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Co-leader of Whitmer kidnapping plot gets 16 years in prison

Posted on December 27, 2022

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QNS

Ozone Park man killed after crashing into parking lot near JFK: NYPD

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SI Parent

The Latest Animal News on Staten Island is Otter-ly Adorable

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Politics

Adams administration coordinates response to winter storm with mayor out of town

Posted on December 23, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Winter storm, holidays and ‘tripledemic’ add to ongoing blood shortage crisis

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Staten Island house fire claims lives of two young children: FDNY

Posted on December 23, 2022

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New York Family

Santa! Chatting with Mrs. Claus (about Santa, cookies &milk and that darn naughty list)

Wesley Autrey, the winner of the Publishers Clearing House prize.

People

New York City ‘subway hero’ wins over $52K from Publishers Clearing House

Posted on December 23, 2022

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QNS

‘Stay home if you can’: Southern Queens residents told to move to higher ground amid tidal flooding

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man sentenced for Brownsville rape

Queens

Suspects sought for assaulting victim and stealing cellphone during Queens home invasion

Posted on December 23, 2022

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Bronx

Bronx shooting leaves one man dead: NYPD

Posted on December 23, 2022

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Courts

Hochul nominates Hector LaSalle as next chief judge of New York’s top court, irking progressives

Posted on December 22, 2022

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QNS

Councilwoman calls out city negligence after migrant suicide at Dutch Kills shelter

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Midtown Manhattan

Manhattan cops cuff man for alleged, brazen summer shooting

Posted on December 22, 2022

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Four New York City residents cuffed for selling psychedelic mushrooms out of East Village storefronts

Posted on December 22, 2022

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Chelsea shooter sought for injuring man in unprovoked attack: NYPD

Posted on December 22, 2022

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QNS

Man critically injured after being struck by U-Haul truck driver in Long Island City hit-and-run: NYPD

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Year in Review | See 36 of the best New York Scene photos of 2022

Posted on December 22, 2022

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QNS

Queens man faces life in prison for alleged murder of 3-year-old son at shelter: DA

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Politics

‘We have much to do’: Mayor Adams defends administration’s record on public safety

Posted on December 21, 2022

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QNS

‘Theft is a regular occurrence’: Flushing business owners, community leaders express concerns over public safety amid local crime surge

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown cops cuff suspect who allegedly murdered man over a cigarette

Posted on December 21, 2022

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QNS

Flushing cyber ‘predator’ gets 17 years in prison for ‘sextortion’ of Long Island boy: Feds

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Suspect cuffed for fatally shooting man in Chelsea: NYPD

Posted on December 21, 2022

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn cop and suspect shot during possible domestic abuse arrest

Posted on December 21, 2022

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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

Lower Manhattan

Suspect in Lower Manhattan hurls hate speech and punches victim: NYPD

Posted on December 21, 2022

East Village photographer Sid Kaplan

East Village photographer Sid Kaplan still developing great images in his 84th year

Posted on December 21, 2022

The Year of the Slap: Pop culture moments in 2022

Posted on December 21, 2022

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn subway shooting: MTA security guard blasts aggressive commuter, cops say

Posted on December 21, 2022

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Brooklyn

Firefighers take on Brooklyn blaze that broke out in private home

Posted on December 20, 2022

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QNS

32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg retires after leading essential workers through COVID-19 pandemic

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Manhattan grand jury indicts homeless man accused of sexually assaulting three women in violent attacks

Posted on December 20, 2022

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Courts

Legal groups file second motion against DOC for failure to provide inmates with medical access

Posted on December 20, 2022

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BREAKING | Pair dead after L train strikes them in Manhattan

Posted on December 20, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man sentenced for ‘violent and traumatic’ 2020 rape

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Brooklyn

Funeral for fallen Brooklyn firefighter to be held after Christmas on Long Island

Posted on December 20, 2022

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News

MTA worker attacked at L train station, suspect nabbed from beneath train

Posted on December 20, 2022

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News

amNY Year in Review | A look at the top 10 web stories of 2022

Posted on December 20, 2022

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Bronx Times

Cause of Morrisania house fire that injured 8, including a baby, still unknown

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QNS

J train rider attacked and robbed in Richmond Hill: NYPD

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Two women cuffed for vandalizing Councilman Erik Bottcher’s office, apartment building with homophobic slurs

Posted on December 20, 2022

Members of the Exonerated Five, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, and Cicely Harris, Chair of Community Board 10, and Betsy Smith, President and CEO of the Central Park Conservancy, at the Gate of the Exonerated.

New gate name honoring the Exonerated Five unveiled in Central Park

Posted on December 19, 2022

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News

MTA to cut Monday, Friday service on some lines, bolster others in post-pandemic realignment

Posted on December 19, 2022

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Politics

Migrant crisis | Tent shelter facility on Randall’s Island may be resurrected with another surge of new arrivals, Adams admin says

Posted on December 19, 2022

Lower Manhattan

App drivers strike in Lower Manhattan over Uber lawsuit hitting brakes on wage increase

Posted on December 19, 2022

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Gay City News

A look at GENDA nearly four years later

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