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A new study found that while job markets boom in gentrifying neighborhoods, those jobs are unlikely to go to local residents of color.
The MTA plans to shutter service between Manhattan and Brooklyn over 15 weekends leading up to the L train's spring shutdown.
The man stuck his hand under the stall of a public bathroom in the Union Square station while the victim used the bathroom, police said.
Police are searching for a 56-year-old Chelsea man who was last seen leaving Harlem Hospital on Malcolm X Boulevard.
A baby boy was pulled from the East River off of South Street Seaport Sunday afternoon. He died at a nearby hospital.
A city council subcommittee voted in favor of the 21-story hub aimed at helping New Yorkers gain a foothold in the tech sector.
The teen was sitting in a police cruiser when she managed to wiggle out of an open window and bolt down the block, the Daily News reported.
Bourdain visits a handful of iconic Lower East Side and East Village eateries in the episode set to air this fall.
One of the nation's largest equestrian events is coming to Governors Island on Saturday.
A worker spotted the man laying on the tracks and hit the breaks, but the train couldn't stop in time and ran him over, police said.
Police found the woman's body sitting on a bench with no obvious injuries Wednesday night, officials said.
A man dove in after a woman who jumped into the East River Thursday morning. Police were able to rescue them both.
The funds will go toward a digital skills training center in the 21-story hub aimed at helping New Yorkers start careers in technology.
A burglar is on a hot streak in the Lower East Side and Chinatown.
The thief has hit 15 buildings in Lower Manhattan and stolen $2,500 worth of packages, police said.
The thief has hit 15 buildings in Lower Manhattan and stolen $2,500 worth of packages, police said.
The thief has hit 15 buildings in Lower Manhattan and stolen $2,500 worth of packages, police said.
The thief has hit 15 buildings in Lower Manhattan and stolen $2,500 worth of packages, police said.
The five-stop route will shove off on Aug. 29, the city said Wednesday.
The tire of a garbage truck flew off into a car on the Gowanus Expressway in Bay Ridge, killing the driver, authorities said.
