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NY’s highest court considers whether Queens prosecutors discriminated against...
Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens.In one case, the trial judge said the prosecutor “got a bad vibe” from a Black prospective jurors responses prior jury service. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: Can the Justice Department stop NYPD officers from parking on...
At least eight people were injured after a man driving a U-Haul plowed into several pedestrians and drove onto the sidewalk in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on Monday morning.Because the feds are threatening to...
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'Good cause' eviction protections are now in place in NY. Here's what that...
The lead sponsor of the Good Cause measure says the law is historic.New state eviction protections leave out a huge swath of renters. Are you covered? [ more › ]
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Poisonous vapors may be affecting over 1K buildings in Greenpoint and East...
A dingy corner in Brooklyn that sits atop the Meeker Avenue Plume.The EPA announced a $1 million plan to address the Meeker Avenue plume. [ more › ]
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Extra Extra: Opossums in apartments
Because "rehabbers" are caring for squirrels, pigeons, rats and other critters in their New York City apartments, here are your afternoon links: Balthazar mice, Nova Knicks, status sleep and more. [...
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Columbia University protests carry on with tents on campus and NYPD outside...
The Columbia University protest encampment on Monday, April 22, 2024.Hundreds of people gathered in and outside the school’s Morningside Heights campus as classes went remote under the administration’s...
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NYC lacked staff, equipment, communication for Ophelia, comptroller report says
A person pushes a barricade floating on a flooded E 10th Street amid a coastal storm on Sept. 29, 2023 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn.The report says the city didn’t adequately warn New...
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Arrests made at NYU as cops clear protesters’ encampment
Police move in to clear an encampment at NYU on Monday, April 22 2024.The clearing of the encampment at NYU comes five days after the NYPD arrested more than 100 protesters who put up tents on the lawn...
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NYC law department employee pleads guilty to stealing $600K in checks,...
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York attends a news conference.Officials say he stole around 40 checks payable to the law department. [ more › ]
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Police arrest 15-year-old in connection to February's fatal Bronx subway...
Two other teenagers were also arrested in the weeks after the shooting.He faces murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges. [ more › ]
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NYC cyclists miffed as NYPD closes Lower Manhattan bike lane during Trump trial
The bike lane on Centre Street is blocked off during the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.“It's very, very, very, dangerous,” bemoaned one cyclist who relies on the Centre Street bike...
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We set out to define New York City sidewalk etiquette and received more than...
Digital producer James Ramsay as a dog walker, parent, teenager and tourist walking on the sidewalk.Keep to the right. Don’t spit. Don’t walk in a line of three. Give seniors the right-of-way. But...
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NYC street vendors targeted for lack of licenses despite City Hall promising...
Street vendors marched on City Hall in Manhattan last week. They were protesting recent enforcement actions by the city against street vendors, many of whom lack proper licenses and permits.The...
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Police say roughly 120 arrested as NYC campus protests against Israeli...
A sign held during a demonstration at NYU on Monday, April 22 2024.Like their peers at Columbia, NYU administrators say outside agitators are adding to the chaos. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: Feels like it's getting windier around here
Because New Jersey residents agree, it's getting windier, here are your early links: Secret Service would chaperone Trump in jail, LIRR Candy Crush king, captchas are getting really hard and more. [...
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New York bans insurance discrimination against low-income tenants
The governor included a measure to ban insurance discrimination in her executive budget proposal.The new measures come nine months after a Gothamist investigation into source of income discrimination...
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SummerStage unveils lineup of free shows in Central Park and across NYC
Marisa Monte performs at a SummerStage event in July, 2023.Kim Gordon, Corinne Bailey Rae, David Cross, and Ghostface Killah are among the performers this summer. [ more › ]
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NYC public housing officials back private firm fired from Brooklyn campus
Hope Gardens was one of the earliest conversions to private management of a public housing complex.NYCHA says Pinnacle City Living was the first property manager removed from a public housing complex...
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Extra Extra: Joe Biden suggested that cannibals in Papua New Guinea ate his...
Because Papua New Guinea has taken offense, here are your early links: Central Park coyote, close call on the JFK runway, compassion is back, baby, and more. [ more › ]
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4-alarm fire engulfs multiple buildings in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, FDNY says
Firefighters battle the four-alarm blaze in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn on Tuesday, April 23 2024.Six firefighters suffered minor injuries, officials said. [ more › ]
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