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Gray Market Thrives Even As Licensed Weed Takes Root In Greenwich Village
The new licensed operations have had lines out of the door — but the unlicensed ones have been making money for months.
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Are New York City Streets Getting Filthier? The Numbers Aren't So Clear
The city’s sidewalks were also reportedly 1.6% dirtier, from 96.8% acceptably clean two years ago to 95.2% this fiscal year, the data shows.
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NYPD Sweeps Migrants From Manhattan Hotel Sidewalk Following Days Of Protest And Uncertainty
“The best thing we could have is the work permit to defend ourselves and so we can be independent,” he said on Wednesday afternoon.
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NYC Public Schools Allowed To Grade Own Regents Exams Again
Grading was done centrally for over a decade to reduce score manipulation, but state policy is changing again.
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NYC Breaks A 50-Year Record For Snowless Winter
Our boots, shovels and snowblowers have seen a different kind of accumulation on them so far this winter — dust.
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Man Held In Rikers After Exoneration Freed Sooner Than Expected
When THE CITY highlighted Kareem Mayo’s plight, officials started making calls and got him sprung.
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Metro-North Electrical Workers Gear Up For Potential Strike
Rail travelers from three states may need alternate transportation if the first Metro-North strike in 40 years materializes.
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Shuffle To Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Makes Jobs Harder To Find And Keep, Say Asylum Seekers
Migrants have refused to move from the Watson Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen, saying the long commute is detrimental to starting a new life in NYC.
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Penn'd In: MTA's Second Rail Mega-Project Stuck In Mire
Transit agency officials said the plans to connect Metro-North trains to Penn Station will likely face delays of six to nine months.
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Bronx Residents Got Rid Of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Markedly Improved.
Households with induction stoves showed a 35% decrease in nitrogen dioxide and a nearly 43% difference in carbon monoxide.
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I Was Passed Over As NYC's Chief Actuary Because I'm Asian And Gay, Former Deputy Says In Lawsuit
Craig Chu said he is more qualified than the person the office hired, and was later told by panel members that he made them “uncomfortable.”
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City Workers Losing Patience With Slow Crawl To Union Contracts
Most city employees are now working under expired labor contracts that lapsed as far back as 2020.
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After Two Decades In Prison, Exonerated Man Still Held At Rikers By Ankle
“Now, we all kind of agree that Rikers is a hellhole in which no person should be forced to endure,” defense attorney Ron Kuby added.
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See Walls: Army Corps' Citywide Coastal Storm Plan Takes Shape, Steals Views
A resiliency expert called the sea wall proposal“the largest transformation of our waterfront since the Robert Moses era.”
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Mayor Adams Lays Out ‘Working People's Agenda' In State Of The City Speech
In place of a signature proposal, Adams offered numerous smaller plans that he says ‘get stuff done’ on behalf of regular New Yorkers.
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City Council Grills Jails Commissioner On Treatment Of Trans Detainees At Rikers
Louis Molina denied there was a problem at the Department of Corrections, despite the collapse of the LGBTQ+ Affairs unit under his tenure.
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The Pandemic Robbed Thousands Of NYC Children Of Parents. Many Aren't Getting The Help They Need.
Schools are uniquely positioned to support grieving children, but families and school staff say the system isn’t equipped to serve them.
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Newest Legal Cannabis Shop Pops Up In Greenwich Village But Will Close For Construction
The first state-licensed dispensary business owned by a person with a pot conviction will open following storefront construction.
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After Year Of Hardships, Some Fired Unvaccinated City Workers Win Jobs Back
Schimenti, an assistant chief plan examiner and project advocate for the city’s Department of Buildings, worked for the agency for 22 years.
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Albany Lawmakers Plot Climate Priorities And Ways To Find Green
State lawmakers are expected to write bills to accelerate specific emission-reducing initiatives that touch on all sectors of the economy.
