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Lawyer's Kidnapping Scam | NYCHA Offers Lead Tests | Stolen Statue Leaves Met

Posted Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:34 pm ET|Updated Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 3:06 pm ET

Share-worthy stories from the New York City Patch network to talk about tonight:

The terrorist group posted a message online with images of Times Square and an explosive belt, Reuters reported.

The housing authority will offer free tests to residents of 2,300 apartments repainted by uncertified workers.

Richard Luthmann, a controversial attorney, and his fellow scammers extorted a business partner at gunpoint, federal prosecutors alleged.

A&E Supply Co. posted graffiti of its logo around Gowanus and Park Slope.

A new report claims 65 Brooklyn Diocese clergy members sexually abused children in Brooklyn and Queens.

The pilfered marble bull's head was on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Investigators tied it to two other stolen antiques.

"I just have one goal, which is four years as mayor of this city," he said.

An art exhibit in Chelsea is made entirely from abandoned trash collected from a Brooklyn beach.

Mario Batali was fired from ABC's daytime show "The Chew" after four women accused him of inappropriate touching.

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