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Eric Adams leaves New Yorkers asking questions. Among them, what's wrong with olive oil? And, what kind of booze does he drown rats with?

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Eric Adams leaves New Yorkers asking questions. Among them, what's wrong with olive oil? And, what kind of booze does he drown rats with?

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"Her mission is guided solely by political animus," Trump's suit contends. Responded Attorney General James, "No one is above the law."
Nearly half of the cases appeared in New York City, state data shows.
The Eagle Academy For Young Men II is one of three schools closed by the city in a single day, according to the city.
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Crown Heights landlord Alfred Thompson ranked eighth in the Public Advocate's report on the city's 100 worst landlords released Thursday.
Keith Gadson was handcuffed and arrested in front of his 13-year-old son for failing to move a car he didn't own, a new lawsuit contends.
Legal Aid argues the program is needed by a half-million New Yorkers who could face eviction on Jan. 15, when the state moratorium ends.
A former educator accused the school of removing LGBTQ teachers from top positions and condoning students' hate speech, court records show.
Emotional support parrots, gym shoe vandalism and a Staten Island embezzler were among complaints filed in the city's courts this week.
"This practice is treating us like slave labor," said the union president. "We will take this fight ... as far as we can.”
Children of Gene Colan — creator of the first mainstream Black comic book superhero — have challenged Marvel's ownership of the copyright.
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Set designer Michael Hayden accuses Jeff Koons of copying a pedestal he designed for politician and porn star Ilona "La Cicciolina" Staller.
"The higher-ups are orchestrating this heinous discrimination," said attorney Brad Gerstman. "This went right up to the top."
Trevor Forrest — whose words officials say inspired acts of international terrorism — says he's been denied the right to practice his faith.