Stage Set For Halloween Bash On East River Esplanade | NYC Top Stories

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Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. Live music, ice cream, and Halloween fun – it's all happening on the East River Esplanade on Sunday. (Read more on Patch.)

2. New York City celebrated its WNBA champions on Thursday with a major parade on Broadway. (Read more on Patch.)

3. Police are searching for a group of men in connection to a string of violent robberies along the border of Bushwick and Bed-Stuy. (Read more on Patch.)

4. A driver who is accused of killing a 74-year-old pedestrian in Bay Ridge this September was arrested on Thursday, officials said. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Three men have been indicted after they drove to Queens and robbed two drug dealers, and murdering one in the back of a U-Haul van in January, according to prosecutors. (Read more on Patch.)