About Borough Brief

Borough Brief distills every day’s New York City news into a five-story rundown you can read before your coffee cools.

Why we exist

Local journalism is fragmented, pay-walled and, too often, buried beneath push alerts that don’t matter. We surface only the decisions that shape life in the five boroughs—housing, transit, policy, arts and civic life.

How we work

Independence

Borough Brief is published by Borough Media, an independent newsroom based in Queens. We accept no political funding and disclose every sponsorship.

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