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Thousands more asylum seeker children are expected — and will be welcomed — to enroll in city school this year, Chancellor David Banks said.
Two brothers were arrested after police said they smashed an off-duty cop's car window, beat him and tried to grab his gun Wednesday.
Queens saw 501 people die of drug overdoses last year, data shows.
A butt-grabbing man who hassled women in Queens subway stations last month popped up again in a new borough, police said.
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Two Queens men stockpiled firearms, including ghost guns, in their homes, a storage unit and a workplace, prosecutors said.
Mosques and other houses of worship no longer will have to apply for permits to amplify their Friday calls to prayer, officials said.
A potential yellow bus driver strike could affect public school students' Sept. 7 return. Check out the city's contingency plans.
Nearly 2 million gallons of water entered subways Tuesday, causing mass delays for 300,000 straphangers on the 1, 2 and 3 lines.
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Gotham Buds is set to spark up in September, according to reports.
The city's public schools failed students in need, even as special education service claims swelled tenfold to $372 million, a study found.
Round-the-clock speed camera enforcement has driven down speeding, traffic injuries and deaths in the year since it began, officials said.
A Bronx couple who died in a triple stabbing late Friday were among the victims, according to police and reports.
Aneal Mahabir, 23, faces assault and harassment charges after his arrest in what police called a domestic incident Saturday, cops said.
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Food news this week include "Barbieheimer" inspiring a union drive at a popular drink-and-dine movie theater.
Some not-so-poor people had big money problems this week in New York City. Here's a roundup of the most ridiculous.
The slower-than-anticipated rollout of legal weed led to 1,500 unlicensed pot shops with $484 million of products, the study also found.
The illegal gun and drug sales all took place near West 124th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, prosecutors said.
