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Crash kills 2 men outside Upper West Side barbershop

A Friday evening on a quiet Upper West Side block ended in tragedy when a suspected drunk driver lost control of his vehicle near Amsterdam Avenue and West 109th Street, killing two men and injuring three others. The crash happened around 6 p.m., sending emergency responders to a scene that witnesses described as devas
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Empty Windows And Sky-High Rents Rattle Northwest Bronx Storefronts

From Riverdale to Kingsbridge, long-familiar shop windows are going dark as a new neighborhood study finds rising vacancies and punishing rents reshaping commercial life across the northwest Bronx. While a few restaurants and salons are snapping up space, many independent storefronts are hanging on by a thread. The Bus
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Brownsville Bodega Bloodshed: Gunman Gets 22 Years In Daylight Killing

A Brooklyn man is headed to prison for more than two decades after a deadly 2021 shooting outside a Brownsville deli, a case that unfolded in broad daylight on a busy neighborhood corner and left a 33-year-old man dead. Waajid Pierce, 48, was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years behind bars after pleading guilty to first-de
Featured picture for Police: Man strangles 7-year-old boy, knocks down 5-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy in Brooklyn

Police: Man strangles 7-year-old boy, knocks down 5-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy in Brooklyn

The man is also accused of knocking a 5-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy to the ground during the encounter.
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Defendant ‘forced to give birth in handcuffs’ in NYC courtroom

Critics are calling for the NYPD and the city’s court system to be investigated after the incident (file photo) AFP/Getty A 33-year-old woman, Samantha Randazzo, was “forced to give birth in handcuffs” in a Brooklyn courthouse on Friday, after being held in custody for over 24 hours. Legal aid groups said that Randaz
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FDNY responds to boat in distress in waters off Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY assisted a boat in distress early Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for the department. The emergency call came in around 8:30 a.m. for a boat near Sandy Hook that was taking on water, according to the spokesperson. The FDNY stated that a...
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NYC developer allegedly bragged about court scam a day before FBI arrest: ‘Ha ha’

An accused sleazy loose-lipped developer boasted that he controlled a Brooklyn courthouse — just a day before the feds carted him off to the jailhouse, according to shocking court revelations. Alleged fraudster Sam Sprei thought he had his case so in the pocket even when a judge with no ties to him was assigned it , af
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Viral Video Shows ICE Injure Wrong Teen In New York

ICE agents badly injured a New York teen. Turns out the teen wasn't the person ICE agents were actually looking for.
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Face-tatted, pony-tailed nut slashes NYC straphanger: cops

A face-tatted, pony-tailed nut slashed a straphanger in a Manhattan subway station last week, cops said. Police are looking for the marked-up maniac after he allegedly cut a 35-year-old man in the neck at the 49th Street subway station Friday morning. Cops say this man slashed a fellow straphanger in Manhattan last
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Most Latino Families Fall Short of What It Really Costs to Live in New...

New York City still pulls many Latinos like a magnet. But new research shows that for most Hispanic families who already live there, the numbers simply don't add up. Even as a smaller group of Latinos builds successful businesses and careers, the majority are falling far short of what it actually costs to live with sta

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