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Shark Washes Up On Rockaway Beach
An injured shark washed up on Rockaway Beach on Monday after getting caught in a nearby jetty.

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An injured shark washed up on Rockaway Beach on Monday after getting caught in a nearby jetty.

Law enforcement dropped charges against a man they accused of an April stabbing in a Forest Hills subway station, according to a report.
Dr. Christine Mangino has been appointed the next president of the Bayside college, which is part of the CUNY network.
Astoria drew hundreds of 311 complaints about people flouting social distancing rules in June, according to city data.
When city beaches open for swimming July 1, New Yorkers won't be the only ones filling the sandy shores of the Rockaway peninsula.
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An interactive map shows all the restaurants and bars in and around Forest Hills that are now open for outdoor dining.
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An interactive map shows all the restaurants and bars in Astoria that are now open for outdoor dining.
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Fairway Market, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, now expects to close its Douglaston store by mid-July.
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants the state to continue halting all evictions and give tenants a year to make any missed rent payments.
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The new site is part of the city's push to expand COVID-19 testing as more businesses reopen and New Yorkers head back to work.
The Long Island City public library will be open six days a week for customers to pick up reading materials.
The Bayside public library will be open six days a week for customers to pick up reading materials.
A Fresh Meadows hotel has been housing more than 100 people recently released from jail, and local officials say the city never told them.
The 3.6-mile-long bike lane along Northern Boulevard will be phased in throughout the summer, city officials said.
An NYPD officer who used an apparent chokehold arresting a Black man Sunday in Queens is now facing criminal charges, police said.