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NYC Mayoral Race Heating Up: New Yorkers set to Make Early Voting Choices, United on “No Kings”
By Nayaba Arinde For those who vote, Saturday, March 25th, 2025, begins early voting for the November 4th, NYC General Election. “Black people are in some of the most dangerous times we have faced in many years,” Omowale Clay, Chairman of the...
New York AG Letitia James launches portal for public to submit photos, videos of ICE activity following Canal Street crackdown
New York Attorney General Letitia James stands silently during a press conference on October 21, 2025 in New York City. James announced a $1.5 million settlement with Alba Services Inc., Andrew Horan, the company’s owner, and a network of...
New York attorney general urges public to report ICE activity after raid targets vendors
By Ted Hesson New York (Reuters) -New York State’s attorney general on Wednesday urged the public to submit photos, videos and other documentation of federal immigration operations to her office for review, a day after a high-profile raid targeted...
Who was Alfred the Great and why is he commemorated in some Church traditions?
The statue of King Alfred the Great, erected in 1899 at the eastern end of the Broadway in Winchester, England. (Photo: Getty/iStock) 26 October is the day when many churches remember the Christian King Alfred the Great. He was driven by biblical...
‘Miss Israel’ Ayelet Raymond champions Paws for Peace in NYC dog parade
As Miss Israel and Miss World Influencer, this past weekend I chose to walk in the Halloween Dog Parade in New York City not just for fun, but as a statement — a bold expression of Israeli identity and pride, shared with my little pup and the city...
New York City mayoral debate: Mamdani, Sliwa and Cuomo trade jabs over Israel, rent and Trump – as it happened
Final New York mayoral debate beginsZohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa have taken the stage for a two-hour debate in Queens, New York, before city residents head to the polls to decide who will become their next mayor. The debate, which...
New York Man Exposes Himself At Dollar General
As a fairly regular Dollar General shopper, there are some things I expect to see, like stocking carts blocking the aisles and no one at the register, but I would never expect this. A New York man exposed himself while checking out at a Dollar...
Lucid Collaborates With NBA Stars
Lucid is partnering with basketball superstars Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, marking the latest expansion of the company’s marketing campaign celebrating those who refuse to settle for the status quo. The campaign debuted with out-of-home ads and...
A Dispatch From the 2025 New York Film Festival: Part 1
One of the things about covering a lot of film festivals is that you often run into a dilemma: how best to be useful to the public. Critics go to festivals to get a feel for what’s coming down the pike, whether it’s an artistic movement, thematic...
The Daily News Endorsement: Cuomo offers NYC a path forward while Mamdani peddles hollow promises
Zohran Mamdani’s dithering performance in the final mayoral debate pointed up the ongoing problem with his campaign. It’s a house of cards built on sound bites and laced with antisemitism. But he stumbles and dodges when asked to venture beyond...
New York City mayoral debate: Mamdani, Sliwa and Cuomo trade jabs over Israel, rent and Trump – as it happened
Final New York mayoral debate beginsZohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa have taken the stage for a two-hour debate in Queens, New York, before city residents head to the polls to decide who will become their next mayor. The debate, which...
JD Vance blasts commentator for playing victim over slain Kirk's old tweets
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue explained why he believes mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani poses a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Credit: Park Avenue Synagogue) NEWYou can...
Saturday-night church for young gay community in New York inspires off-Broadway musical
A SATURDAY-NIGHT congregation set up for the young gay community in New York is the subject of a new off-Broadway musical featuring a young teenager wrestling with faith and family issues. The musical, Saturday Church, is based on a ministry...
Pray for us, Archbishop in Jerusalem tells New York congregation
THE Archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Revd Hosam Naoum, has praised the resilience of Palestinians and has entreated Christians to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem”, in a discussion following a service at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, in...
Cultural heritage Nanyin connects past and present in China and Singapore
(Xinhua) 10:21, October 25, 2025 Nadya Tasha Lim (R), a member of a music society named Siong Leng, learns Nanyin in Singapore on Jan. 13, 2025. Nanyin, which originated from southeast China's Fujian Province, is known as the "living fossil" of...
The museum and the mass grave: How colonial powers curate our pain
When a museum displays your ancestors’ relics behind glass, that glass is never neutral. It is a barrier erected by power — a line dividing the living from the dead, the colonizer from the colonized, the one who tells history from the one who is...
ICE To Boost Immigration Enforcement In New York City Following Protest Confrontation
New York City is slated to see an increase in immigration arrests following an incident where federal agents were confronted and obstructed by protesters in Manhattan, according to an administration official. Acting Immigration and Customs...
Interview with Chris Marte, contender for New York City Council Speaker
Christopher Marte fighting for immigrant rights| Photo via Marte's Facebook page NEW YORK—As the United States continues to drift toward far-right authoritarian rule, New York City is standing out as a progressive counterforce. Beyond Zohran...
Mosque to welcome New York Islamic leader to Blackburn
Sheykh Lokman Efendi will be visiting the Al-Buraq mosque off Devonport Road at Friday prayers tomorrow just after 1pm. The mosque has been made possible through a huge fundraising effort and was opened in February. MORE: Hundreds pack out...
The rise and fall of globalisation, part one: battle to be top dog
For nearly four centuries, the world economy has been on a path of ever-greater integration that even two world wars could not totally derail. This long march of globalisation was powered by rapidly increasing levels of international trade and...