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New York Is Most Expensive State For Smokers, Study Finds
A WalletHub analysis found smokers will spend almost $2.5 million on the habit in their lifetimes.

Kathleen Culliton is regional manager of Patch's New York City bureau.
A WalletHub analysis found smokers will spend almost $2.5 million on the habit in their lifetimes.

Cops are looking for three young men who spent Christmas afternoon stealing wallets from cab drivers.
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Smugglers used creative code names — "pink panties," "the jungle" and "Oakland Raider jerseys" — to sneak contraband into Rikers, feds say.
A man threw red juice at a Greenpoint priest and the church altar where he was celebrating mass last Sunday, video shows.
The startled agent shot a Belgian Shepard as her owners walked her in Windsor Terrace late Monday, according to officials and reports.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday 24 engineers, emergency managers and mental health workers will head to the island to help.
Four firefighters and 18 civilians were hurt when a two-alarm blaze erupted in an East 72nd Street skyscraper early Tuesday, the FDNY said.
“If groups of New Yorkers have been unfairly targeted, my office will not hesitate to take legal action," the attorney general said.
NYCHA residents filed almost 60,000 bug complaints in the first nine months of 2019, Legal Aid said Monday.
The Parks Department cannot chop down 83 Fort Greene Park trees until it conducts an environmental impact study, a New York judge has ruled.
A Riders Alliance analysis shows four out of five workday morning subway commutes were delayed because of signal problems in 2019.
A water main flooded the streets outside Lincoln Center Monday morning, officials said.
In honor of National Pizza Day on Sunday, here are the New York slices Patch's Local Legends say are the city's best.
The Coalition For The Homeless withdrew its support from the Mayor's new homelessness command center, co-run by the NYPD.
Park Slope 'Black Brunch' Bar Closes After Liquor License Lost | Slumlord Sued For $2M By Tenants | Post Offices Held Onto Years-Old Mail
"We're just focused on doing whatever we can," said Gordon. " And praying for a miracle."
A new City Council bill calls from banning the words "alien " and "illegal immigrant" from official documents.
A subway car's doors popped open while in motion on Christmas Eve. Two weeks later, a $600 million fleet was pulled from the tracks.
Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Foley Square Thursday evening to protest increasing tensions between Iran and the U.S.