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Politics

Dead and buried? Mock funeral held for 1994 Crime Bill, as New York pols renew call for sentencing reform

Posted on September 13, 2022

Rikers Island protesters say penal island beyond repair

Politics

‘These jails are killing people’: Advocates, former Rikers Island prisoners rally ahead of corrections board hearing

Posted on September 13, 2022

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Politics

Pre-Approved! NYC gun retailers will now have merchant category codes for tracking

Posted on September 12, 2022

Remembering 9/11, 21 years later

Manhattan

Remembering 9/11 | NYC honors victims of terrorist attacks 21 years later

Posted on September 11, 2022

New Yorkers mourn Queen Elizabeth II

The Villager

‘Devastated’ New Yorkers mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II in West Village’s ‘Little Britain’

Posted on September 8, 2022

9/11 Memorial ceremony will mark 21st anniversary of attacks

Manhattan

Remembering 9/11, 21 years later: What to know about Lower Manhattan’s tribute to terror attack victims

Posted on September 6, 2022

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City Living

NYPD bags five street vendors peddling $2 million in counterfeit goods

Posted on August 13, 2022

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Queens

‘My son died an innocent man’: Family of Rikers Island inmate sues city on first anniversary of his death in solitary confinement

Posted on August 10, 2022

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Protesters cuffed in battle over Lower Manhattan abortion clinic

Posted on August 7, 2022

Children received balloon swords during the 13th Precinct's National Night Out Against Crime event

NYPD hosts 39th Annual National Night Out Against Crime

Posted on August 3, 2022

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Services

A killer cap? Livery drivers say they’ll go out of business if mayor, TLC won’t lift license limit

Posted on August 1, 2022

Lower Manhattan robbers caught on camera

Manhattan

SEE IT: Lower Manhattan robbers pummel, slash victim for a few hundred bucks

Posted on July 28, 2022

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Politics

NYC businesses pledge $8m to support Breaking Ground homeless service

Posted on July 26, 2022

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NYC Transit

‘Catch, release and repeat’: Mayor Adams fumes over release of teen who attacked cop in Harlem subway station

Posted on July 26, 2022

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Queens

‘We come out here over and over again:’ Advocates call for Rikers Island closure amid rising death toll

Posted on July 15, 2022

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Politics

Queens Councilmember introduces legislation banning horse carriages

Posted on July 14, 2022

Mayor Adams visits Rikers Island

Queens

Rikers Island turmoil: Mayor Adams meets with inmates as religious leaders host City Hall vigil

Posted on July 7, 2022

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The Villager

Hundreds watch as man attempts to take a dive from DSW in Union Square

Posted on July 6, 2022

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Top cop Sewell touts dozens of arrests, gun seizures and NYC shooting decline despite bullet-riddled July 4 weekend

Posted on July 6, 2022

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Eat & Drink

Sunscoop and Supergoop! to send ‘Suntruck’ to hand out ice cream and skincare to Lower Manhattan in July

Posted on July 3, 2022

Forty-three-year-old Antonio Dorsey Pratt's image was the last photo to be installed at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum on June 29.

Remembering 9/11

The last portrait: 9/11 Memorial & Museum installs final victim photo

Posted on June 29, 2022

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The Villager

Protesters rain on the NYC Pride Parade in memory of Donnell Rochester

Posted on June 26, 2022

Roe v. Wade reversal protests in New York City

Health

Roe v. Wade reversal rage: Estimated 17,000 New Yorkers take fury to streets of Lower Manhattan over SCOTUS decision

Posted on June 24, 2022

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Health

MetroPlusHealth salutes its employees and creators during Founders Day celebration

Posted on June 24, 2022

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Politics

New Yorkers ‘less safe from gun violence’ thanks to Supreme Court striking down New York law, Mayor Adams says

Posted on June 23, 2022

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Manhattan

Police are searching for a man who slashed a woman inside Fulton Street Station

Posted on June 21, 2022

Brisket burgers hot off the grill from Watermark Bar.

Eat & Drink

Lower Manhattan’s premiere tasting event: Dine Around Downtown, a community restaurant food fest

Posted on June 14, 2022

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Services

Vouch for the future: Homeless demand mayor make housing vouchers more effective

Posted on June 9, 2022

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Another battle won for the war on guns: NYPD and Manhattan DA take down trafficker selling bags of guns

Posted on June 7, 2022

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Photos

PHOTOS: Bravest honored at annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony

Posted on June 1, 2022

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Politics

‘Care for All Families’: Pols rally for $10M to support care for undocumented children

Posted on May 31, 2022

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The Villager

Home healthcare workers see potential end to 24-hour shifts at City Hall rally supporting new legislation

Posted on May 31, 2022

Viral video of Fulton Street attack

Manhattan

SEE IT: Viral video of Asian man attacked at Lower Manhattan subway station leaves unanswered questions

Posted on May 31, 2022

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Politics

41 arrested after NYPD takedown of retail crime ring

Posted on May 26, 2022

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The Villager

Don’t park your lot here: Locals rally against Rutgers Slip playground demolition for luxury towers’ parking lot

Posted on May 25, 2022

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Politics

Mayor Adams seeks more bag checks, patrols near NYC schools and subway stations in wake of Texas massacre

Posted on May 25, 2022

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The Villager

Hudson Square BID opens new greenspace near Holland Tunnel

Posted on May 18, 2022

Rikers Island protest

New York

‘We demand action now!’ Recent Rikers Island deaths renew advocates’ call for major reforms

Posted on May 17, 2022

Subway creep in Lower Manhattan

Manhattan

Subway creep kisses and molests woman riding 3 train in Lower Manhattan

Posted on May 14, 2022

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The Villager

A day with the Lower East Side’s newest social media phenom

Posted on May 14, 2022

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Politics

A tale of two sweeps: Lower Manhattan homeless encampments end with vastly different fates

Posted on May 11, 2022

River To River Festival

The Villager

River To River Festival to return to Lower Manhattan in June

Posted on May 11, 2022

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Health

‘Bans will only stop safe abortions’: AG James announces legislation to protect abortion access in New York and help out-of-state women obtain it

Posted on May 9, 2022

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City Living

‘Trust is the biggest thing’: Inside the Bowery Mission’s effort to help New York’s homeless

Posted on May 8, 2022

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Politics

New Yorkers march through Lower Manhattan in protest of Roe v. Wade potential overturn

Posted on May 4, 2022

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NYPD adds 35 names to Hall of Heroes during Memorial Day Ceremony

Posted on May 3, 2022

Hundreds marched from Washington Square Park for a May Day rally.

The Villager

Massive May Day march for workers’ rights heads from Washington Square to Foley Square

Posted on May 1, 2022

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Politics

Adams backs hotel conversion bill in Albany that could help solve NYC’s homelessness crisis

Posted on May 1, 2022

More from around NYC

File Photo of Burgers on a grill

Under the CHEFS Act, Torres wants restaurants to get a tax credit to clean up their grills

The former Sunnyside Mural on the corner of 40th Street and 47th Avenue. Photo: GoFundMe/Nora Dantchev.

Sunnyside community members renew fundraising effort to revive iconic mural

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Fort Hamilton celebrates 200 years standing guard over New York Harbor

Josh Sharp stands on stage with his name printed on screen behind him in rainbow colors.

‘ta-da!’ review: A heartfelt romp full of magic and mayhem