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NYC VOTES 2025: Early voting surges 400% as new poll finds Cuomo has cut...

The first three days of early voting in NYC saw massive turnout numbers—surpassing the entire nine-day period of early voting in the 2021 mayor’s race.
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‘We don’t deserve this’: NYC federal workers share emotional reaction to shutdown

A pop-up food distribution site in Corona, Queens is feeding essential government workers who have gone an entire month without pay. FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers spoke to some workers outside a pop-up food distribution site, set up by Food Bank for NYC. One office worker who helps senior citizens...
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Unhinged thief caught torching laundry in bizarre burglary charged as NYC serial slasher:...

The unhinged man busted in a bizarre Brooklyn burglary where he ended up torching someone’s laundry was accused in an unsettling series of unprovoked slashings, cops said. Odyssey Head, 27, was arrested Monday in connection to the string of senseless attacks on strangers that began Saturday morning and ended more...
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Unruly mob laughs as punk sucker-punches NYC bodega worker trying to keep them out...

A cowardly punk sucker-punched a Brooklyn bodega worker during a scuffle with a rowdy mob outside the Midwood market Monday night — with the shocking attack caught on surveillance video . Police are now looking for the thug who slugged the 36-year-old victim from behind and sent him to the hospital with serious head...
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More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people...

The 1984 murder of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.
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Cyclist dies in Queens after crashing into car door opened by driver, police say

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. A cyclist died in Queens on Monday night after slamming into a parked driver’s open car door, police said. Cristian Villafuerte Vasquez, 26, was riding a traditional bike in North Corona around 6:30 p.m. when the 25-year-old...
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Man turns himself in for role in Starlight Park cellphone robbery that turned fatal...

Police walked 19-year-old Luis Alberto Lopez Castillo out of the 43rd Precinct Monday. The NYPD says Lopez Castillo allegedly acted alongside 20-year-old Axel Martinez, who is accused of firing the fatal shot.
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Bill Hemmer makes a surprise appearance on Fox & Friends to share good news...

During the latest segment of Fox & Friends, Bill Hemmer joined the hosts to share a poll that reveals where Andrew M. Cuomo stands amongst New York City voters
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NYC Mom Who Claimed Missing Autistic Son Didn’t Exist Now Held at Rikers

A New York City mother who shocked police after claiming her reported missing autistic son never existed is now being held at Rikers Island, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case. The bizarre twist in the investigation has left both police and neighbors stunned as authorities try to untangle...
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Plaza cleaner finds woman’s body inside plastic bag in East Harlem

Police say the victim appears to be in her 20s and she was found naked with trauma to her head.

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