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Op-Ed | Repairing the Hudson Line is just part of MTA’s plan to combat impacts of climate change
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber at 500 Pearl Street. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Mudslides, floods, downed trees. The destruction sounds biblical, but this the reality of storm cleanup on Metro-North’s Hudson Line in the age of climate change. We’ve gotten good at it, but now we’re acting to seriously reduce these impacts just in time for Climate Week and…
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Two Bronx groups receive city grants to combat hate, bias and discrimination
Two Bronx recipients are among 13 citywide awardees receiving a total of $120,000 in community grants aimed at preventing hate, bias and discrimination, the city announced Wednesday. Madison Langford and Kingsbridge Heights Community Center will each receive funding through the city’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes to support community-led initiatives in the borough. The grants were awarded through…
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Mamdani administration presses Albany for tougher ‘buy now, pay later’ rules — and the power to enforce them
The Mamdani administration is pressing state regulators to strengthen proposed rules governing “buy now, pay later” lenders, warning that financially strapped New Yorkers are increasingly using the products to pay for groceries, rent and medical care — leaving some juggling multiple loans and sinking deeper into debt. In comments submitted to the state Department of Financial Services and obtained exclusively…
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NYPD pension practices investigated under Adams administration: DOI report
Former Mayor Eric Adams used a “special rule” to let some high-ranking NYPD officials keep their police pension benefits even after leaving the department to take on pension-ineligible positions in government or the private sector, according to a new investigative report released on Thursday. The NYC Department of Investigation (DOI) issued the Sept. 17 report following an investigation into the…
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Taxi driver tragedy: NYC cabbie found dead in his car last week is third lost in as many months, union says
A 52-year-old cabbie was found dead in his car Friday night — the third death of its kind in as many months, prompting the union representing the city’s for-hire-vehicle drivers to demand action on Monday. The union — the NY Taxi Workers Alliance — said that the driver, who it declined to identify out of respect for his family, pulled…
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‘25 years does not erase grief’: New York’s court system remembers 9/11 losses a quarter century later
A quarter century after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 in Lower Manhattan, the state and city’s court system paused to push forward the memory of the court officers lost and the pain, fear and heroism felt and displayed by its staff, attorneys and judges who found themselves steps from Ground Zero that day. …
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Brooklyn stabbing suspect accused of killing woman who spurned his advances caught at Newark Airport: cops
Authorities say 25-year-old Deandre Creary of the Bronx stands accused of fatally assaulting his ex at a late-night barbecue inside Lincoln Terrace Park on Aug. 18 after she spurned his sexual advances. Creary was arrested by Port Authority Police Department officers at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey early Monday morning after an alert was sent out warning officers to…
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Experts Only Festival to host official afterparties at Pacha New York
Experts Only Festival is hosting afterparties at Pacha New York this month. Photo courtesy of Experts Only Festival Pacha New York is keeping the party going after the Experts Only Festival with two official afterparties in Brooklyn this September. The afterparties will take place on Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20, following the two-day electronic music festival at Randall’s…
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Subway, bus, and commuter rail riders should prepare for Labor Day weekend service tweaks: MTA
An express A train passing the 81 St-Museum of Natural History station. Marc A. Hermann / MTA As Labor Day approaches, the MTA on Wednesday advised transit riders to prepare for service shakeups over the coming three-day weekend. For subway riders, the most notable change is that the system will run on a Sunday schedule on Labor Day itself —…
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Jonah Tong’s dominance presenting Mets with tough decision: ‘It definitely becomes a conversation point’
Aug 29, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Jonah Tong (21) delivers a pitch during the third inning against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Jonah Tong is making it nearly impossible for the Mets to keep him down in Triple-A for the remainder of 2026, even if it…
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