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College Park, Md.: I am a 25-year-old who grew up on DMX’s music and who experienced the legendary mark he left on his community. The utter gall of you all to print Saturday’s front-page cover that compares Prince Philip as “beloved” and DMX as “troubled” is beyond vile and disgusting. How dare you disrespect him, his legacy and his grieving family by printing something like that?

NYC mayoral candidates weigh in on changing unfair property tax system that burdens poor and middle-class neighborhoods Shant Shahrigian, Michael Gartland © He, Gary Brownstones on Greene Ave. in Brooklyn. Depending on your zip code, you may pay far more, or far less, for a home than someone with a similar dwelling in a different part of town. For years, New York City’s property tax system has come under fire because homeowners in poor and middle-class neighborhoods often p...

With dozens of the governor’s fellow Democrats in the running and the June 22 primary fast approaching, the scandal-plagued governor said Monday that he is holding off on endorsing anyone at the moment.

A young Asian man who was at the Home Depot in East New York when a man brandished a two-by-four and asked his girlfriend,“ Why you with that little d— k Asian n----r? A middle-aged Asian man waiting for a train on the Upper West Side when a man yelled,“ If you’ re not Bruce Lee, then f— k off,” and hit him. And in Brooklyn, an elderly Asian man shopping for groceries when he was shoved...

After Surviving Cuomo’s Attack, Working Families Party Sets Sights On Endorsing The Next NYC Mayor arrow Sochie Nnaemeka at Tax the Rich press conference in Albany. Courtesy of Senator Michael Gianaris’s office Riding momentum from its victory over the Cuomo administration late last year, the Working Families Party is galvanizing members to influence the New York City mayor’s race. The left-leaning coalition is in the final stages of its endorsement process, with a...

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook PM newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. It’s campy, loud and a little gross. But few things are more synonymous with good-old-fashioned fun than Coney Island. And after one ...

Overall crime is up 2.4 percent from the same time last year There is a 36 percent increase in murders and 35 percent hike in auto thefts On Monday, a five-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in a random shooting A tourist from Kansas City was also recently grazed by a bullet in Times Square Meanwhile, a retired crime reporter was beaten on Easter Sunday in Harlem Over the summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $1 billion cut to the NYPD This week, de Blasio claimed that New Yorkers were not...

Andrew Yang goes on defensive at teachers’ union forum for NYC mayoral candidates Shant Shahrigian Four leading candidates for mayor of New York City voiced support for many teachers’ union priorities, aired ideas on addressing learning loss from the pandemic and even took a pop quiz of sorts on Wednesday. Members of the United Federation of Teachers and their President Michael Mulgrew kept Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, city Comptroller Scott Stringer, ex-de Blasio ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared to walk back his fear comment on Thursday On Wednesday, de Blasio claimed that New Yorkers were not living in fear amid the current surge in crime, which shows no signs of dwindling soon  But on Thursday he admitted there is fear but said New Yorkers fight back  Overall crime is up 2.4 percent from the same time last year There is a 36 percent increase in murders and 35 percent hike in auto thefts On Monday, a five-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in a random...

NEW YORK — Everybody’s ganging up on Andrew Yang. The New York City mayor’s race has grown more vicious in recent weeks — and the favorite target is Yang, who has come under attack for everything from his basic income and tax plans to his employment history and his second home upstate. The aggressive hits on Yang reflect his status as front runner in recent polls, as the more established politicians who are now trailing him in the Democratic primary race scramble to take him down a notc...