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NYC Common Sense Caucus pushes to trash new composting law
A group of Big Apple lawmakers want to toss composting laws in the trash. The City Council’s Common Sense Caucus…
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A peek inside the revamped Frick Collection — opening this month after a five-year, $220M renovation
The Frick Collection is back this month after a five-year, $220 million renovation that nearly doubled its gallery footprint —…
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Century-old East Village tenement synagogue to be torn down
This vintage house of worship doesn’t have a prayer. The site of a former century-old synagogue for Ukrainian immigrants in…
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This is the Rockefeller Christmas tree’s surprising fate after it leaves NYC: ‘Just wow’
Every morning when Felicia Hanna grabs a coat from her closet, she finds herself face to face with a reminder…
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Monster fence for chaotic MTA project killing NYC businesses: ‘We are helpless’
Businesses along a once-bustling Bronx block are suffering a slow death thanks to a chaotic MTA construction project that is…
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NYC Italian restaurant Ferdinando’s Focacceria closes after 121 years
The sauce has dried up at this iconic red-sauce spot. Ferdinando’s Focacceria in Carroll Gardens abruptly closed its doors last…
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NYC restaurateurs frustrated as city issues only 40 outdoor dining permits with thousands still in limbo: ‘Extorted money from us’
There’s a backlog of more than 3,600 applications for outdoor dining sheds in the Big Apple — thanks to the…
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Couples marry, get engaged in Times Square on Valentine’s Day
It really is the heart of New York. Couples gathered in Times Square on Valentine’s Day Friday to cement their…
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NYC resident parking passes floated in City Council — but locals say they’ll be paying one way or the other
No one gets a free pass. Upper Manhattan residents and workers claiming that parking is harder to come by after…
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Teen heroes who turned in Sebastian Zapeta-Calil have been blocked from $10K reward
This makes no cents. The teen heroes who nabbed subway arson killer Sebastian Zapeta-Calil have been denied the $10,000 reward…
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