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One of the detectives investigating the murder of a Barnard freshman was accused of withholding evidence and making false accusations.
The restaurant is relocating to Greenport, Long Island in 2020. Demarchelier's last meal on the UES will be served Dec. 28.
The 168th Street station opened about a month ahead of schedule equipped with brand-new elevators.
A man died and a woman was critically injured when the fire broke out in a Seaman Avenue building.
Heads up: The 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, C, D, E, F, J, L, M, N, Q, R and W trains won't be running normally this weekend.
The Mystic, Connecticut man made threats on Reddit that he was going to drive to Harlem to kill black people.
Developers may modify plans to include a greater number of below-market-rate apartments at the Harlem complex.
The fire broke out shortly before 1:30 p.m. at a Central Park South apartment building.
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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will host at least four stakeholder meetings in coming months to discuss the hospital expansion.
Community leaders supporting a lawsuit challenging a 2018 rezoning of Inwood took a victory lap Friday, but warned the fight isn't over.
The man was walking on 10th Avenue just before 5 a.m. when he was hit by a private sanitation truck.
A New York State judge annulled the 2018 rezoning, which upzoned large parts of Inwood for greater residential development.
The pop up store promoting the Diamond District-set film will have $1 million in jewelry in stock.
The man is wanted for punching a woman in the face and threatening two people with a knife in the span of one hour.
The new store is the internet service provider's seventh brick-and-mortar location in Manhattan.
The increase means that a total of 824 new K-8 seats will be built on the Upper East Side by 2024.
A woman who fell down a flight of stairs at the "Stumble Inn" claims the business failed to safely maintain the staircase.
The tech company will occupy two new floors of its West Village building, adding at least 150 jobs.
The 39-year-old Upper West Sider was reported missing after leaving his West 71st Street home on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
