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Sears Closing Brooklyn Store, Its Last Outpost In New York City
Initially named Sears, Roebuck & Company, the department store opened on November 5, 1932.
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New York City's Jobs Picture Grows Cloudier As Fall Approaches
One key to the recovery will be whether City Hall can inspire confidence in the city’s future in the business community.
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‘Independent' Redistricting Panel Draws Partisan Battle Lines In Congress Fight
“I believe that a fair reading of the constitution does not contemplate this process that we're about to go forward on, so let’s do better."
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How New Eviction Moratorium Can Help Tenants, Landlords And Homeowners
“I’m glad that the governor took this as a priority and that the Legislature leaped into action.”
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Undocumented Immigrant New Yorkers Shut Out Of Federal Hurricane Ida Aid
“I’ve lived in this country for four years and this is the first time I’ve lived in a basement. I was looking for affordable housing.”
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Groups Fighting Anti-Asian Hate Still Waiting For Funding Albany Pledged In Spring
Asians make up nearly 10% of New York State’s population, and about 16% of New York City’s population, according to the 2020 census.
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Can The Pandemic Give Commercial Rent Control A New Lease On Life?
“We faced a 44% increase and we were already paying $20,000 a month for our 1,500 square foot space and that was untenable,” she said.
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Justice Delayed: City Jail Staff Shortage Keeps Detainees From Getting To Court
Similar failures to transport detainees have plagued courthouses across the city in recent weeks, public defenders say.
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He Was Wrongfully Convicted Of A Killing That Took Place Days After 9/11. Where Did Justice Go Awry?
“This is a second chance at life,” Arroyo told reporters outside the courtroom that day. “And I gotta appreciate that.”
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NYPD Gang Database Targeted By City Council Member
“It will be a very straightforward bill that would make it so that the gang database will no longer exist.”
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How Does Congestion Pricing Work? What To Know About The Toll System Taking Manhattan
The idea: You charge people money to drive in certain places. That fee, in theory, discourages people from driving.
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NYC Food Delivery Workers Face Paltry Pay And High Risks, Analysis Shows
“Compañeros, today feel proud that everything we’ve been fighting for is being backed up by a study.”
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Crown Heights Armory Pool Offers Kids' Swimming Lessons — For $50 A Half Hour
“Fifty dollars for 30 minutes is very steep, especially for low-income families…. I can’t afford that.”
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Rikers Island Guard's Desertion Of Post Led To Detainee's Death, Family Alleges
Self-harm, including suicides, at Rikers Island and other local lockups spiked last summer as COVID-19 ravaged New York.
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Cuomo's $4 Million MTA Job-Cutting Effort Derailed Weeks After His Departure
“It’s almost impossible to separate the workplace effects of COVID from the actual plan.”
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NYC Gets Back To School Monday. Here's What You Need To Know About Vaccinations, Masks And More
On the last day of school in June, many educators and families exhaled, looking forward to a brighter year in September.
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Manhattan Nursing Home Staff And Food Cut Back As For-Profit Operator Moves In, Workers Say
“Right now, I’m just tired. I don’t even feel like going to that job anymore. I’m being honest. I don’t feel like being there no more."
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MTA Yanks $500K COVID Death Benefit From Unvaccinated Transit Workers
“We need our customers to be comfortable, we need the workforce to be comfortable, we need their families to be comfortable.”
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Calls For Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin To Dump High-Interest Loan Firm Stock As He's Sworn In
“He could be the hero here and divest and say this is not a product that he supports and say it out loud. "
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MTA Brings Back Virtual Testimony For Board Meetings — With A Catch
Prior to the pandemic, MTA meetings often attracted comments from dozens of paratransit customers.
