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Liam Quigley
Liam Quigley is a reporter covering parks & sanitation for Gothamist and WNYC. Got a tip? Email [email protected]
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NYC’s horse carriage drivers say they feel betrayed as lawmakers set to abolish industry
Central Park's horse carriage drivers are making their last stand as city lawmakers prepare to abolish the industry.
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Liam Quigley
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NYC Council, Mayor Mamdani agree to end Central Park's carriage horse industry
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he too supports ending a practice that has survived the centuries.
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Liam Quigley
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New York Public Radio CEO steps down after 8 months on job
Chief executive Christy Tanner is resigning after just eight months at the helm. New York Public Radio is the parent organization for WNYC and Gothamist.
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Liam Quigley
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Man shot by ICE in NYC still has bullet lodged in neck, attorneys say
Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park on Monday.
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Liam Quigley
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NYC wants to move deliveries onto the waterways. It's starting with a 55-year-old boat.
The city's "blue highways" program aims to get freight out of trucks and onto the waterways.
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Liam Quigley
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Lazy drivers in Prospect Heights lose chance for 1 less day of alternate-side parking
A pilot found that drivers actually complied with alternate-side less when fewer days were in effect.
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Liam Quigley
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Central Park's car-free loop is busier than ever. Crashes keep piling up.
The death of a 71-year-old man who fell from his bike on East Drive while trying to avoid an off-leash dog highlights the growing chaos on the park's 6-mile loop.
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Liam Quigley
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NYC extends program offering late-night soccer games at 5 parks
The city will let the lights stay on until 2 a.m. at one park in each borough through the end of November.
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Liam Quigley
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NYC tow companies busted for ripping off drivers must give $67K in refunds, city says
Mayor Mamdani has expanded enforcement on towing scams, but the unlicensed towing industry remains largely unregulated.
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Liam Quigley
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NYC mulls building temporary highway in sky over Brooklyn Bridge to fix BQE
New renderings show the city would build a highway that flies over the iconic bridge to divert traffic while the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway's triple-cantilever structure is rebuilt.
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Liam Quigley
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NYC eyes higher fines for owners of dirty vacant lots, abandoned construction sites
The sanitation department seeks to increase the fines for landlords who neglect their abandoned lots from $100 to $250.
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Liam Quigley
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Dump truck driver hits and kills cyclist on 34th Street in Midtown, NYPD says
It's the latest in a string of hit-and-run deaths in the city in recent months.
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Liam Quigley
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