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'We need a better quality of life': Zohran Mamdani on taxing the rich, tackling hate

5:00am July 01, 2025

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani discusses his vision for the city and his surprise win in last week's Democratic primary on Morning Edition.

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Mayoral Candidate For New York Zohran Mamdani Holds Primary Election Night Party

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Here's how Zohran Mamdani rose to top of New York City's Democratic mayoral primary

4:10am June 26, 2025

by A Martínez

How did a little known assemblyman become the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City? NPR's A Martinez talks to Bob Hardt, political director of the NY1 news channel.

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Left: Upper West Side; Right: Harlem. Summer 2002

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The Summer After 9/11, A Photographer Documents A City's Healing

8:00am September 11, 2021

Photographer Lucas Foglia was 19 during the summer of 2002 when he made portraits NYC residents.

Owner Donald Minerva outside Scottadito Osteria Toscana restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., which has been closed for indoor dining for two months. The restaurant is reopening at reduced capacity on Valentine's weekend.

New York Restaurants Hope To Avoid Heartbreak On Valentine's Weekend

9:20am February 13, 2021

by Sally Herships

Now that they can reopen for limited indoor seating, restaurants in New York City are hoping customers show up for what's normally a busy holiday.

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A massive winter storm is bringing heavy snowfall and strong winds to neighborhoods across the Northeast, like this one in Brooklyn, New York.

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Winter Storm Blankets Northeast U.S., Halting Travel And Vaccine Appointments

12:55pm February 01, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

As the nor'easter works its way across the East Coast, forecasters warn that parts of the region could see snowfall totals of one or even two feet.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that sheriff's deputies will be deployed to enforce quarantine protocols for travelers arriving from the United Kingdom. The mayor is seen above on Dec. 14. while delivering remarks ahead of the first COVID-19

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New York To Use Sheriff's Deputies To Enforce Quarantine For Those Arriving From U.K.

3:47pm December 23, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

"We cannot take chances with anyone that travels, particularly folks who travel in from the U.K.," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press briefing Wednesday.

Teachers and staff protest outside Franklin D. Roosevelt High School as they call for more and better COVID-19 testing and precautions on Friday in New York City. The ZIP codes listed on this sign are among those soon to face restrictions by the city.

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NYC To Close Businesses In Parts Of Brooklyn And Queens As Virus Takes Hold Again

7:11pm October 04, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Nine ZIP codes have seen persistently high rates of coronavirus infections. Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to close nonessential businesses and schools there Wednesday, pending state approval.

A memorial in Rochester, N.Y. where Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died while in police custody this past March. In New York City hundreds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators took to the city's streets in protest.

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Car Rams Into Black Lives Matter Protesters In New York City's Time Square

11:04pm September 03, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

One video of the attack shows a dark sedan, plowing into a crowd of people standing in front of the vehicle. The car lurches through an intersection leaving a chorus of screaming people in its wake.

The marble lions outside the New York Public Library in midtown Manhattan are wearing face masks to remind New Yorkers to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines. Throughout their 109-year history the sculptures have worn baseball caps, top hats and wreaths.

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Famous New York Public Library Lions Mask Up To Set An Example

6:50pm June 29, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Patience and Fortitude, the marble lions outside of the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, don face masks as the city and the library system work to reopen while avoiding the coronavirus.

Vehicles sit in high floodwater during a storm surge associated with Superstorm Sandy in 2012, near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel in New York.

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New York City Admits Defrauding FEMA Out Of Millions After Superstorm Sandy

10:42am February 21, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The city sought reimbursement for vehicles it said were damaged by Sandy. But many of them were already "junk" years before the storm, according to a settlement.