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Grand Central evacuated over presumed Molotov cocktails, investigators deemed non-hazardous

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Developers close on financing for $47.5M rehabilitation of Jacob Riis Bathhouse in the Rockaways

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EXCLUSIVE | NYC Mayor helps launch free hair salon for asylum-seekers at Queens hotel

Posted on March 28, 2023

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East Coast Pro Wrestling hosts charity event in Queens

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Bail reform rollback: Over 100 law professors demand Hochul, legislature keep ‘least restrictive’ plan out of budget

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Met Council leader warns of ‘catastrophe’ for low-income families in Queens due to lack of pandemic-era federal food aid

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Jury convicts two Jamaica men for fatal shooting in Richmond Hill in 2017: DA

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Cops cuff man for sexually assaulting woman in Bronx burglary

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Op-Ed | Supercharging safety for e-bikes

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Pair of Queens community organizations will activate public spaces to celebrate local cultures

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Patriots owner Robert Kraft launches campaign to combat antisemitism

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Icehouse Café loses bid to stay at city-owned Hammond’s Cove Marina, owners and community outraged at decision

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Coalition calls for boycott of upcoming standardized tests, touts new legislation offering testing alternatives

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Shooting at Nashville private school leaves 3 children and 3 adults dead

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Bellerose investment advisor indicted for multi-million dollar securities fraud scheme: Feds

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Bronx man convicted of firing stray shot that wounded two bus riders in Jamaica in 2021: DA

Joaquin Phoenix (l) and Lady Gaga (r) on the set of Joker 2 Sunday (Photos by Michael Dorgan)

SEE IT: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga shoot ‘Joker’ scenes in Manhattan

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Brooklyn woman with 37 prior arrests cuffed for deadly arson in Queens

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Curbside composting resumes in Queens following winter pause, citywide rollout to follow

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Protests erupt in Israel as Netanyahu comes under pressure

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Universal Hip Hop Museum, director facing backlash for ties with accused pedophile Afrikaa Bambaataa

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First Citizens to take over failed Silicon Valley Bank

Posted on March 27, 2023

Harlem Shooting

Man in stable condition after shooting in Harlem apartment building: cops

Posted on March 27, 2023

Colors of joy: Richmond Hill celebrates 35th annual Phagwah Parade

Posted on March 26, 2023

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Mayor calls for more migrant crisis funds, no new MTA tax, with less than a week until state budget deadline

Posted on March 26, 2023

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On the first day of spring, activists gather at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza call for banks to stop funding fossil fuels

Posted on March 26, 2023

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Marvel star Jonathan Majors cuffed for alleged domestic assault in Chelsea

Posted on March 26, 2023

Death Penalty Firing Squads Explainer

Death by firing squad is making a comeback

Posted on March 25, 2023

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House Republicans pass controversial bill that aims to inform parents what’s taught in public schools

Posted on March 25, 2023

Climate activists demand more subway and bus service from the MTA

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In push for more MTA service, advocates and elected officials take a different angle: Climate change

Posted on March 25, 2023

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Citi Bike to expand into CB6, CB8 areas, with opportunity to suggest station locations

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Corona teen charged with hate crime in Flushing Meadows Corona Park attack last month: DA

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Manhattan DA Bragg gets white powder death threat amid possible Trump indictment

Posted on March 24, 2023

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Lower East Side

Trader Joe’s on Lower East Side to unionize, first of its NYC stores to do so

Posted on March 24, 2023

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Organizers of 31st Avenue Open Street in Astoria announce new season beginning in April

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O’Donnell calls on Governor Hochul to restrict travel to six states amid anti-LGBTQ laws

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Jacobi hospital saw 20% of its nurses quit in 2022. How long can temp staffing fill that gap?

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Hudson River Park, An Urban Recreational Oasis in NYC with Noreen Doyle, President & CEO, Hudson River Park Trust

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Mayor aims to streamline leadup to city’s public review process to better attack affordable housing crisis

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Dispute between Bronx neighbors escalates leading to man being fatally stabbed: NYPD

Posted on March 24, 2023

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Cops looking for alleged creep who groped woman at 28th Street station

Posted on March 24, 2023

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Cops open fire on East Village gunman during chase, arrest made

Posted on March 24, 2023

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Mayor expands free broadband internet plan for NYCHA residents in the Bronx, citywide

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Judges vacate Brooklyn man’s conviction in 1993 Bayside homicide case after decades behind bars

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Assembly passes bill reducing barriers for wrongfully-convicted New Yorkers to prove their innocence

Posted on March 23, 2023

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QueensLink hosts Ozone Park town hall to discuss plans for old Rockaway Beach line

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TRUMP INDICTMENT WATCH: Grand jury meets again as Bragg’s team rebuffs MAGA loyalists in Congress seeking to investigate the investigation

Posted on March 23, 2023

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NYPD Special Operations divers recover arsenal of weapons from Jamaica Bay waters near JFK Airport

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NYC Parks issues RFP for Pelham Split Rock Golf Courses

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Man sought for punching woman in the face as he attempted to steal her cellphone on Q25 bus in Jamaica Hills: NYPD

Brooklyn DA man sentenced to prison

Former Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for brutally attacking former girlfriend: DA

Advocates and State Senator Robert Jackson urge Governor Kathy Hochul against imposing changes to 340B, a federal drug discount program.

Providers urge state to keep 340B drug discount program intact