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Feds accuse former FBI agent of Brooklyn hit and run, leaving victim on a bench
Prosecutors say Andrew Reyes drove off in his FBI car in February with its emergency lights still on. He is charged with a civil rights violation and with lying to investigators.
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Charles Lane
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Feds accuse former FBI agent of Brooklyn hit and run, leaving victim on a bench
Prosecutors say Andrew Reyes drove off in his FBI car in February with its emergency lights still on. He is charged with a civil rights violation and with lying to investigators.
By
Charles Lane
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$20 rent-control cap coming to Elizabeth, New Jersey
Voters approved the annual limit in this week's election.
By
Michael Sol Warren
Published Nov 5, 2026 at 3:46 p.m. ET
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Better days ahead for NYC commuters with Democrats in control of Congress, MTA chair says
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Stephen Nessen
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Ramsey Khalifeh
Battery found at deadly Sunset Park fire days after similar blaze in Bronx
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Ramsey Khalifeh
Inside New York's bitter Republican civil war after blue wave
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Walter Wuthmann
Queens Public Library online system downed by ransomware hack, officials said
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Catalina Gonella
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‘Mind-boggling’ killings show persistence of NYC’s domestic violence problem
Police data show domestic violence-related deaths held steady, but advocates say the situation is far from under control.
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Brittany Kriegstein
Published Nov 5, 2026
Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown.
Street vending enforcement has increased sharply this year compared to 2025.
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Liam Quigley
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Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown.
Street vending enforcement has increased sharply this year compared to 2025.
By
Liam Quigley
Brooklyn fire kills 6 people, injures 9 others in Sunset Park, officials said
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Brittany Kriegstein
Brace for bus and bike lane boom following NYC ballot approval
By
Ramsey Khalifeh
NYC wins court fight over rollout of pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes
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Giulia Heyward
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On HBO's “The Gilded Age,” Ben Ahlers is New York high society’s man of the hour
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Sonia Rao
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We went behind the gates to see what's happening on the leafy plot beneath the Verrazzano Bridge.
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DSNY worker arrested for killing a woman in Brooklyn while driving a garbage truck
A sanitation worker from Staten Island was charged with with failure to yield to a pedestrian for fatally striking Siobhan Lynch last week.
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Brittany Kriegstein
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Brooklyn fire kills 6 people, injures 9 others in Sunset Park, officials said
A lithium-ion battery was found at the scene but the exact cause is unknown, officials said.
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Brittany Kriegstein
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Mamdani pledged support for NYC street vendors. Now they’re facing a crackdown.
Street vending enforcement has increased sharply this year compared to 2025.
By
Liam Quigley
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‘Mind-boggling’ killings show persistence of NYC’s domestic violence problem
Police data show domestic violence-related deaths held steady, but advocates say the situation is far from under control.
By
Brittany Kriegstein
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Bronx man wakes up to a $39K nightmare after online meetup at hotel, NYPD says
Police say a man fell asleep and woke up to find his cash, car and phone missing.
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Charles Lane
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Brace for bus and bike lane boom following NYC ballot approval
Supporters and foes of street safety projects agree that more of them are now on the horizon.
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Ramsey Khalifeh
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NY appeals court strikes down Nassau County's ban on transgender athletes
The ruling reverses a lower court decision and finds the county's restrictions on transgender women and girls in sports violate state law.
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Giulia Heyward
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