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• Mamdani, Menin cut red tape to get hundreds of nonprofits paid faster amid years of contracting delays

  08-10-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin said Thursday that the city will expand a program to speed up payments to hundreds of small nonprofits, allowing up to 800 organizations to receive their funding upfront rather than waiting months for reimbursement.Under the expanded program, eligible nonprofits receiving a cumulative $25,000 or less in City Council discretionary funding from participating city agencies will receive their full awards within 30 days after both the organiza
  
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• Mamdani admin considers charging for more parking spots, but not as a moneymaker: DOT Commissioner Flynn

  08-10-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  Expanding metered street parking and introducing dynamic pricing at the curb are "very much something" Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is "looking at," but it should be driven by policy and not a desire to raise revenue, Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said on Thursday.Flynn made the comments during an Oct. 8 New York Law School event, when he was asked to shed more light on First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan's remarks earlier this year that charging drivers for more of
  
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• ‘We remember’: Leaders push for permanent Oct. 7 memorial in Gravesend

  08-10-2026 21:05 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  As the Jewish community gathered at memorials across New York City and around the globe to remember the 1,200 victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel in 2023, local lawmakers and community leaders gathered in Gravesend to call for a permanent memorial honoring the victims.The group, which included Jewish politicians State Sen. Sam Sutton, U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, NYC Comptroller Mark Levine, NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Eric Dinowitz, made the call at a press conf
  
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• ‘What I signed up for’: A cautious Mamdani stands by Oct. 7 response after getting backlash from both sides

  08-10-2026 19:30 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended on Thursday his handling of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, brushing off protesters who called him a traitor and standing by his statement that drew sharp criticism from some Jewish leaders.The mayor faced repeated questions about his handling of the anniversary at an unrelated press conference in Bushwick, less than 24 hours after pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a Union Square vigil he attended to commemorate Israelis killed in the Oct. 7
  
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• A piece of home: Inside Tanya Weddemire Gallery at The Armory Show

  08-10-2026 17:45 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The Armory Show is a highly significant art convention in New York City. Getting a piece shown here can change an artist’s life, and I was excited to see what they offered this year.After lingering at a few pieces that caught my eye, I stopped at the Tanya Weddemire Gallery exhibit at Booth 217. Tanya greeted me with a warm smile when I introduced myself. She told me that she is an immigrant herself, like the artists in her booth. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and raised in Brooklyn, she s
  
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• Brooklyn’s Petri Plumbing marks 120 years with new generation at helm

  08-10-2026 17:22 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A 1906 invoice is the oldest document the Petri family has kept to mark the beginning of its plumbing business.“The exact time that started, we don't know, it probably was before that because my great grandparents both came over in the late 1800s," said Michael Petri.Michael’s grandfather arrived from Italy in 1913 and rented a room above the company’s first office. From then on, generations of the family continued to live and work around the business.For more than a century, P
  
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• ‘The book is just the door’: Brown Babies n’ Books grows beyond story time

  08-10-2026 15:05 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  When snow was piling up across Brooklyn earlier this year, Brown Babies n' Books was preparing to host what would become a defining moment for the young organization.Despite the freezing temperatures and a winter storm, about 200 families made their way to City Point Brooklyn for the group's "Snowy Day" event. There was storytelling, but also music, dancing, a DJ, an emcee, and soft play — a far cry from the neighborhood story times that first brought families together. For Brown Babi
  
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• Editorial | Does Mamdani really care about Jewish New Yorkers?

  08-10-2026 13:30 via amny.com
  
  Oct. 7 is a date that all Jewish people relive the moments when 1,600 Israeli men, women, and children were brutally slaughtered, with hundreds more taken hostage for up to 2 years, during Hamas’ terrorist attack of 2023.It was a disgusting act of the worst traits that humans can have, and the worst crime committed against Jewish people since the Holocaust. The only parallel we have to Oct. 7 here in the U.S. would be 9/11.Had the U.S. suffered a similar attack of the same proportions as I
  
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• 2026 Governor’s Race: Hochul leads Blakeman by 11 points in new poll as Dems take a bite out of his public safety claims

  08-10-2026 00:20 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul holds an 11-point lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in a new statewide poll released Wednesday, as New York Democrats seek to turn one of the Nassau County executive’s signature campaign issues, public safety, against him.The Marist poll found Hochul leading Blakeman 53% to 42% among registered voters, with 5% undecided. Blakeman led among independents, 49% to 42%, while the two candidates were tied at 48% among suburban voters.Hochul held a commanding advant
  
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