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AMNY

2025 Elections: What you need to know before voting

Students take the L train on their first day back to school on Sept 4.

National

LGBTQ youth face growing mental health crisis, study finds

By Matt Tracy

Oct 13, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; A general overview of the Northwest Stadium before a game between the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders.

Sports

NFL donates to the Trevor Project for National Coming Out Day

By Amber Sexton

Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa are set to face off in the general election in November.

News

How the NYC mayoral candidates compare on LGBTQ issues

By Matt Tracy

Miss Major participates as a grand marshal in the 2024 NYC Pride March.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall veteran and longtime trans activist, dies at 78

By Matt Tracy

The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5.

Crime

Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn

By Amber Sexton

Zohran Mamdani, wearing a "Gays for Zohran" pin, delivers remarks to the crowd at a National Coming Out Day rally on Oct. 11.

Politics

Hundreds join Gays for Zohran’s National Coming Out Day rally

By Dashiell Allen

Antoine Craigwell delivers opening remarks at the In My Mind Conference.

Health

At The Center, ‘In My Mind’ Conference spotlights mental health and LGBTQIA+ veterans of color

By Amber Sexton

People sit near the bar at Ginger's during a National Coming Out Day mixer on Oct. 9.

Legal

Legal groups co-host National Coming Out Day mixer at Ginger’s

By Amber Sexton

The trajectory of mpox cases in New York City so far this year.

Health

NYC mpox cases increase again in September, surpassing 2025 monthly high

By Matt Tracy

The New York Appellate Division, 2nd Department, in Brooklyn.

Legal

Roller Rebels win preliminary injunction against Nassau County’s anti-trans sports law

By Arthur S. Leonard

Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell.

Politics

Bottcher raises $683k in first 24 hours after announcing potential Congressional bid

By Matt Tracy

Liam Oh as Ray McAffey and Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope in "Boots."

Cinema

‘Boots’ marches through life in the marines in the shadow of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By Gary M. Kramer

Councilmember Erik Bottcher speaks at a Sept. 30 rally against the Trump administration's anti-trans funding cuts.

Politics

Denouncing Trump, Bottcher explores bid for Congress in race to replace Nadler

By Matt Tracy

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024.

Legal

Supreme Court appears likely to strike down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy

By Arthur S. Leonard

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2024.

Legal

Supreme Court begins new term with decisions looming on conversion therapy, trans sports participation

By Matt Tracy

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State Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia celebrated Albany's $55 million investment in the upcoming affordable housing development, Fordham Landing South in University Heights.

Bronx waterfront to get $55 million boost for 900-Unit affordable housing project

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the US Rondy "Luta" McIntosh addresses Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving in Brooklyn on Sunday, Oct. 19, commemorating St. Vincent and the Grenadines 46th Anniversary of Political Independence from Great Britain.

‘Keep the Caribbean a Zone of Peace’: Vincentian diplomat warns amid U.S. Military buildup

A woman casts her ballot during early voting in Brooklyn on Oct. 25, 2025.

EARLY VOTING STARTS: Massive turnout across the city as New Yorkers cast ballots in 2025 NYC Mayor’s Race