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Portray by Brigitte Bentele; photograph courtesy Brigitte Bentele Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the Capitol riots in Washington, DC. For 2 artists from NYC, the event means it’s time to, as soon as once more, whip out their paintbrushes. Lesley Friedman Rosenthal and Brigitte Bentele of the Higher West Aspect in Manhattan mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, rebel in Washington, DC, with highly effective and considerably unsettling artistic endeavors. Their hope is to doc a pivotal second in American historical past and spark essential conversations round politics and democracy.  Mates and artwork collaborators, the pair is…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured signing three of his first 5 government orders geared toward tackling the town’s housing disaster throughout a press convention at an residence constructing in Brooklyn Photograph by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Images Workplace Mayor Zohran Mamdani got here out swinging final week as he embarks on his pivotal first 100 days in workplace — taking government motion to advance his personal agenda and trying to undo the roadblocks his predecessor, Eric Adams, tried to throw in his method. However in doing so, Mamdani — who had proclaimed on the steps of Metropolis Corridor that he would attempt to…