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'Top Chef' Poisoned Beloved Brooklyn Tree, Prosecutors Say

Former "Top Chef" Adam Harvey, 33, was hauled into court last month for sneaking into his Windsor Terrace neighbor's backyard, drilling holes into her tree and filling those holes with herbicide, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's office.

Former Dalton Headmaster Accused Of Sex Abuse: Lawsuit

A former student of a prestigious Upper East Side private school accused its former headmaster of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed Thursday in New Jersey federal court.

Flushing Doctor Charged In 3 Overdose Deaths: Authorities

A Queens doctor has been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment for allegedly prescribing lethal drug cocktails that caused three of his patients to die of overdoses, authorities announced Thursday.

NYC Drug Runners Hid Heroin In Tomato Boxes, Prosecutors Say

Two accused drug traffickers arrested in Washington Heights were hit with drug charges Thursday after they were busted trying to bring more than 20 pounds of heroin into the city, prosecutors announced.

These Are NYC's Most Rat-Infested Neighborhoods

While all New Yorkers see rats skulking around from time to time, rodents have invaded some areas more deeply than others. An interactive map shows the most rat-infested neighborhoods in the five boroughs. The geospatial researcher Vanessa Mateus scraped a database of 311 complaints about rodents from 2013 to 2018 and mapped where the most reports came from.

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