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Advocates for rent-stabilized housing tenants called on state lawmakers to pass a package of bills that would eliminate some rent increases.
The 70-year-old victim was praying at St Monica's Church on East 79th Street when she was punched in the face.
The man broke into her home through an unlocked front door.
The Morningside Heights hospital was built and expanded upon from the late 19th to 20th centuries.
More than 30 cars have been broken into in part of the Upper West Side since Jan. 1, a large increase from 2018.
The man was sitting in a vehicle when he was shot multiple times, an NYPD spokesman said.
The state Board for Historic Preservation nominated part of the neighborhood for the National Register of Historic Places.
The funding deal was negotiated as part of JP Morgan's massive redevelopment of its Midtown headquarters.
More than 10,000 nurses at three of the city's major hospital systems threatened to go on strike in April.
The victim suffered injuries to his skull and a broken nose.
East Village cyclist Chaim Joseph was hit and killed by a truck driver last month on Eighth Avenue and West 45th Street.
A woman is suing Equinox’s Pure Yoga on West 77th Street after an instructor made "inappropriate adjustments" during a class.
The 28,000-square-foot food hall will be located within the massive Waterline Square development on Riverside Boulevard.
Community Board 5 voted in favor of creating protected bike lanes on 52nd and 55th streets.
A black freshman at the school was handed a note with the “N-word" written on it.
Erica Imbasciani was hit and killed by an impaired SUV driver on Amsterdam Avenue and West 141st Street.
Drug dealers and users have established a "headquarters" on a Harlem block, and calls to police for help go largely unanswered.
The 60-year-old homeless shelter resident was overdosing when she and EMS got stuck in an elevator.
Michael Davidson was memorialized at Harlem's Engine Company 69 firehouse exactly one year after his death in the line of duty.
The New York City mayor said he is planning to conduct "internal conversations" to review the proposed Parks Department policy.
