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NYC has a new plan to fix an ailing BQE section. Construction won’t begin...
A rendering of the latest design meant to replace the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway's troubled Brooklyn Heights section.The Department of Transportation’s latest vision for the highway’s triple-cantilever...
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Private jets are getting a ‘home base’ in New York as VIP flights soar
A Bombardier Global 7500 jet lands at an airport in Barcelona, Spain, on May 27, 2024.The board of the Port Authority approved plans for new corporate jet hangers at Stewart International Airport near...
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A competitive eater reflects on his 23-year career before Coney Island hot...
Crazy Legs Conti pictured at Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in July, 2023.Crazy Legs Conti wonders if it's time to hang up the esophagus. [ more › ]
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NYC’s June 25 primary includes Assembly battles in 4 boroughs
The Brooklyn Museum is an early voting site for the June 25 primary.Some races are set to replace retiring longtime lawmakers. In others, challengers are trying to take out incumbents. [ more › ]
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Norcross indictment shows how NJ looks the other way on conflicts of...
William M. Tambussi, George Norcross' personal lawyer, attends the press conference where New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced an indictment charging both men.The political boss's...
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Cab driver in critical condition after Brooklyn shooting, NYPD says
The incident occurred just a block from Grand Army Plaza (pictured here) and the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday night.Police say the 52-year-old man was shot in the face while he was in his car in...
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Electric Zoo is finally giving out refunds. Here’s how to get yours.
Last year, some 1,500 people crashed the gates at the festival after organizers oversold tickets.The electronic music festival descended into chaos last year. Nine months later, organizers are finally...
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Service suspensions at NY’s Penn Station snarl commutes yet again
The suspensions come after an already messy week for the commuter hub.The disruptions follow a meltdown that left commuters stranded at the transit hub just a day earlier. [ more › ]
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Judge rejects legal challenges to congestion pricing, but Gov. Hochul's pause...
Traffic in Manhattan is the worst its ever been, according to experts.The ruling represented a legal victory for the MTA, which is reeling from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt the tolls. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: NYC's largest public pool is back this season
Because we could always use more pools in the summer, here are your early links: model sailboats are back at Central Park, Stonewall National Monument has a new visitor center, a Bed-Stuy watermelon...
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MTA tells NYC students to join the hot new trend: Paying the fare
MTA officials want more students to do this.The MTA has a new strategy in its war on fare evasion: convincing New York City students to pay the fare. [ more › ]
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Delivery apps in NYC could be held responsible for workers following traffic...
A delivery person for GrubHub rides an e-bike along Third Avenue on June 13, 2024.A City Council committee discussed a set of bills aimed at improving safety conditions for delivery workers and the...
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Extra Extra: The affordable NYC dream is alive at co-living spaces
Because where there's a will, there's a way, here are your afternoon links: Con Ed bill mix-ups, Americans aren't taking enough vacations, Reddit is bustling, and more from around the city and...
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NYC to open 45 schools as cooling centers to replace closed libraries
People braving the heat. The city will open dozens of schools as cooling centers.The Office of Emergency Management made the announcement amid an extended heat wave. [ more › ]
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Construction poised to begin on long-stalled housing project in Little Italy
Rendering of the Haven Green affordable housing project proposed for Manhattan's Little Italy.A new court ruling paves the way for work to begin on the Haven Green affordable housing project, spelling...
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NJ Transit pledges to hold Amtrak's 'feet to the fire' after commuting meltdowns
A person boards a NJ Transit train at the Hoboken Transit Terminal on September 1, 2023, in Hoboken, New Jersey.The two transit agencies still don't agree on what's causing all of their problems but...
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NYPD searching for 2 teens suspected of drowning at Jacob Riis Park
Two teens are believed to have drowned off Jacob Riis park Friday night.Police said the boys, 16 and 17, were last seen in the water at 6:30 p.m. Friday [ more › ]
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NYC utility workers could strike amid heat wave if union, Con Ed don't reach...
Con Ed workers are poised to walk off the job if the company and union fail to reach a contract deal.The contract for roughly 8,000 workers expires at midnight on Saturday. [ more › ]
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Mermaid Parade steps off in Coney Island on Saturday
Amanda Berrios and Margaret Perdomo coming off the subway, about to walk in the parade.It was the 42nd edition of the annual event. [ more › ]
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NYC officials plan rally to stop budget cuts to city library systems
The Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library.As libraries stare down $58.3 million in cuts in the upcoming city budget, officials planned a last-ditch effort to call for restored funding. [ more › ]
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