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Despite Tax Breaks, These City Institutions Shut Doors On Voters
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The American Museum of Natural History are among the institutions that receive city tax breaks, but refused to allow their facilities to be used as early voting sites.
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Good Luck Getting Home To Queens From Manhattan Right Now
Let's just fast-forward and start again tomorrow.
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Extra Extra: Private Restaurants Are A Thing In NYC Now
Because Slack hasn't ruined work for you (yet), check out today's end-of-day links: Tfue profile, 'Morbius' trailer, sugar sleep, Tiffany's move, yarn pets, subway dog and more.
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NYCHA Residents Had Nearly 60,000 Bedbug And Roach Work Orders Filed In Less Than 9 Months
Grant Houses alone had 877 work orders filed for cockroaches through September 10th of last year.
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Neir’s Tavern Avoids Closure But Activists Say The Larger Issue Of Skyrocketing Rents Still Looms
'There’s a lot of people that are hurting because of long-term speculation by landlords.'
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Photos: East Village Mural, Baby Yoda Gets
Are Baby Yoda Ear walls the new Butterfly Walls on Instagram? Make it so.
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The City's Best Pizza Place Now Also Has The City's Best Meatball Parm
Mama's Too on the UWS unveils its meatball masterpiece on Wednesday at noon.
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Early Addition: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Lopez, Greta Gerwig All Nominated For Oscars In My Heart
Because those monsters at the Oscars snubbed 'Uncut Gems,' check out today's midday links: earth's oldest trees, NY Times interviews Democratic prez candidates, Dry January, Oscar noms & snubs, GoPro dog, and more.
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Photos: No Pants On The Subway? Now We’ve Seen Everything!
Possibly the warmest No Pants Subway Ride in its 19 year history.
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Cory Booker Drops Out Of 2020 Presidential Race
The NJ Senator said he did not have the funds to continue his campaign.
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Here's What A Massive Water Main Break Does To The NYC Subway System
Multiple subway lines will remain shuttered through the afternoon—and many others are in disarray—as workers scramble to address this morning's water main break near Lincoln Center.
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Longtime McSorley's Owner Has Died, Bar Will Stay In The Family
Matty Maher's daughter says the legendary East Village bar will stay in the family.
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UPDATE: Water Main Breaks Near Lincoln Center, Creating Monday Commuting Mess
A water main broke on Broadway just north of Columbus Circle before dawn Monday, creating a temporary lake outside of Lincoln Center and snarling commutes.
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These Are The NYPL's Top Check Outs OF ALL TIME
The top 10 list AND a special MetroCard kick off the Library’s 125th anniversary.
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Federal Judge Orders Names Of ‘Inactive’ New York Voters To Be At Poll Sites
The decision from District Judge Alison J. Nathan says the state board of elections is violating the Constitution and federal election law.
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Extra Extra: America's Witch Population Is Growing Wicca'd Fast
Because Marianne Williamson is out, check out today's end-of-day links: R.I.P. Neil Peart, UFO info, witch population increases, Jupiter vs Earth, Wurtzel reflection, subway tweet of the day, dog loves ad and more.
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Xi'an Famous Foods CEO Blames Devastating Fire On Unauthorized Workers On Roof
Jason Wang of Xi'an Famous Foods said unauthorized construction on the roof caused the 3-alarm fire
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Photographer Documents Manhattan's Endangered Single-Story Buildings
'These [single-story] ones are the most vulnerable... Nobody is going to build a new one.'
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Lower East Side Loses Popular Chinese Supermarket
The New Fuzhou Supermarket held down the corner of Henry and Rutgers for years.
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Metro New York Staff Fired Without Severance As Schneps Media Gobbles Up More Local News
'To be working there for as long as a lot of us had—some people for nearly a decade—and to be treated with this level of disrespect is so unjustified and sickening.'
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[UPDATE] Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Killed Elderly Woman On Queens Street
The 92-year-old woman was seen as a "fixture" in Richmond Hill.
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De Blasio's Still Pushing The $2.7 Billion Streetcar Plan You Probably Forgot About
The BQX wasn't dead, just dormant.
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Book Culture Owner Accused Of Mismanaging Store Into "Really Big Hole"
'Our intention is to keep that space as a bookstore and we're working hard to do that,' said the building's landlord. 'It just won’t be Chris at the helm.'
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Door Closing Issue Sidelines Costly New Subway Cars Indefinitely
"They'll come back when we're wholly satisfied that we've found a safe way to do that."
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David Bowie Tributes Appear At Broadway-Lafayette Subway 'Station To Station'
Today marks the fourth anniversary of The Thin White Duke's death.
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Side Hustles And Credit Card Debt: How NYers Pay For Mental Health Care
Some people are paying hefty sums out of pocket for regular therapy sessions and visits to their psychiatrists to renew prescriptions, even if they’re insured.
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Early Addition: The Fascinating Story Of NY Real Estate Legend Faith Hope Consolo
Because Russia is sowing chaos in our elections again, check out today's midday links: 'Grown Ups 3' script, mystery fart, greatest war movies, 'Fargo' trailer, Faith Hope Consolo revealed, dog safety and more.
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[UPDATE] Neir's Tavern Will Not Be Closing After All
The mayor spoke this morning on WNYC after the bar owner called into the Brian Lehrer Show.
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Meet the Brooklyn Artist Paid To Manifest Cuomo's Manic Late Night Fever Dreams
'He feverishly drew it at the dining room table at 1:00 a.m. I got to look at these drawings and translate them more or less.'
