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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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Senior shoved onto Bronx subway tracks in unprovoked attack
FILE – A NYPD police officer on the New York Subway. Photo by Dean Moses Police in the Bronx are on the hunt for a deranged man who pushed a senior onto a subway track on Thursday afternoon in an unprovoked attack. According to police sources, the terrifying assault unfolded at around 1:40 p.m. on Aug. 27 inside…
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Manhattan federal judge strikes down Trump admin policy that banned issuing visas to people from 75 countries
A Manhattan federal judge ruled the Trump administration was not allowed to implement a blanket ban on issuing visas to people from 75 countries, striking down a policy that left thousands of people from 40% of the world’s nations in limbo. U.S. District Judge Jeanette Vargas declared Friday that the U.S. Department of State overstepped its authority and acted “contrary…
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New report shows single, ‘nonfamily’ homeowners most common in Manhattan
The building at 441 W 37th St. near Hudson Yards Photo via Google Maps A new report released Wednesday by real estate research firm Property Shark profiling NYC homeowners showed that while married New Yorkers are the most likely to own homes in four boroughs, Manhattan bucked the trend with single or “nonfamily” homeowners leading all other groups, according to…
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