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New York

Migrants scramble as clock on shelter stays runs out

Posted on September 28, 2023

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New York

Eight Rikers detainees slashed while shackled to ‘restraint desks’

Posted on September 18, 2023

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News

Madison Square Garden PAC Funds Council Members Who’ll Vote on Arena’s Future

Posted on September 6, 2023

Harlem properties that could be seized by MTA under eminent domain

MTA seeks to take over Harlem properties via eminent domain for Second Avenue Subway expansion

Posted on April 21, 2023

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I was passed over as NYC’s Chief Actuary because I’m Asian and gay, former deputy says in lawsuit

Posted on January 25, 2023

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Bronx

Delivery worker hubs en route to West Side and The Bronx

Posted on January 4, 2023

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Battery Park City

Wagner Park Safe From Bulldozers for Now as Suit Filed to Stop Waterfront Revamp

Posted on December 21, 2022

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Manhattan DA seeks ‘red flag’ gun ban for comptroller employee

Posted on December 14, 2022

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Business

Glass half empty in still depopulated NYC office towers

Posted on November 22, 2022

Columbia drops Red Balloon Early Childhood Learning Center

Columbia gives 50-year-old preschool the boot

Posted on October 4, 2022

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Malfunctioning water tank now under scrutiny as root of NYCHA arsenic crisis

Posted on September 28, 2022

Arsenic found in water at NYCHA complex

Health

Federal monitor investigating how arsenic got into NYCHA’s water

Posted on September 4, 2022

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Seaport vendor market seeks more space, in shadow of Chef Jean-Georges

Posted on August 3, 2022

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State OKs zoning override for WTC megatower — and warns of mega price tag for 100% affordable housing demand

Posted on July 20, 2022

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News

Controversial Harlem One45 Towers plan to add more affordable housing in fight to survive

Posted on May 5, 2022

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Transit

Union Square subway entrance a smelly mess despite ritzy private ownership

Posted on April 27, 2022

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Is Manhattan’s back-to-the-office moment finally here?

Posted on March 2, 2022

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Transit

Hundreds of taxi medallions repossessed despite rescue deal that ended hunger strike

Posted on February 21, 2022

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NYC Black unemployment stuck above 15%

Posted on February 16, 2022

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Book burning threat at NYPL: Decade of bureaucratic delays postpone fire alarms

Posted on February 8, 2022

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Transit

As federal funds put Second Ave. subway extension on express track, displacement looms for locals

Posted on December 1, 2021

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FDR Drive tear-down and Manhattan land extension eyed in Downtown flood plan

Posted on November 16, 2021

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News

Cuomo sparred with investigators over meaning of ‘girlfriend,’ ‘date’ — and ‘butt’

Posted on November 11, 2021

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Manhattan Billionaires’ Row homeless shelter opens after years-long legal battle

Posted on November 9, 2021

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Politics

Rep. Espaillat campaign paid thousands to online influencers who delivered flattering posts

Posted on October 27, 2021

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Politics

Derailed Biden infrastructure package could mean loss of $10B for New York Transit

Posted on October 2, 2021

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Bronx

After NYC jail officials ignored suicide prevention plan, five detainees took their own lives

Posted on September 25, 2021

A delivery worker cycles throuugh Kips Bay in Manhattan, June 4, 2020.

Business

NYC set to pass food delivery app laws securing workers minimum pay, bathrooms and more

Posted on September 23, 2021

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Brooklyn

Signs point to Sears closing Brooklyn store, its last outpost in New York City

Posted on September 18, 2021

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Remembering 9/11

How bullying and spying on Muslims after 9/11 spawned a justice-seeking generation

Posted on September 9, 2021

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Politics

Historic deadly rains put spotlight on city’s lack of preparation

Posted on September 3, 2021

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Business

Commercial districts grapple with slowed return to business as usual

Posted on September 1, 2021

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Bronx

NYC college neighborhood businesses eagerly await return of students

Posted on September 1, 2021

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Manhattan lead paint confusion casts new doubts on moving public housing to private management

Posted on August 24, 2021

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Perkins loses Harlem council primary recount by 114 votes to Democratic socialist

Posted on August 18, 2021

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Politics

Cuomo trying to cut a deal to avoid impeachment, source says

Posted on August 9, 2021

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World Trade Center’s first residential tower sparks affordable-housing fight

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Politics

Voter turnout surged in AOC’s Queens and dropped where COVID raged worst

Posted on June 28, 2021

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Transit

Queens grabs bigger share of subway ridership as pandemic shifts commutes

Posted on June 10, 2021

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Battle over rent hikes turns to who’s suffered more: tenants or landlords?

Posted on June 9, 2021

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Politics

Dianne Morales staff implosion highlights mayoral campaign pay disparities

Posted on May 28, 2021

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NYC’s school algorithms cement segregation. This data shows how

Posted on May 27, 2021

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Transit

Subway service is back 24/7, but some Manhattan entrances remain locked around the clock

Posted on May 19, 2021

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Homeless reflect on life in a New York City hotel room, one year later

Posted on May 12, 2021

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Brooklyn

De Blasio bets legacy on SoHo and Gowanus overhauls as he mounts last land stand

Posted on April 30, 2021

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News

Sinking Scott Rudin holds on to Little Island as Barry Diller defends him

Posted on April 28, 2021

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Embattled Cuomo pushes skyline-altering Penn Station real estate plan as critics mobilize

Posted on April 2, 2021

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When NYPD takes kids’ phones, they’re disconnecting a pandemic lifeline

Posted on March 29, 2021

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More from around NYC

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Yankees celebrate Lehman College students in sport management mentoring program

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Mets to host playoff watch parties at Citi Field

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Another U-turn on McGuinness Boulevard as city returns to original lane reduction plan

Leslie Cagan (middle) with presenters Peace Action New York executive director Emily Rubin (left) and Columbia professor and law scholar Katherine Franke (right).

Leslie Cagan, longtime peace activist and organizer, honored for intersectional social justice work