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Imagined UES 'Green Space' Cleared Of Trees After Complaints
Dreams of opening a garden in an empty Yorkville lot seemed dashed when its trees vanished this week—but there's a reason for the cutdowns.

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Dreams of opening a garden in an empty Yorkville lot seemed dashed when its trees vanished this week—but there's a reason for the cutdowns.

The popular COVID-testing spot is closing two Midtown clinics due to staffing issues, but other nearby sites will remain open.
The popular COVID-testing spot is closing a 125th Street clinic due to staffing issues, but another nearby site will remain open.
A 24-year-old Harlem man has been arrested more than a year after another man was gunned down at a neighborhood NYCHA complex, police said.
The city may let a high-rise tower be built at a Harlem public housing complex in an effort to raise funds. Neighbors were caught off-guard.
Instead of leaving your Christmas tree on the sidewalk, bring it to one of these Parks Department sites to get it recycled into wood chips.
Instead of leaving your Christmas tree on the sidewalk, bring it to one of these Parks Department sites to get it recycled into wood chips.
Instead of leaving your Christmas tree on the sidewalk, bring it to one of these Parks Department sites to get it recycled into wood chips.
Hell's Kitchen's COVID-19 rates have jumped to their highest levels in months. Here's how to get tested in the neighborhood this week.
A pair of empty next-door storefronts in Yorkville will soon be filled by an enticing European bakery and a Brooklyn-based coffee shop.
Two neighborhood schools were under investigation due to COVID-19 cases while another 10 had classroom quarantines, according to the city.
From New Year's Eve to Broadway, Midtown's cherished holiday traditions are endangered again this year by the rise of the omicron variant.
The $15 million project that has torn up the Hamilton Heights plaza since 2019 is finally done. See inside the new park that is now open.
Harlem's rates of COVID-19 have jumped to their highest levels in months. Here's how to get tested in the neighborhood this week.
Here are at least 10 places on the Upper East Side where you can get tested for COVID-19, according to the city.
A Hell's Kitchen middle school shut down this week after imposing a dozen quarantines for COVID-19 cases, according to the DOE.
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