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MTA Seizes Toll Scofflaws' Cars | Poo Pickup Sign Contest | Man Threatens To Jump After FBI Shows Up | Vandals Who Targeted Pol Plead Guilty

Kevin Brooks looks for birds during one of the best months for bird watching on May 7, 2014, in Prospect Park.
Kevin Brooks looks for birds during one of the best months for bird watching on May 7, 2014, in Prospect Park. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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NYC Audubon Changing Name Over Birder's Slavery Legacy

John James Audubon's racism created barriers for birders, society members decided: "A diversity of birds depends on a diversity of people."

Trump's Potential Porn Star Hush-Money Indictment Delayed: Report

A grand jury weighing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump has been called off for the day Wednesday, reports state.

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MTA Seizes Cars Of Scofflaws Owing $600K In Tolls, Officials Say

Twenty cars owned by "persistent toll violators" were seized Monday along the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, MTA officials said.

UES Council Member To Hold Poo Pickup Sign Contest

Council Member Julie Menin is asking Upper East Side residents to help design a new visual campaign urging dog owners to clean up their act.

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Midtown Man Threatens To Jump After FBI Shows Up For Search: Report

Video shows a man sitting on the edge of a window on the 20th floor of a West 56th Street building, the New York Post reports.

Erik Bottcher Trespassers, Vandals Plea Guilty

"Their intention was to intimidate and scare us into silence. Their plan has backfired, " the Council Member told Patch.

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