Adams attending a protest against police brutality in Crown Heights, October, 2012.
Eric Adams Now Running Unopposed for Borough President
The battle for Brooklyn borough president is now a one-man race.
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Shark Found on NYC Subway
New York City’s transit authority says a conductor found a small dead shark aboard a subway train in Queens on Wednesday.
Court Affirms Strikedown of Bloomberg Soda Ban
New York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried to put a size limit on soft drinks served in city restaurants.
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MTA Plans Subway Fare Hikes
New York City commuters can expect to pay more to use public transportation.
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Left to right: Charles J. Hynes, Abe George and Kenneth P. Thompson.
DA Candidate Drops Out, Supports Hynes Opponent
The race for Brooklyn District Attorney is in serious play for the first time in decades. Abe George, a former Manhattan prosecutor, announced Thursday evening that he was dropping out of the race, and would throw his support behind Kenneth P. Thompson, who is challenging embattled incumbent Charles Hynes for the Democratic nomination this September.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes
As Re-election Fight Looms, Brooklyn DA Releases Partial List of Child Abusers
Despite much criticism from victims and activists, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has for years steadfastly refused to publish a list he keeps of hundreds of accused pedophiles in the Brooklyn Jewish community. Now facing viable opponents in his re-election bid for the first time in years, Hynes relented – somewhat – and released the names of a few dozen convicted abusers.
BIN OVER THEIR HEADS: Pioneer Supermarket in Brooklyn sells plastic barrels that customers use to ship food to family members in the Caribbean.
B’klyn Food Stamps Funds trans-Atlantic Food Shipments
Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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David N. Dinkins, a Democrat, campaigning in Lower Manhattan in 1989, became New York’s first black mayor.
Former Mayor Dinkins Blames Racism for Re-election Loss
Delivering his most explicit and candid appraisal yet, David N. Dinkins says in a forthcoming memoir that he barely won the New York City mayoral election in 1989 and lost four years later for one reason: because he is black.
NY Times
The heat wave continued across the Tri-State Area on Wednesday and forecasters said it will continue for at least the rest of the work week.
Heat Wave Could Get Worse Before It Gets Better
The heat wave continued across the Tri-State Area on Wednesday and forecasters said it will continue for at least the rest of the work week.
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Speaker Quinn Waits Half Hour for 911, Hatzolah Arrives in Minutes
Hatzolah stepped up to the plate yesterday when it responded to a desperation call involving the collapse of a female staffer at a morning event in Williamsburg hosted by NYC Council speaker, and Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn.
NY Post
NYPD Arrests Protesters at Rally Against Zimmerman
At least a dozen people have been arrested on disorderly charges during a New York City rally protesting the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
AP
A man uses a fire hydrant to cool off in New York City.
NYC Getting 2nd Heat Wave, Temps to Hit Triple Digits
Temperatures from the upper 90s to low 100s are expected to roll into the city now until Thursday. A heat advisory has been issued until midnight Monday. This week’s scorching temperatures may even get Mayor Bloomberg desperate for a Big […]
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Average Rent in NYC Rises to $3,000 Per Month
The fact that renting an apartment in New York City is expensive is as obvious to most people as the fact that the sky is blue. But a new report by the real estate research firm Reis Inc. said rental prices just went up.
CBS NY
NY Jets Player Speaks at Anti-Israel Conference
Oday Aboushi has been touted as being the first Palestinian-American player in the National Football League (NFL), but his radical behavior since being drafted by the New York Jets less than three months ago could get him sent home early. His latest infraction was made as he gave a speech at a radical Muslim conference sponsored by a group denying Israel’s right to exist and associated with blatantly anti-Semitic and terrorist propaganda.
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West Nile Virus Detected in Mosquitoes in NYC
The West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in New York City for the first time this season.
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Lubavitcher Sues NYPD Over Beard Length
Fishel Litzman, a New York police officer in training and an Orthodox Jew, took the NYPD to court on Wednesday for requiring him to trim his beard for service. Litzman’s attorneys are saying that the police department’s accommodation, which allows […]
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How can you not like this guy? A NYPD Traffic Agent (or Brownie) was captured on video explaining how his supervisors enforce a 'ticket quota', while skirting the illegality of it.
Video: NYPD Traffic Agent Explain Ticket Quota Enforcement
How can you not like this guy? A NYPD Traffic Agent (or Brownie) was captured on video explaining how his supervisors enforce a ‘ticket quota’, while skirting the illegality of it.
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