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Peter McIndoe got famous playacting as a cult leader who believed that “birds aren't real.” Now he wants to direct his flock toward political action.

After a 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Tri-State area on Friday, March 5, many celebrities took to social media to comment on the tremor.

(RNS) — Members of 12 Muslim organizations gathered with City Council members at City Hall to call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and denounce a surge in Islamophobia in the city related to the war.

Saying she's searching for "new energy," City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced on Thursday a bevy of changes to leadership of the legislative body's

Adrienne Adams, the moderate Democrat who is the Council speaker, chose not to reappoint three of the City Council’s most left-leaning members as committee chairs.

New York City’s newly sworn-in Councilmember Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated Central Park Five — is set to take over as chair of the council committee overseeing the NYPD, according to City Hall sources.

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams tapped legislative newcomer Yusef Salaam to lead one of the chamber’s most high-profile committees Thursday, but kicked other, left-leaning members off their committee chairs in a move some insiders saw as at least partially aimed at exacting political revenge. Salaam, who was as a teen wrongfully imprisoned for years over a rape he didn’t commit that came ...

Big Daddy Kane has often spoken fondly of JAY-Z in the past, and he couldn't have been more thrilled about the idea of Hov's birthday being a Brooklyn holiday.

It’s a much-anticipated – and feared – election year. Here’s what experts are watching for in the new year.

JAY-Z's birthday has long been commemorated by many in NYC, but a recent initiative to turn it into a city-wide celebration may put it on a new level.