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The Local NY curates local news from across New York State every morning — community stories, neighborhood decisions, and local events that get lost in the national feed. Personalized to your zip code.
How It Works
We find the most relevant local sources for your community across New York State.
Every morning we pull stories from local news outlets, community blogs, and neighborhood sources across New York.
A concise, personalized briefing lands in your inbox by 7am.
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Local newsrooms across New York State are disappearing. Since 2005, more than a third of the state's newspapers have closed or merged — from neighborhood weeklies in the boroughs to daily papers serving communities upstate. The stories they cover matter: city council votes that reshape your block, zoning fights in your neighborhood, the diner that just reopened or the school board race nobody else is following. Without local journalism, those stories vanish.
The Local exists to amplify that work, not replace it. Every story in your morning briefing links directly to the original source — whether that's Gothamist, THE CITY, your borough's indie outlet, or a regional paper upstate. When you tap a headline, you're visiting and supporting the journalist who wrote it. More readers means more ad revenue, more subscriptions, and a stronger case for keeping those newsrooms open.
We deliberately prioritize independent and local outlets over national publishers in your neighborhood section. Hell Gate over a wire rewrite. Columbia Paper over a national desk parachute piece. Hudson Valley One over a statewide roundup. That's not just editorial preference — it's how we drive traffic to the people who need it most.
By subscribing, you're not just getting a smarter morning read. You're helping to keep local journalism alive in your corner of New York — one click at a time.