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Mayor Adams says 'outside agitators' are using campus protests to stir chaos...
Mayor Eric Adams appears outside Manhattan Criminal Court for the second day of the trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on April 16, 2024.The mayor’s comments fit into a long history of public...
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Ousted NY Rep. George Santos says he won't run for Congress again after all
Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., sits on the House floor before the start of President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address to the joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March...
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26-year-old man dies after being shot in Brooklyn, NYPD says
At the scene Tuesday evening there were several shell casing markers.The investigation is ongoing. [ more › ]
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Staten Island councilmember calls on MTA to install more OMNY machines
A person swipes in with a Metrocard at a turnstile outfitted with an OMNY touchpad at the Columbus Circle - 59th Street subway station.“While I love the new OMNY digital wallet system, not everyone can...
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Women held at Rikers say they were sexually assaulted during routine medical...
Jennifer Levine said she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at Rikers during a routine physical exam.In lawsuits filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, more than 30 women said they were groped,...
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A hotel row in Queens is getting a new look. New affordable housing is part...
Rendering of the interior garden planned for the former JFK Hilton, near the airport in Queens. It's being converted into affordable housing.The former JFK Hilton is being transformed into affordable...
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Early Addition: City's top lawyer, who questioned defending Adams against...
Because the New York Post reports Sylvia Hinds-Radix was asked to resign and said no, here are your early links: Solar canopy over JFK parking lot, immersive dance theater at Green-Wood Cemetery,...
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Columbia extends deadline to clear pro-Palestinian protesters to Friday as...
Police stand outside of locked gates at Columbia WednesdayStudents initially said the university was negotiating in bad faith, but tensions may have cooled since then. [ more › ]
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2 NYPD officers arrested for sexually assaulting woman who was incapacitated:...
NYPD officers stand outside of the Richmond County Clerk in Staten Island on March 8, 2024.The officers are accused of abusing a woman who was “physically helpless or mentally incapacitated” last July....
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New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne dies at 65, weeks after heart attack
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr in his Cannon Building office near a picture of himself and his late father, former Rep. Donald Payne, in 2016.The six-term representative succeeded his father more than a decade...
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Extra Extra: Martinis and scaffolding, that's what New York City does
Because we have a lot of both, here are your afternoon links: How to get away with obscuring your license plate, Mary Todd Lincoln comedy coming to Broadway, you don't have to shower every day, and...
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Campus protests put Columbia president in crosshairs of critics on the left...
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testifying before a House Committee on Education on April 17, 2024.Less than a year into the job, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is facing...
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NYC library cuts stand in Mayor Adams’ $112 billion budget proposal
People gather to watch the solar eclipse outside the Brooklyn Public Library main branch on April 8, 2024.The mayor has restored some of his unpopular cuts but is resisting calls to fully fund...
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City Council questions Rikers officials over handling of sexual assault...
The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens.City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. [ more › ]
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‘Bee hotels’ coming to select NYC plazas in effort to protect imperiled...
City officials are rolling out "bee hotels" in an effort to preserve the bee population.The Pollinator Port Project has a plan to try and help city bees thrive. [ more › ]
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NY finally has a housing deal. Will it work?
Whether or not the housing deal in the state budget will work won't be known for years.Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams are hailing the housing deal as transformative. Housing experts are urging...
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'Bedlam' — What it's like to live near Sen. Schumer's Brooklyn home during...
Protestors block the street near the home of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Brooklyn borough of New York during a demonstration by pro-Palestinian Jewish groups on the second night of...
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Queens DA charges school crossing guard with attempted rape after NYPD sting
J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley near where a school crossing guard allegedly propositioned an NYPD officer.A school crossing guard allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to an NYPD officer posing as...
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The Black Comic Book Festival returns to Harlem this weekend
A person in costume at last year's Black Comic Book Festival.The two-day festival, also known as SchomCom, is back for its 12th year at the Schomburg Center in Harlem starting on Friday. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: A Howard Beach teen allegedly shot a neighbor's dog while...
A police officer attends a crime scene.Because the dog survived, thank God, here are your early links: Forever chemicals forever, DWI-turned-getaway-in-a-cop-car, the windmill blades fell off the...
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