Housing Authority Admits Failures Go Well Beyond Lead Testing
The shortcomings, noted in a federal filing, include noncompliance linked to employee overtime and tenant protections during the eviction process.
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Photo CreditSeth Wenig/Associated Press Mourners Say Goodbye to 5 Children Killed in Fire in New Jersey
The children, ages 2 to 13, had been asleep in their third-floor apartment when the blaze erupted on the first floor.
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Photo CreditWilliam E. Sauro/The New York Times Guy V. Molinari, Power Broker in New York and Beyond, Is Dead at 89
Congressman, assemblyman, Staten Island borough president: Even more, he was a Republican kingpin with wide reach in a largely Democratic city.
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Jury Not Convinced of Murder in Slaying of Cuomo Aide
The victim’s brother yells, ‘Where is the justice?’ as one defendant is found guilty of manslaughter and a second of reckless endangerment.
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Photo CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times As Gillibrand Pushes Left, Her Economic Agenda Tilts to Populism
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has begun to adopt an economic populism similar to the kind that infused Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign in 2016.
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Judge Orders New Trial in Al Qaeda Terror Case
Declassified statements from three detainees at Guantánamo Bay cast doubt on the 2005 conviction of a Pakistani man for giving “material support” to terrorists.
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Photo CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times A Screeching Stop for Speed Cameras in New York City School Zones
The law that authorized the safety cameras was only temporary, and state legislators ended their session last month without issuing an extension.
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Why Can’t New York City Govern Its Own Affairs?
A look at why New York City must often rely on the State Legislature to pass laws that solely affect city affairs.
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Keeping Its Promise to Families, New York Identifies Another 9/11 Victim
With advances in technology, Scott Michael Johnson, 26, became the 1,642nd person to be identified by the medical examiner’s office.
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Why should I live within my means when I can live so much better within yours?
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Neighborhood Joint
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Two generations of bakers have made Alfonso’s Pastry Shoppe a reliable go-to for all kinds of cakes, and recent innovations have inspired foodie pilgrimages.
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Photo Credit The City’s Buried Treasure Isn’t Under the Dirt. It Is the Dirt.
Construction sites used to send New York’s dirt to landfills upstate. But new research suggests the soil — if you dig deep enough — is a valuable commodity.
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Fit City
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Vogueing is having another moment, and those who would like to study with a master from the House of Ninja can do so at a downtown dance studio.
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Neighborhood Joint
Photo Credit North Carolina Barbecue on a Brooklyn Street Corner
Every Saturday, in a yard at Albany Avenue and Pacific Street in Crown Heights, Donnell Rogers sells pork ribs and chicken legs with a vinegar sauce.
