The City Council will reintroduce a bill banning the sale of birds at pet stores across New York after a fledgling attempt last year didn’t get off the ground. Councilmember …
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And we’re back! Our weekly seasonal newsletter, Summer & THE CITY, is returning for another year of splashing in the surf, soaking up the sun, seeing something new and surviving …
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A 40-year-old Rikers Island detainee died Tuesday morning, marking the second death in city jail custody in less than 24 hours, THE CITY has learned. The detainee, identified by the …
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A Honduran man was arrested after a hearing inside 26 Federal Plaza a day after a judge barred most arrests inside New York City immigration courts. Court observers and advocates …
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A federal judge in Manhattan has barred ICE from arresting most immigrants inside New York City’s three immigration courthouses. The stay, granted by Judge Kevin Castel Monday, comes after a …
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A city investigation into allegations that correction officers at Rikers Island routinely confined severely mentally ill detainees to their cells for days or weeks at a time found the claims …
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The Long Island Rail Road will resume running by noon Tuesday after the unions that forced a shutdown of the country’s largest commuter railroad for just over three days reached …
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Long Island Rail Road riders left stranded by a strike on the country’s busiest commuter railroad found themselves back on trains early Monday — just not the ones they typically …
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In the 30-plus years since she was first elected to Congress, Rep. Nydia Velázquez has had twin missions, representing New York’s 7th District and her native Puerto Rico — pushing …
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Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are bracing for the first weekday without Long Island Rail Road service after a strike shut down the country’s largest commuter railroad for the …