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License Plates From Trash Helped NYC Worker Duck Tolls: Officials

Sanitation worker Jason Rivera racked up $17K in tickets, tolls and fees on license plates he plucked from the trash, officials said.

Brooklyn 'Duck Dock' Becomes Prime Real Estate For Birds In Need

A Red Hook nonprofit hopes to turn a ramp it set up for an injured seagull into a "floating habitat" project to give refuge to city birds.

Barclays Center And Brooklyn Nets Sold To Alibaba Billionaire

Alibaba founder Joe Tsai bought the Atlantic Avenue arena and its NBA basketball team.

Teacher Beaten Up By Cops As He Leaves Mets Game: Lawsuit

A Connecticut public school teacher says plainclothes NYPD officers randomly beat him up and arrested him as he was leaving a Mets game.

Locals Flee Unstable Greenwich Village Building: Officials

Three buildings were evacuated in Greenwich Village Friday afternoon, an FDNY spokesperson said.

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