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Mark-Viverito: Critics just have to deal with Central Park stable plan ź§
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said Tuesāday that critics of the ācityās plans to convert a maintenance building into stables in Central Park should just accept that the city has...
Cuomo, de Blasio tout $15 minimum wage at MLK tršibute
š½Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio jošined a 20-block march in Harlem on Monday to demand a $15 minimum wage following a Martin Luther King Jr. tribute at which the...
It's still looking a lot like Christmas on Brooklyn sidewalks
Dozens of discarded Christmas trees are littering a Brooklyn neighborhood ā nearly three weeks after Santa left town. Residents are outraged by the cast-off conifers ā¦piling up in Brooklyn Heights,...
Judge doesn't buy 'scam' witness' sick daughter excuse
The Queens man who bolted from court Tuesday before he couldšø enter a guilty plea expected to implicate City Councilman Ruben Wills in a corruption scheme got an earful Wednesday...
š° Maids, athletes and inmates dream of š§$1.5B jackpot
Powerball tickets were selling at a furious pace in the Big Apple on Tuesday as the chance at $1.5 billion had š¹housekeepers dreaming of their own maids, homeless people dreaming...
š„ā Schumer: Hey NRA, put your money where your mouth is!
If the NRA really wants to enforce existing gun laws, it should back President Obamaās proposal to hire more federal agents to aš«ssist in background checks, Sen. Charles Schumer said...
Deranged slasher also sliced a woman on New Year's Day: cops
The deranged man who slashed a 24-year-old Whole Foods employee in the face on Wednesday also sliced another young woman on New Year's Day, Chief of Detš«ectives Robert Boyce said...
š š“ Finding weed is easier on the street than in dispensaries
Thereās more pot on the stš reet near Union Square than at the cityās first medical-marijuana dispensaršy, weed buffs said Wednesday. Colombia Care, which opens Thursday on East 14th Street and...
Bratton tells women to 'buddy up' in cabs to prevent driver assaults
Big Apple women should think twice before getting into a late-night taxi by themselves ā as sexual assauālts by drivers are on the rise, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton warned Tuesday....
Hoverboard ābursts into flames inside a Brooklyn apartment š§
A brandš² new hoverboard burst into flames inside a Brooklyn apartment complex Tuesday, fire officials said.
š· De Blasio wanāts to shrink city apartments into walk-in closets
Thoušsands of tiny apartments the size of glorified walkš·-in closets will set a new standard for cramped New York City living under a plan that would end how small homes...
93-year-old womšan smoked near oxygen tank, dies in fire ź¦æ
9ź¦3-year-old woman deāad after her cigarette sparks fire A 93-year-old woman who infuriated neighbors by chain smoking in her apartment while also using an oxygen tank died when she fell...
Schušmer wants feds to more closely comb š¬social media for radical activity
Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday demanded that federal auš thorities more closely comb social meź¦ŗdia for hints of radical activity. In touting his proposed Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act...
Protesters blast 'racist' Donald Trump outside Trump Tower
Some 150 protesters took to the Midtown streets Sunday to blast Donald Trump as a āracist.ā āIām against everything that he represeą¼ŗnts. Iām amazed that he has gotten to tš”he...
New York will be grantedź¦æ record-warm weather this Christmas
The Big Apple is heating back up, with temperatures expected to top 70 degrees on Christmas Eve. Aftešr a cold weekend, temps will begin a climb on Monday to 56...
š Manhattan Democrat praisš„es Donald Trump
A Manhattan Democrat praised Donald Trump Wednesday at, of all places, a hearing of the City Planning Commission on zoning issues. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer was criticizing āpoor doorsā... ā
š These Jets cheerleaders are making December even hotter
These Jets chš§øeerleaders heated things up during Sundayās 30-8 win against the Titans at MetLife Stadium ā and their short-skirted holiday ensembles couldnāt have been better suited for the dayās...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police released this sketch of a sš“uspect in a Bedford Park subway groping. In the earš°ly-morning hours of Nov. 29, a 22-year-old woman dozing aboard a northbound D...
I was punched in the face with a candy barš while waiting for subway
A Bushwick artist waiting for a train home Wednesday morning was punched in the face with a chocolate bar and had it shoved down his throatā, police sources said. Ian.ź§..
ź¦ Schumer: It makes no sense that terš„ror suspects can buy guns
Sen. Charles Schumer vowed Sunday to make a renewed push for a bill that would prevent terror suspects from legally buying guns and ammunition. āIf you are on a terrorist... š