could reveal about his mayoral approach
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As Mamdani gears up to become the city’s next mayor, one of the most pressing questions revolves around how his administration will address those everyday issues, the ones New Yorkers often demand be solved quickly but often aren’t.
Read MoreBanks and Kassem tapped to serve as city’s top attorneys
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Two attorneys with long careers in public service were tapped to join Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s administration on Tuesday.
Read MoreAs shootings fall, Adams honors city’s anti-violence workers
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Mayor Eric Adams on Monday heaped praise on the city’s anti-violence workers for helping to bring shootings in the five boroughs to a record low, an achievement he’s often credited to the work of the NYPD and his administration’s tough-on-crime approach.
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