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NY could crack down on license plate covers, toll dodgers
Lawmakers all agree they want to crack down on toll evasion, but they cant seem to agree on how.Hochul wants to boost penalties on toll dodgers. Lawmakers want protections for those wrongly tolled. [...
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NJ Transit OKs 15% fare hike starting this summer
Protesters demonstrate outside an NJ Transit hearing in Newark, where the agency's board agreed to a 15% fare hike.Fares are also slated to go up 3% per year after that. [ more › ]
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Court tells wealthy NJ town: We'll decide where you'll put affordable housing
Millburn officials withdrew in February from plans to build a 75-unit, all-affordable-housing complex in the heart of their downtown.Leaders in Millburn, New Jersey, have been resisting plans for a...
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Extra Extra: New Jersey got another little aftershock today
Because a 2.6-magnitude love tap shook the Garden State, here are your afternoon links: The Bronx is getting another Chick-fil-A, Sasquatch in Central Park, wearing leather pants to the gym and more. [...
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Bronx DA assembling team of prosecutors to review Rikers sexual assault cases
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark in July 2021The move is in response to a Gothamist investigation into hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who said they were sexually assaulted by jail staff. [...
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In tight NY primary, Latimer laps Bowman in fundraising again — but the...
Westchester County Executive George Latimer speaks during an announcement by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Aug. 7, 2023.George Latimer’s campaign reported raising more than $2.2 million for the first...
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NYC opens public lockers to stop daily theft of 90,000 packages
A FedEx employee sorts out parcels in a street in Manhattan.Five lockers are now open throughout the city. [ more › ]
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NYC drops troubled migrant contractor DocGo, but concerns remain, comptroller...
Migrants arrive in New York City, courtesy of a chartered bus dispatched by Gov. Greg Abbott, Republican of Texas.The company set to temporarily take over downstate shelters has "extremely expensive"...
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NYC's debt collection program is being replaced. Advocates hope its flaws can...
The new tax lien program is expected to be released by the end of JuneTenant and homeowner advocates are highlighting flaws in the city’s old tax lien sale program, as officials plan a replacement. [...
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NYC is trying to stop deadly e-bike fires with these 3 approaches
The city’s first e-bike battery charging station in Cooper Square.The rate of battery fires is down in 2024. Still, there have been 48 blazes so far. [ more › ]
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NYC has 2K empty apartments for at-risk people. A new bill would use data to...
The proposal would create a dashboard of supportive housing units.Councilmember Lincoln Restler is introducing a bill to create a dashboard of vacant supportive housing units. [ more › ]
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NYC Council expected to take up employee discrimination, FDNY safety bills...
A stock image of the City Council ChambersThe full Council is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: Scrabble, but for hanging out
Because they're making a "less competitive" Scrabble for Zoomers, here are your early links: Alleged Orthodox Jewish tunnel-diggers plead not guilty, Dean Meminger looking good, Margot Robbie's...
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Ex-Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin seeks lifeline from U.S. Supreme Court in bribery...
The Harlem Democrat is making his case to the nation's highest court.A federal appeals court reinstated charges against the former New York politician last month. [ more › ]
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NJ governor: 'County line' battle wasn't why Tammy Murphy dropped from Senate...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks during a Get Out The Vote rally in 2021.Gov. Phil Murphy said the first lady didn't want to run a bruising and expensive campaign against another Democrat. [ more...
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Flaco the owl died with rat poison in his system. Is birth control better...
Advocates rallied in support of legislation dubbed "Flaco's law."Manhattan Councilmember Shaun Abreu says contraceptive bait can reduce the rat population and protect raptors from ingesting poison. [...
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Queens DA says buildings inspector solicited bribes to make property...
Queens DA Melinda Katz announced charges against a buildings inspector.Zabihullah Ibrahimi pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of bribery and official misconduct. [ more › ]
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Extra Extra: Girls just wanna have feminine leisure
Because liberation is overrated, here are your afternoon links: DJ Mister Cee dies, ranking cold brews, a dead humpback whale in New Jersey, and more from around the city and internet. [ more › ]
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NYC Council speaker blasts Mayor Adams' new protocol for accessing agency heads
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during a Martin Luther King. Jr event at the National Action Network's headquarters on March 16, 2023.Speaker Adrienne Adams said having to fill out...
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Artificial intelligence in NY’s courts? Panel will study benefits – and...
The bustling lobby of the Queens Criminal Courthouse at 125-01 Queens Blvd.The goal is "to improve the administration of justice while minimizing risks." [ more › ]
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