Cop Shoves New Council Speaker At 'Violent' Protest | Patch PM

UWS Mugger's Victims Are 4 And 81-Years-Old | Rikers Inmates Stay On Island Despite Jail Closure | Knife Fight Costs Bar License

Posted Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 4:51 pm ET|Updated Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 4:53 pm ET

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Corey Johnson says the officer pushed him and then refused to give his name.

The robber ripped money from the little girl's hands as she was helping her mother at an ATM.

Correction officials plan to move about 400 men into other jails on Rikers Island.

"We've been on strike for 10 months now, that's unheard of in this city," D'Anthony Johnson told Community Board 6. "We are struggling."

The concrete tunnels aren't dangerous now, but Amtrak doesn't know how long they'll hold.

The Lower East Side bar Delilah has had its liquor license suspended after a violent knife fight outside the bar in December.

The city's first dog-friendly cafe is getting ready to open this month in the East Village.

The chef's restaurant empire will change its name after Batali was accused of groping by multiple women, according to a new report.

Residents claim cops need to work harder to bridge the disconnect between themselves and the Queens neighborhoods they serve.

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