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Democrat Brian Cunningham has been elected to Brooklyn’s 43 rd Assembly District in a special election to replace former Assemblymember Diana Richardson, winning out over Working Families Party Candidate Jelanie DeShong. Cunningham received 62.

Meagan King, Nicholas Begun and Amar Smalls will be performing as part of the iconic Alvin Ailey’s Ailey II dance company

A 14-year-old boy was attacked by a group of unknown individuals in a Brooklyn subway station last week -- a violent act that left him swollen and bruised in the middle of the afternoon, authorities say.

A tense fight to stop bail reform rollbacks proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul could escalate to a hunger strike for one Brooklyn lawmaker.

One person was seriously hurt when a three-alarm fire broke out early Wednesday morning in Brooklyn. Video showed massive smoke and flames coming from a building on East 9th Street near Foster Avenue in Midwood.

A Brooklyn woman, after surviving a gunshot to the face, implicated her would-be killer with a gesture toward her left ring finger.

The owner of a Nassau County construction company has been indicted on manslaughter and other charges after a wall he built in Bushwick collapsed on a child, killing her.

While the origin of BA.2 is still unclear, it has quickly become the dominant strain in many countries, including India, Denmark and South Africa.

The conference will feature panel discussions, workshops and a 1-minute pitch competition where one business owner has a chance to win $1,000 on the spot.

Only three months into his tenure, Mayor Eric Adams has put food policy front and center in his agenda. In February, he hosted a cooking demonstration while announcing a citywide chain of plant-based medicine clinics.