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Politics

Top NYPD official claims cops park on sidewalks because there’s nowhere else to park on the streets

Posted on March 20, 2023

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell testifies at City Council hearing

Politics

Spending spree: NYPD has already surpassed annual overtime budget by $100M in current fiscal year

Posted on March 20, 2023

Subways saw pandemic record of 3.94 million rides on March 16

Posted on March 19, 2023

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Spin city: Iconic Astor Place cube to twirl again following off-site rehab

Posted on March 19, 2023

Street vendors stand behind the proverbial red tape.

Business

New York City street vendors call for reform to industry, end of police targeting

Posted on March 16, 2023

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Oonee unveils new free bike parking pod at Port Authority Bus Terminal

Posted on March 15, 2023

New Yorkers crown Smith-9th Street as city's favorite subway station

Albany legislators dismiss Hochul’s MTA rescue plan, present their own

Posted on March 14, 2023

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State Senate passes bill to establish ‘scramble’ crosswalks outside NYC schools

Posted on March 14, 2023

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LaGuardia AirTrain proposal officially canned by Port Authority, suggests airport shuttle bus instead

Posted on March 13, 2023

Signature Bank bought by New York Community Bank

Business

Hochul says Signature Bank deposits are safe in FDIC hands, but customers uneasy

Posted on March 13, 2023

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Politics

Ruth Bader Ginsburg likeness to be carved into ‘Million Dollar Staircase’ at State Capitol

Posted on March 12, 2023

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New Broadway pedestrian plazas kick off construction this week in Flatiron, NoMad

Posted on March 12, 2023

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Weekend crashes on city streets claim three more lives

Posted on March 12, 2023

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Boosting ‘Fair Fares’: Speaker Adams calls for double eligibility for half-price subway, bus rides

Posted on March 8, 2023

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Take the P Train! Bathrooms will reopen at 12 more subway stations in May

Posted on March 8, 2023

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Queens

Two 75-year-old Queens women dead in separate crashes

Posted on March 8, 2023

A man was fatally struck by a train at West 4th Street Tuesday morning.

Two people fatally struck by trains in Queens and Manhattan, causing major subway delays

Posted on March 7, 2023

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Off with their masks! Mayor Adams says businesses should require that patrons remove face coverings to deter retail theft

Posted on March 6, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams at the interfaith breakfast

Politics

Eric Adams says religion and government shouldn’t ‘interfere,’ but stops short of saying ‘separate’

Posted on March 5, 2023

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MTA adds more LIRR trains in Brooklyn, retools schedule amid chaotic rollout

Posted on March 5, 2023

Take ’em off! Top NYPD official tells businesses to demand patrons remove masks in order to enter

Posted on March 2, 2023

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Business

Battery outage: City Council votes to ban reassembled e-bike batteries linked to serious fire hazards

Posted on March 2, 2023

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BQE’s crumbling cantilever: City again considering ‘temporary highway’ to redirect traffic during reconstruction

Posted on March 1, 2023

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Nearly 10% of MTA elevators out of service at any given time: report

Posted on February 28, 2023

The Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

Married MTA employees plead guilty with third man to bid-rigging conspiracy for surplus vehicle auctions

Posted on February 28, 2023

Feds not coming to MTA’s rescue under GOP House, Schumer says

Posted on February 27, 2023

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Brooklyn riders not feeling the love from new LIRR schedules

Posted on February 27, 2023

Full LIRR service finally begins at Grand Central Madison on Monday, Feb. 27.

Grand Central Madison finally opens for full LIRR service on Monday

Posted on February 26, 2023

The BQE's triple cantilever section in Brooklyn Heights.

City stalls BQE plans to conduct traffic study on number of lanes

Posted on February 26, 2023

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Going Up: MTA will start installing elevators at 15 more subway stations this year, 12 others to open in 2023

Posted on February 23, 2023

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Advocates, labor urge Hochul to bulk up MTA budget, expand service

Posted on February 22, 2023

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Fare evasion arrests skyrocket, more than 90% of those arrested are Black, Brown riders

Posted on February 22, 2023

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MTA to begin installing wide turnstiles for wheelchair users in subway this year

Posted on February 21, 2023

Godzilla was found in very poor condition after being dumped in the frigid Prospect Park lake.

Alligator rescues more common than you might think in NYC

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Suburban lawmakers say only city should pay increased payroll tax to fund MTA

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Bronx

Bronx car wash employee killed in ghastly hit-and-run, second on that block in eight months

Posted on February 20, 2023

Politics

Steve Bannon’s lawyers say he stiffed them of nearly $500k

Posted on February 20, 2023

Brooklyn

LATER, GATOR! Alligator found in, rescued from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake

Posted on February 19, 2023

Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has become a celebrity in Central Park, but seems in no rush to return home to the zoo.

Freedom for Flaco! Central Park Zoo suspends attempted capture of escaped owl

Posted on February 19, 2023

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Brooklyn

Woman fatally struck by SUV in Brooklyn amid gruesome President’s Day Weekend on city streets

Posted on February 19, 2023

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Council looks to regulate ‘last-mile’ warehouses, citing truck traffic from Amazon and others

Posted on February 16, 2023

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Politics

Hector LaSalle rejected once-and-for-all as Chief Judge after Senate floor vote

Posted on February 15, 2023

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Dreaded 14th Street subway passageway to close till December for accessibility work

Posted on February 15, 2023

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DOT honchos grilled on street safety progress as Adams admin announces opposition to Council bills

Posted on February 14, 2023

AirTrain

Going up! AirTrain fare rising to $8.25 next month

Posted on February 13, 2023

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Chelsea

New ‘clubhouse’ for cabbies opens in Chelsea as major medallion lender seeks to give back

Posted on February 13, 2023

Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has become a celebrity in Central Park, but seems in no rush to return home to the zoo.

News

SUPERB OWL: Flaco, zoo escapee, adjusts to life in the ‘wild’ of Central Park

Posted on February 13, 2023

An MTA A train pulls into 34th Street-Penn Station.

Six subway lines to see service snags next week as MTA starts installing modern signaling on A/‌C/E

Posted on February 12, 2023

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Borough President Gibson and Council Member Ayala allocate $750K for Gotham Health, Belvis lobby upgrades

Won distributes toys at an event at Ravenswood Houses on Friday. Photo courtesy of office of Council Member Julie Won.

Won, community groups distribute more than 1,000 toys to D26 children, with 2 giveaways remaining

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New tech company, Hera, seeks to offer affordable care for aging New Yorkers

An Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer walks past portraits of US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at US immigration court in Manhattan, New York City, US, December 9, 2025.

LGBTQ immigrants face more asylum rejections, though some still win cases