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Courts

Celebrity chef Mario Batali agrees to $600,000 settlement over sexual harassment

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Health

Health Department to spray areas of Queens and Staten Island against West Nile-carrying mosquitoes

Posted on July 23, 2021

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News

Unconscious Bias: Uncovering our hidden tendencies

Posted on July 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus brings boom and burden to California packaging supplier

Want a bigger raise? How about $50? U.S. companies push COVID shots for staff

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Brooklyn

George Floyd statue bids farewell to Flatbush

Posted on July 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: People wear masks, as cases of the infectious Delta variant of COVID-19 continue to rise, in Washington Square Park in New York

As Americans navigate conflicting COVID-19 mask advice, ‘everyone is confused’

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Harlem

NYC SHOOTINGS: Man dies of injuries from Brooklyn 4th of July shooting, two men cuffed for Harlem gunfire

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Stringer: New York City DOE costs city and state $179 million in federal aid

Posted on July 22, 2021

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News

Production boost: Cuomo announces $100 million state tax credit to help NYC musical theatre productions

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Soho

SoHo Broadway Initiative hosts roundtable discussion on recovery

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Metro Philadelphia

Cecily Strong and Cinco Paul on the magic of ‘Schmigadoon!’

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News

New York State officially bans underage marriage

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Supertall attached to Dime Savings Bank in Downtown Brooklyn nears apex

FILE PHOTO: SOMOS Community Care administers Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at pop-up site in New York

CDC advisers consider boosters for immune-compromised Americans

Posted on July 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks to the media in Washington

U.S. senators aim to stop vaccine misinformation by going after tech’s legal immunity

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Chelsea

Hateful suspect assaults and hurls anti-Asian statements at victim on Chelsea street: NYPD

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Greenwich Village

Vengeful village: Hell breaks loose at second Washington Square Park meeting

Posted on July 22, 2021

Members Of New York Police Department Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

With less than half of NYPD personnel vaccinated, de Blasio says city must ‘go farther’ to protect the Finest

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Holidays

Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular to return this year for the holiday season

Posted on July 22, 2021

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New booth sells same-day tickets to New York City shows while supporting the Actors Fund

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Straphanging slapper sought for smacking man on the train in the Flatiron District

Posted on July 22, 2021

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QNS

Queens man cuffed for hit-and-run bike collision that left boy critically injured

Students

Some New York City parents still want a fully remote option this fall

Posted on July 21, 2021

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PoliticsNY

Cuomo brings jobs to at-risk youths in crime-plagued Bronx

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PoliticsNY

New York, six other states settle opioid suit for $26B

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Lower East Side

The forgotten New Yorkers: Looking for hope among a homeless haven in this Lower East Side park

Posted on July 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in Washington

Politics

Taking the ball and going home: McCarthy abandons 1/6 Committee after Pelosi rejects two Trumpist appointees

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Metro Philadelphia

Emile Hirsch on why his latest character is a fresh take on the crime genre

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PoliticsNY

EAGLE Act could make getting green cards easier for immigrants

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Get vaxxed, or else! NYC may suspend health care workers who don’t protect themselves from COVID-19

Posted on July 21, 2021

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PoliticsNY

NYS Independent Redistricting Commission seeks public input

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Chelsea

Homeless man cuffed for stabbing man with a fork in Chelsea

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

Cops seek suspect who punched woman on 7 train platform in Grand Central subway station

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Queens

Two men sought for injuring three after opening fire on a crowd in Queens

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Broadway

amBroadway | New Broadway season highlights Black playwrights

Posted on July 21, 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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Cops seek illegal motorist who mowed down 4-year-old child in Queens

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

NYC restaurant workers wage war on sub-minimum pay in Times Square

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

‘Sopranos’ star Steve Schirripa guards Midtown billboard from ravenous condiment fans

Posted on July 20, 2021

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QNS

Biden administration approves controversial LaGuardia AirTrain project

Meisha Porter, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, greets students as they return to school in Manhattan, New York

Deadline to enroll children in Summer Rising Tuesday at midnight

Posted on July 20, 2021

NYC Parks employee honored with day of appreciation for ongoing work at Washington Square Park

Posted on July 20, 2021

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New York City ranks as most unaffordable city this past July

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction to start this summer on 80 Flatbush, city’s first all-electric residential tower

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Greenwich Village

Parks Department closes Tony Dapolito Recreation Center in Greenwich Village

Posted on July 20, 2021

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News

De Blasio repeats push for MTA to speed up Manhattan congestion pricing

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Netflix opening new Brooklyn studio in September

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Chinatown

Winning lotto ticket worth a guaranteed $1,000 a week for life sold at Chinatown pharmacy

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Jamie Towers board fires management company, alleging improper spending

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Brooklyn man charged with animal cruelty for duct taping pit bull in Gwen Ifill Park in Locust Manor: DA

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Cops search for man who shoved 3-year-old girl in Kensington

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‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’