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Gambino Mobster Gets 40 Years For Murdering Friend Over $750K: Feds
Anthony Pandrella, 63, executed his elderly longtime friend "all for greed," a top federal prosecutor said.
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Before Patch, I kicked around newspapers and other outlets in Indiana, Michigan and New York City. Along the way I've sat through innumerable trials and public meetings, picked up a national investigative reporting award, reported on televangelists flying private jets, among many other mundane, noteworthy or strange reporting experiences.
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Woman Scored Luxury Apartments For Gang Members Across NYC: Feds
Latoya Williams used stolen identities to line up high-end apartments for gang members before her arrest Wednesday, authorities said.
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Just 57% Of NYC High School Graduates Are College Ready, Audit Finds
"We found DOE should do more to prepare students to be college ready," a new audit by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli concluded.
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Pythons Smuggled In Queens Man's Pants: Feds
Calvin Bautista was unable to slither out of federal charges after officials found him with snakes in his pants, prosecutors say.
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NYC Foster Care Students Will Get Up To $15K College Tuition Covered
A new program called "College Choice" will pay for tuition not covered by financial aid and provide $60 a day for students in foster care.
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Video: Neon Green Lady Fiends Beat, Rob Subway Teens | NYC Top Stories
'Run, Hide, Or Fight,' NYU Students Told | 'Parkour' Leaps Atop High-Rise | Annie Lebovitz Snaps Up $6.5M Condo | Shooting Near Red Rooster
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'Run, Hide, Or Fight:' NYU Students Receive Chilling Directive In BK
Shots fired near NYU's downtown Brooklyn campus Tuesday mornings spurred security officials to send an alarming message to students.
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Video: Death-Defying Leaps Atop NYC High Rise Captured By Filmmaker
"It's like he's doing parkour," someone says on a viral video showing a man jumping atop a 23-story FiDi building.
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NYC's Migrant Tent City Decamps To Randall's Island After Flood
Mayor Eric Adams announced the change After rain last weekend flooded out the original Bronx location for a 1,000-migrant tent city.
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NY Gets $100M More Emergency Rent Aid As Apartment Prices Rise
But advocates hope the Biden administration funnels more money toward a program that has given $2 billion in rent aid to New York City.
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Rename Park After Sewer Gators, Historian Roars | NYC Top Stories
Vacant Newsstands: Delivery Worker Havens? | Comic Con Is Back | Driver Sped Twice Limit In Deadly Crash | Doggie Costume Contest Returns
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New ‘One-Stop’ Database Detailing NYPD Misconduct Kicks Off
Had a questionable encounter with an NYPD officer? Look up their misconduct history in a new 450,000-record database.
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Vacant Newsstands To Become Small Havens For NYC Delivery Workers
The city will use a $1 million grant to convert empty newsstands into places where delivery workers — and their devices — can recharge.
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NYC Rent Goes Up $20 In September, But Still At All-Time High: Study
Have $3,950 to spare for a one-bedroom?
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Hawk Hunts, Kills Rat In NYC Park Trash Can | Top Stories
Suspect In Murder Of EMT ID'd | Russian Consulate Vandalized With Red Paint | Man Arrested In Jogger Attacks | An NYC Migrant Cruise Ship?
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AOC, Schumer Hail $225M In Taxi Medallion Debt Relief For Drivers
More than 1,000 medallion owners have closed their loans so far under a city program to help drivers escape crushing, predatory debts.
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NYC Nears Cruise Ship Deal To House Migrants: Report
But advocates aren’t all aboard on a reported near-done deal with Norwegian Cruise for a ship to process migrants: “We oppose the plan.”
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Sex Noise, Pigeon Invasions, Rats: Read NYC’s Worst Apartment Reviews
“It's like Alfred Hitchcock's ‘The Birds,’ but with rodents,” one disgruntled renter wrote on the apartment review site openigloo.
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Ian Remnants To Batter NYC This Weekend As Storm’s Clouds Fill Sky
The city will be under a hazardous outlook Saturday until next week Thursday as more than 2 inches of rain is predicted.
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'Help Us To Serve You': NYC Street Vendors Rally For Protections
"If they give me a thousand tickets, I'll keep going," one Times Square vendor said as he protested what he called unfair enforcement.
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