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Tenants rally at City Hall Park urging more programs to protect renters from mass eviction in months ahead

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Mayor: 75,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to five through 11 year-olds so far

Posted on November 17, 2021

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‘Hard, ugly choices’: MTA still needs more funds after federal COVID aid runs out

Posted on November 17, 2021

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NYPD and former New York Knicks make a play against food insecurity

Posted on November 17, 2021

amNY Weekender | 6 things to do in New York City, Nov. 19-21

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Coney Island watchdogs demand DEC revoke permits for ferry project after illegal dredging

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Brooklyn Paper

City to honor Michael K. Williams before year’s end

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Brooklyn man sentenced to 33 years in 2019 death of NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen

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Bronx Night Market sets up shop at New York Botanical Garden GLOW holiday show

Posted on November 17, 2021

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LIC Partnership debuts fall public art series in various Court Square locations

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Escape to New York: Pandemic exiles steadily returning to Manhattan neighborhoods, Stringer report finds

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Man robs woman and drags her down stairs at East Village apartment building

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Going to bat for Holocaust education

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Development begins on long-awaited Shirley Chisholm Rec Center in East Flatbush

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Cultural Medallion honors Terrence McNally on E. 9th St.

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Chef Jernard Wells on ‘New Soul Kitchen,’ writing cookbooks and cooking with family

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Downtown Express

Schoolyard blight: Lower Manhattan parents and families say ‘no’ to toxic clean-up

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Wild Midtown gunfight leaves three injured, two shooters locked up: Cops

Posted on November 17, 2021

Items that are part of the Highlights from the Icons; Rock ‘N’ Roll Julien’s Auctions are seen during the media preview at the Hard Rock Cafe at Times Square in New York City

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Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley guitars hit the auction block

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Day of action: Coalition of New York housing advocates push for reforms to help tenants in distress

Posted on November 16, 2021

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State ethics panel pulls approval for $5.1 million Cuomo pandemic book

Posted on November 16, 2021

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Brooklyn teacher arrested after allegedly kissing 13-year-old student

Posted on November 16, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Brannan, Kagan victorious in southern Brooklyn Council races, opponents concede

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Congressional Black Caucus says infrastructure bill will help Black community

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City Hall protesters urge NYC prosecutors to do more to review possible wrongful conviction cases

Posted on November 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. speaks during a news conference to announce the return of The Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh, to the people of Egypt, in New York City

DA Vance, East Harlem community celebrates opening of Exodus Center for Trauma Innovation

Posted on November 16, 2021

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City offering COVID-19 vaccine again at high-demand elementary schools

Posted on November 16, 2021

American journalist Danny Fenster arrives at JFK International Airport in New York

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Journalist Fenster reunited with family in New York, pledges to work for detained in Myanmar

Posted on November 16, 2021

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Gay City News

Hochul Signs Trafficking Relief, Gender-Affirming Utilities Legislation

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers wait in line to enter the Chanel store on 57th St in New York

Business

U.S. retail sales surge as Americans kick off holiday shopping, brighten economic outlook

Posted on November 16, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Why are we living in such conditions?’: Crown Heights tenants on why they’re striking

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Port Authority unveils expert panel to review transit alternatives to LaGuardia AirTrain

Posted on November 16, 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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Police searching for man who allegedly threatened to burn down a Fresh Meadows bagel shop

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Harlem man cuffed in shooting that left man dead over the summer

Posted on November 16, 2021

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Times Square’s New Year’s Eve party will return ‘at full strength’ for fully vaccinated New Yorkers: de Blasio

Posted on November 16, 2021

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NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams makes run for governor official

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Will Smith shares some valuable lessons from his memoir during book tour stop in Brooklyn

Posted on November 16, 2021

A view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills

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Hollywood crew members narrowly approve contract with TV and film producers

Posted on November 16, 2021

NYC Parks helps New Yorkers relive the Battle of Fort Washington

Posted on November 15, 2021

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De Blasio still weighing changes to middle and high school admissions

Posted on November 15, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Hochul, de Blasio spend Sunday at Brooklyn churches as 2022 governor’s race gears up

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Georgia man charged with selling guns and drugs to undercover New York City officer

Posted on November 15, 2021

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Bronx Times

The stories of NYC food couriers and their fight for autonomy, improved working conditions

Vaccination against COVID-19 for children aged 5-11 in New Hyde Park, New York

Health

62,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered to kids ages five to 11 so far, mayor says

Posted on November 15, 2021

Actors Wilson, Krasinski, and Baumgartner pose at the at the Golden Globe awards’ after party for the HBO network in Beverly Hills

‘The Office’ actor Brian Baumgartner to come to Brooklyn to promote new book about the show

Posted on November 15, 2021

Japanese two-way baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani attends a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo

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Japan’s MLB star Ohtani ‘grateful’ for big season despite challenges

Posted on November 15, 2021

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Cops seek crook who snatched phone from woman’s hand on Chelsea train

Posted on November 15, 2021

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Close Up Of Driver In Car Dropping Trash Out Of Window On Country Road

New report finds the Bronx is home to the most chronic litterers

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Four cars with massive rooftop speakers seized at College Point car meetup: NYPD

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Grand Army Bar pays homage to the woes and wonders of public transit with MTA-themed cocktail menu

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