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Leonids 2017 Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend In NYC

The annual Leonids meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers should get the best views Friday night.

Controversial NYC Statues Should Be Left Alone, Commission Told

A majority of speakers wanted to see the monuments remain.

Upscale Midtown Hotel To Become Homeless Shelter, City Says

The four-star Hotel Chandler on East 31st Street will become a 170-bed homeless shelter.

Development Is Destroying Iconic NYC Neighborhoods: Protesters

The East and West Villages are being treated as "the next stop on the Silicon Alley express," they said.

Police Seek Shirtless St. Francis Statue Tipper

Surveillance footage released Thursday shows a man knocking over a statue outside the Blessed Sacrament Church in Cypress Hills.

Beloved Midtown Firehouse Cat Goes Missing

Turner, the firehouse cat at a Midtown Manhattan's Engine 1/Ladder24, has been missing for a week.

Drunk Guy Fieri Fans To Invade New York City This Weekend

Guy Fieri "enthusiasts" — many in costume — will galavant between Midtown Manhattan bars during a pub-crawl known as FieriCon.

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