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Eric Garner's Neighborhood Fears Rezoning Will Bring Brooklyn-Style Gentrification To Staten Island
'They’re blinging it out,' says Staten Island community organizer Dulce Rivera, pointing to a bodega that used to serve $3 breakfasts and is now bedecked with chandeliers. 'This is part of the package.'
Who Stole Sammy The One-Winged Bald Eagle From The Quogue Wildlife Refuge?
Sammy cannot survive on his own, according to the refuge.
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El Chapo Sentenced To Life In Prison + 30 Years, And Must Give Up $12.6 Billion
The drug kingpin said today, 'You denied me a fair trial while the whole world was watching.'
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Reminder: When The MTA Screws Up, Ask For A Courtesy Pass
An MTA spokesperson told Gothamist that anyone who needed to get onto a platform this morning could get a pass, but a lot of people are unaware of the benefit.
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Photos: Poison Ivy From NYC Park Taking Over Public Sidewalk In The Bronx
Another large patch of poison ivy was spotted growing into a public sidewalk.
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Power Restored To 2,200 Con Ed Customers After Staten Island Substation Fire
Power was restored a few hours ago to the last remaining customers without electricity.
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Meet The Driver's Ed Instructor Who Aims To Make Cycling Safer
There's almost no mention of cyclists in the New York DMV's official curriculum for new drivers.
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24 Sickened By Carbon Monoxide At Midtown Church
The church is located on West 49th Street near 8th Avenue.
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Citi Bike To Double In Size (By 2023)
The long-awaited third phase of Citi Bike's expansion will touch down in South Bronx and Upper Manhattan next year, before crawling deeper into Brooklyn and Queens by 2023, city officials announced on Tuesday.
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What Would 'No New Jails' Actually Look Like?
Prison abolitionists admit they aren’t offering a plan to shutter New York’s jails tomorrow. But they see enough promise in alternatives to incarceration to hope a jail-free New York could become a reality.
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This Group Collected 1,200 Pounds Of Trash From Rockaway Beach In Two Hours
They will now turn the trash into reusable bags.
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As Promised, Landlord Groups Sue To Overturn New Rent Laws
In what was an expected challenge to the new rent laws, two landlord groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court which argues that the regulations are unconstitutional because they infringe on their property rights.