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'Eat The Babies': AOC Hears Modest Proposal On Climate Change

A woman turned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's latest town hall event upside down with a pitch that would make Jonathan Swift proud.

Sewage Scooping Woman Named BK Hero For Clearing Queens Highway

Daphne Youree is the borough president's July hero for hopping out of her car and clearing flooded LIE subway grates in a now-viral video.

Bushwick Tenant Without Gas For Over A Year Pleads Mayor For Help

The tenant said her Decatur Street building hasn't had cooking gas for 18 months — so she asked Mayor de Blasio for help on the radio.

Cheeses Recalled At NYC Farmers Markets Over Bacteria Worries

Whole Foods also recalled one of the three Vermont cheeses even though they have yet to sicken anyone.

Heroin Dealer Indicted In Queens Customers' Overdose Deaths: DA

The man allegedly bragged he couldn't be charged in the deaths due to so-called Good Samaritan laws.

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