NYC records 60 traffic deaths in 1st quarter of 2024, the most since Vision Zero began
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by Stephen Nessen
21h ago
A new report from street safety advocacy group Transportation Alternatives raises concerns about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on city streets. [ more ..read more
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City College students form 3rd major campus encampment to demand divestment from Israel
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by Brittany Kriegstein, Charles Lane
21h ago
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment at CUNY's City College in West Harlem on April 25, 2024. Students at the Harlem campus set up more than a dozen tents and spoke out in the central quad. [ more ..read more
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Dinner reservations at Tatiana are ‘impossible’ to get, so I spent a month trying
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by Lee Walker Helland
21h ago
Tatiana restaurant in David Geffen Hall in New York City. The reservation booking scene is a digital hellscape. [ more ..read more
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Extra Extra: The Bronx will soon have just 1 movie theater
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by Emily Nadal
21h ago
Because the golden age of movie theaters has passed, here are your afternoon links: a UFO spotting, Meghan Markle's jam, a Brooklyn pastry shop that accepts EBT, and more from around the city and internet. [ more ..read more
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Early Addition: A Howard Beach teen allegedly shot a neighbor's dog while playing with a gun
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by James Ramsay
1d ago
A police officer attends a crime scene. Because the dog survived, thank God, here are your early links: Forever chemicals forever, DWI-turned-getaway-in-a-cop-car, the windmill blades fell off the Moulin Rouge and more. [ more ..read more
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The Black Comic Book Festival returns to Harlem this weekend
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by Ryan Kailath
1d ago
A person in costume at last year's Black Comic Book Festival. The two-day festival, also known as SchomCom, is back for its 12th year at the Schomburg Center in Harlem starting on Friday. [ more ..read more
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Queens DA charges school crossing guard with attempted rape after NYPD sting
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by Brittany Kriegstein
1d ago
J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley near where a school crossing guard allegedly propositioned an NYPD officer. A school crossing guard allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to an NYPD officer posing as a 14-year-old girl. [ more ..read more
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'Bedlam' — What it's like to live near Sen. Schumer's Brooklyn home during months of protest
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by Charles Lane
1d ago
Protestors block the street near the home of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Brooklyn borough of New York during a demonstration by pro-Palestinian Jewish groups on the second night of Passover calling on Schumer to stop arming Israel amid its retaliatory assault on the Gaza Strip on April 23, 2024. “We know with a lot more notice when ‘Law & Order’ is filming on the block than we do if there's going to be a protest." [ more ..read more
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‘Bee hotels’ coming to select NYC plazas in effort to protect imperiled pollinators
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by Catalina Gonella
1d ago
City officials are rolling out "bee hotels" in an effort to preserve the bee population. The Pollinator Port Project has a plan to try and help city bees thrive. [ more ..read more
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NY finally has a housing deal. Will it work?
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by Jon Campbell, David Brand
1d ago
Whether or not the housing deal in the state budget will work won't be known for years. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams are hailing the housing deal as transformative. Housing experts are urging caution. [ more ..read more
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