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NYC Trashes Black Garbage Bags With $50 Fines

New York City has begun enforcing a trash-container requirement that requires owners of residential buildings with one to nine units to use official NYC Bins instead of leaving black garbage bags on sidewalks. The Department of Sanitation began issuing $50 summonses Sept. 8 after a summer warning period for property...
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Iconic New York deli closes after more than 100 years in business

A beloved New York deli with more than a century of history has served its final sandwiches. Manor Delicatessen, a longtime fixture in Queens, has permanently closed, marking the end…
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New York City’s Oldest Beer Garden Is Still A Thriving Destination (And Its Roots...

A good old beer garden takes the social element of beer culture to its fullest expression. You get long communal tables instead of cramped sidewalk seats, with chatter and merriment beneath trees. The leisurely ritual of drinking outdoors has deep roots in Queens, where Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden has been pouring frot
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Ventura County musician to perform his 9/11 anthem in New York City

It wasn’t written specifically for the heroes of 9/11, but the words and music came at the right time. John Ondrasik's song Superman, written with his band Five for Fighting, became an unofficial anthem in the aftermath of the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001. A quarter of a century later, Ondrasik and Five for F
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10 Historic Shipwrecks in New York Waters.

The waters surrounding New York City and Long Island contain the remains of centuries of maritime history. For generations, vessels approaching New York Harbor had to navigate the shifting shoals of the South Shore, the violent currents of Hell Gate, the narrow harbor approaches, and the unpredictable waters of Long Is
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Legionnaires’ Outbreak in South Bronx: 1 Dead, 5 Sickened

Note on the image of the Bronx General Post Office: There is no indication that Legionnaires' was detected at the building, it is simply being used since it is the location for the post office serving the 10451 zip code.
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Mamdani and Giuliani shake hands at 9/11 commemoration

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani shook hands during the 9/11 commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero, a show of unity after Giuliani called on Mamdani not to attend the memorial.
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Masked Robber Strips $100K in Jewelry From Man on Kingsbridge Street

A man wearing a black ski mask crept up behind a 39-year-old victim in front of 318 West 231st Street just before 1:20 a.m. last Monday and stole roughly $100,000 worth of jewelry, according to police. The suspect displayed an unknown object and demanded the victim's property before fleeing into the night, leaving inve
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‘Keeps me up at night’: Watertown woman breaks 25-year silence on working at Ground...

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Warning: The descriptions in this article and interview may be disturbing to some people. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history. At the World Trade Center in New York City, more than 2,700 people were
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Former FDNY paramedic from Poconos shares struggle since 9/11

Lorna MacIntire says that usually, around this time of year, she is away from her home in Tannersville on a trip. Along with her husband Tom, she tends to leave the television and the phone off once the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks rolls around. In the 25 years since the devastating event, the former paramedic f

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