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Central Park rape suspect taken into custody at Miami Burger King, NYPD says
Police say Dereck Rivera-Deleon will also be charged in two earlier rapes in the park, in 2021 and 2023.
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Charles Lane
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Central Park rape suspect taken into custody at Miami Burger King, NYPD says
Police say Dereck Rivera-Deleon will also be charged in two earlier rapes in the park, in 2021 and 2023.
By
Charles Lane
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Study links ADHD to NYC’s deadly subway surfing trend
Researchers found 60% of subway surfers they surveyed were diagnosed with ADHD.
By
Ramsey Khalifeh
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Stephen Nessen
Published Nov 10, 2026 at 3:14 p.m. ET
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Man indicted in stabbing murder of Brooklyn runner Katie Suarez
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Ben Feuerherd
It's cold in New York. Soup season in the city has begun.
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Robert Sietsema
ICE subpoena puts a spotlight on the last emergency migrant shelter in NYC
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Arya Sundaram
Early Addition: What's better than sitting on a New York City bench?
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James Ramsay
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Mamdani calls for investigation on how a man charged for jogger's murder was hired by DOE
Sayed Mohassib, who worked as a paraprofessional, had a history of psychiatric issues, officials say.
By
Carol Chen
and
Catalina Gonella
Published Nov 9, 2026
NYC fire deaths nearly double in 2026 as deadly Brooklyn blaze’s victims are identified
The FDNY says 87 people have died in fires this year, compared with 45 during the same period last year.
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Charles Lane
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NYC fire deaths nearly double in 2026 as deadly Brooklyn blaze’s victims are identified
The FDNY says 87 people have died in fires this year, compared with 45 during the same period last year.
By
Charles Lane
NY students will still have to take Regents exams, even as graduation rules change
By
Giulia Heyward
NYPD curbs spitting and idling tickets amid complaints about quality-of-life crackdown
By
Ben Feuerherd
Mamdani says more help is coming to homeless New Yorkers living outside this winter
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Karen Yi
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Manhattan's Canal Street is getting a face-lift, but it'll take a while
'We would have loved to do more,' transportation official says.
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Willow Higgins
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Rent-stabilized buildings hit auction block, despite Mamdani’s efforts to intervene
City officials tried to steer the sale to an affordable housing developer, but the attempt failed.
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David Brand
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Man charged with murder after woman found stabbed to death in Queens, NYPD says
Police said the 54-year-old man was arrested Monday, three days after the woman was found dead in Flushing.
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Phil Corso
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Mamdani calls for investigation on how a man charged for jogger's murder was hired by DOE
Sayed Mohassib, who worked as a paraprofessional, had a history of psychiatric issues, officials say.
By
Carol Chen
and
Catalina Gonella
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NY students will still have to take Regents exams, even as graduation rules change
State education officials say students must take four exams to meet federal testing requirements, but they won’t have to pass them to graduate.
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Giulia Heyward
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NYC fire deaths nearly double in 2026 as deadly Brooklyn blaze’s victims are identified
The FDNY says 87 people have died in fires this year, compared with 45 during the same period last year.
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Charles Lane
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T-Mobile slowed Internet to a crawl for NY low-income users, AG says
The company will have to remove the data caps and expand service to more locations.
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Catalina Gonella
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NYPD curbs spitting and idling tickets amid complaints about quality-of-life crackdown
It follows criticism by some New Yorkers over an increase in so-called quality-of-life enforcement by the NYPD.
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Ben Feuerherd
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NY civil liberties groups push for 48-hour limit on police retaining Flock camera data
Lawmakers are weighing measures to crack down on Flock and other automatic license-plate readers.
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Jon Campbell
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Man denied stabbing Brooklyn jogger but described being covered in blood, complaint says
Sayed Mohassib told police he went to the running trail with a knife because “people were going to come to kill his family,” according to a criminal complaint.
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Brittany Kriegstein
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