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NYC Council Member Used Cop Connections To Beat Ticket

Bronx rep Vanessa Gibson, former chair of City Council's NYPD watchdog committee, will pay $5,000 for having a cop connection fix a ticket.

NYC's Longest-Serving Judge Finally Retires Aged 98

U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein was appointed b y President Lyndon Johnson.

CNN President Lists UES Home For $17.5M

CNN's Jeff Zucker bought the East 64th Street five-bedroom for $12.3 million in 2007.

Cops Search For More Subway Protesters, This Time In The Village

Police are looking for four women who chained open emergency exits during a day of mass protests on the subway last month.

Man Shot Dead On East Harlem Street, Police Say

A man was shot in the chest Wednesday night on East 116th Street.

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