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NYC Council to scrutinize snow removal plans as winter approaches
Lawmakers will review the city's preparations and consider a bill requiring the city to publish historical snowplowing records.
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Catalina Gonella
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NYC Council to scrutinize snow removal plans as winter approaches
Lawmakers will review the city's preparations and consider a bill requiring the city to publish historical snowplowing records.
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Catalina Gonella
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'The best day of the year': Inside Clinton Hill's 'mile nine' NYC marathon party
An estimated 2 million people came out on Sunday to cheer on the marathon runners. Clinton Hill hosted one of the city's most exuberant watch parties.
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Stephanie Keith
Published Nov 1, 2026 at 3:50 p.m. ET
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MTA should eliminate some jobs to prepare for budget woes, watchdog writes
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Stephen Nessen
November has 3 meteor showers and the best chance to see Uranus
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Rosemary Misdary
A 'beautiful' day for a marathon, as runners, spectators pack NYC streets
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Walter Wuthmann
Calif. judge cites 'mountain of evidence' ICE racially profiled Latinos, drawing NY notice
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Herb Pinder
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Your guide to voting in New York's 2026 elections for governor and Congress
A primer on the races for governor, attorney general and the congressional districts that could help determine control of the U.S. House.
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Walter Wuthmann
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Jon Campbell
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Brigid Bergin
Published Oct 23, 2026
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'It is a crime!': Upper West Side owl lovers outraged after rooftop work wrecks nest
The owls are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Carol Chen
Published Oct 30, 2026
NY unemployment recipients brace for delays during system upgrade
The shutdown is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Monday and last for nine to 12 days.
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Jon Campbell
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Carol Chen
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NY unemployment recipients brace for delays during system upgrade
The shutdown is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Monday and last for nine to 12 days.
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Jon Campbell
and
Carol Chen
Can you eat the mushrooms growing out of your bathroom ceiling?
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Rosemary Misdary
How the Village Halloween Parade keeps its soul
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Hannah Frishberg
NYPD won't enforce NYC's bus fare while MTA security force is suspended
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Clayton Guse
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Ramsey Khalifeh
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Mamdani says Trump will 'immediately' grant visa to Ghanaian mom of slain Bronx teen
Javits Frimpong, whose family is from Ghana, was walking to school Thursday morning when he was shot and killed.
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Christian Santana
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Giulia Heyward
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Overflowing school in downtown Jersey City is hitting a crisis point, parents say
There aren't great options for relieving overcrowding at P.S. 16 in Paulus Hook. It's a consequence of a economic boom — and huge influx of residents.
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Bronx e-bike fire that killed a boy has claimed 3 more lives, NYPD says
Two teenage boys, 16 and 15, as well a 33-year-old woman have now died along with Zion Maine.
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Amanda Rozon
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Donald Trump looms over New York attorney general’s race
Attorney General Letitia James, who has been a legal thorn in the president’s side, is seeking a third term.
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Jon Campbell
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Walter Wuthmann
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How formerly homeless New Yorkers are helping others get off the streets
The Neighborhood Navigators program relies on workers who experienced homelessness or the criminal justice system to help others.
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Karen Yi
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Woman stabbed in neck while jogging in Brooklyn is in critical condition, NYPD says
Police say she was found on a running path in Bath Beach.
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Amanda Rozon
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A violent hate crime claimed one NYC man's marathon dream. A year later, he's taking it back.
After a subway assault dashed Daniel Cho’s marathon ambitions, he’s back to run his race.
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Brittany Kriegstein
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NYCHA says it's removed asbestos found at Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses
A steam leak left asbestos-laden residue on some of the exterior walls at the public housing complex in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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Giulia Heyward
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'It is a crime!': Upper West Side owl lovers outraged after rooftop work wrecks nest
The owls are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Carol Chen
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Police search several blocks in Canarsie after dead man’s body found
Officers responded to East 93rd Street and Avenue L on Friday morning.
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Charles Lane
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