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Coney Island mom who drowned her 3 children sentenced to prison

By Kirstyn Brendlen

The Veteran

Film

Brooklyn becomes a battlefield in Wilfred La Salle’s newest film, ‘The Veteran’

By Olivia Seaman

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News

180-year-old Cuyler Gore Park gets new playground, spray showers and seating in $5M renovation

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Latest News

PS 81 Principal Carmen Pinto recalls being trapped in a flooded car with seconds to spare and Firefigher Travis Langan coming to her rescue with seconds to spare.

AMNY

Firefighter reunites with New York City school principal who he saved during recent flood

Riders of MTA cannonball train walk on platform at Penn Station

AMNY

MTA cannonballs into summer season with launch of LIRR Hamptons express, additional subway/bus beach service

Antonio Reynoso

PoliticsNY

Campaign Insiders: A Q&A with NY-7 Candidate Antonio Reynoso

AMNY

Need a World Cup ticket? Enter Mamdani’s lottery for a $50 seat

Firefighters brave second Borough Park fire in 48 hours

By Lloyd Mitchell

Julie Won

PoliticsNY

Campaign Insiders: A Q&A with NY-7 Candidate Julie Won

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Arts & Entertainment

Mermaid Parade marches on as Reynoso promises annual funding ‘so long as I’m in office’

by Gabriele Holtermann

AMNY

Fare evasion: Top MTA official says agency is testing ‘European’ enforcement on moving buses

Zohran Mamdani with Brad Lander

AMNY

Poll on NY-10 Congress primary has Lander leading Goldman by wide margin; other NYC House races tight

News

Brooklyn students explore futures beyond the ‘bubble’ through My College Tours program

By Elijah Megginson

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Sponsored

Jasper Quattrone: An 18-Year-Old Artist Rewriting the Rules of Success

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Housing

Gowanus affordable housing lottery offers 153 units with rents starting at $903

By Anna Bradley-Smith

BWAC unmoored/unbound

Arts & Entertainment

BWAC grapples with loss and new beginnings in new exhibit, ‘Unmoored/‌Unbound,’ opening May 21 at Powerhouse Arts

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY-10 Congress candidates Dan Goldman and Brad Lander

AMNY

NY-10 Congress primary: Brooklyn Marine Terminal fight sharpens Goldman-Lander battle

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News

Sweet (and salty) relief: Brooklyn beaches to open for the season on May 23

Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price

LIRR train pulls into station after strike

AMNY

LIRR strike fallout: MTA official defends tentative deal that ended work stoppage as service resumes

NY: Malliotakis Rally

Protesters urge Malliotakis to restore health care funding over increased ICE spending

By Gabriele Holtermann

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“Matador Bolero," directed by Jonathan Rosado.

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U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is anchored in the Guanabara Bay as part of the Southern Seas 2026 deployment for joint naval exercises, while the Brazilian Navy conducts radiological monitoring operations near its position, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 8, 2026.

US says it views oil-rich Suriname as strategic ally

NYC's Woof Fest Returns for Pride Month With a Free Dog Costume Contest, Drag Shows, and More

New York Family

NYC’s Woof Fest Returns for Pride Month With a Free Dog Costume Contest, Drag Shows, and More

Firefighters at scene of Staten Island explosion

Staten Island shipyard explosion leaves one civilian dead, 34 FDNY members hospitalized with serious injuries