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AM New York Metro (styled as amNewYorkMetro) is a complimentary daily newspaper distributed in the morning in New York City, published by Schneps Media. As reported by the company, the average circulation on Fridays in September 2013 reached 335,900 copies. When it debuted on October 10, 2003, AM New York became the first free daily newspaper in New York City. In 2019, Schneps Media purchased AM New York, and in 2020, it merged with Metro New York to form AM New York Metro.

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Kel Mitchell and Bucket Listers to bring ‘Kel’s Burger Fest’ to Brooklyn this summer

1 day ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

If your nostalgia brain hits you with “Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?”, this is for you. Actor Kel Mitchell is teaming up with Bucket Listers to host Kel’s Burger Fest, a brand new food festival devoted to, as the name suggests, burgers. The one-day only event will take over BK Backyard Bar in Williamsburg on Aug. 30 with a lineup of food, games, nostalgia and plenty of surprises.
An evening of radiance and reckoning: CaringKind’s 29th annual Forget-Me-Not Gala

1 day ago | amny.com | Avalon Ashley Bellos

CaringKind hosted its 29th annual Forget-Me-Not Gala—a night that shimmered with both elegance and emotional gravity. This was not merely a fundraiser; it was a communion of grief, resilience, and luminous humanity. On June 9, under the celestial arches of Cipriani 42nd Street, CaringKind hosted its 29th annual Forget-Me-Not Gala—a night that shimmered with both elegance and emotional gravity. This was not merely a fundraiser; it was a communion of grief, resilience, and luminous humanity.
René Magritte: The alchemical wizard of surrealism, and the torchbearers of the modern dream

1 day ago | amny.com | Avalon Ashley Bellos

Surrealism—magical, disorienting, otherworldly—has always whispered like a forgotten spell across the fabric of time. René Magritte, that precise sorcerer, wove into the very DNA of the surreal its most primal, strange magic. His paintings were not just images; they were portals, windows through which the ordinary became extraordinary, where the everyday could no longer be trusted. To gaze into Magritte’s work was to confront the sublime within the mundane.
New York Mavericks gear up for a new season of professional bull riding at UBS Arena this fall

1 day ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

Professional bull riding isn’t often synonymous with New York City, but a bit of Western culture is making its way back to the Empire State this coming fall. amNewYork spent 48 hours with the New York Mavericks, New York’s first pro bull riding team, learning about the ins and outs of professional bull riding as they gear up for their upcoming season. This is what we learned.
Sasha Colby launches new limited edition pre-roll at The Travel Agency in Brooklyn

3 days ago | amny.com | Emily Davenport

Sasha Colby is seen during Meet + Ki with fans at the Travel Agency in Brooklyn, New York. The queer-owned cannabis brand FLAMER teamed up with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 15 winner Sasha Colby to launch Colby’s new line of pre-rolls, Sasha Colby Kush.
Curtain falls on these struggling Broadway musicals in post-Tonys fallout

5 days ago | amny.com | Matt Windman

Florencia Cuenca and the company of “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” on Broadway. The 2025 Tony Awards may be over, but Broadway’s early summer exit list is still unfolding. Over the past two weeks, multiple original musicals have announced their final performances, while others, though never officially slated for open-ended runs, are bowing out after failing to gain commercial momentum.
Comptroller Brad Lander returns to Lower Manhattan court days after arrest to again advocate for immigrants facing ICE arrest

6 days ago | amny.com | Robert Pozarycki

City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was back at 26 Federal Plaza Friday, three days after his arrest there, to once again observe court hearings for immigrants subject to immediate deportation by ICE. City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was back at 26 Federal Plaza Friday, three days after his arrest there, to once again observe court hearings for immigrants subject to immediate deportation by ICE.
Extreme heat warning in NYC: How to stay cool during the upcoming heat wave

6 days ago | amny.com | Robert Pozarycki

New Yorkers will be splashing a lot of water on themselves the next few days during an extreme heat wave. New York City is under an extreme heat warning from Sunday through Tuesday as high temperatures are expected to flirt with 100 degrees or higher. A Bermuda high-pressure system will send the mercury soaring through the Big Apple between June 22 and 24.
Rikers Island sees two more inmate deaths in 78 minutes – prompting more investigations and outrage | amNewYork

6 days ago | amny.com | Robert Pozarycki

Two Rikers Island inmates died roughly an hour apart on Friday afternoon, prompting a Correction Department investigation and outrage from criminal justice advocates seeking to have the facility shut down. The Department of Correction reported that Benjamin Kelly, 37, was found in medical distress at the Eric M. Taylor Center just before 3 p.m. on June 20. An officer conducting a tour spotted Kelly in trouble and sought assistance.
NYC Mayor’s Race: Leading Democratic mayoral candidates hit the trail to trade barbs as primary looms

1 week ago | amny.com | Ethan Stark-Miller

The leading candidates in New York City’s June 24 Democratic mayoral primary hit the campaign trail on Thursday to attack each other. Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who is consistently polling in second place, held an event in Astoria to slam former Gov.