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NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon attends a press conference at One Police Plaza alongside Mayor Eric Adams, Oct. 9, 2024. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY
NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon attends a press conference at One Police Plaza alongside Mayor Eric Adams, Oct. 9, 2024. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY)

Ex-NYPD Interim Commissioner Sues, Alleging Department Is a Criminal Enterprise

Former Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon filed an explosive federal lawsuit alleging that Mayor Eric Adams and department...

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16 Jul 2025 | 12:38
Karen Rempel frolics in the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream.
Karen Rempel frolics in the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream. ( Photo: Philip Maier)

Karen’s Quirky New York Screams for Ice Cream

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month. The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream...

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16 Jul 2025 | 12:57
Water pours into the station for the 1, 2, and 3 stop at W. 28rd St. at the height of a record setting downpour on July 14.
Water pours into the station for the 1, 2, and 3 stop at W. 28rd St. at the height of a record setting downpour on July 14. ( Photo: X)

Subways Snarled as City Reels from Record-Breaking Rainfall

A man in Harlem suffered two broken legs when a trim limb fell on him and West Side subway service was interrupted by cascading...

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15 Jul 2025 | 06:33
Two e-bikers run a red light as a Traffic Officer faces the other way on intersection of W. 34th and 8th Ave. The quality of life pilot program included the seizure of 185 e-bikes, mopeds, and scooters in the first 60 days, the NYPD said.
Two e-bikers run a red light as a Traffic Officer faces the other way on intersection of W. 34th and 8th Ave. The quality of life pilot program included the seizure of 185 e-bikes, mopeds, and scooters in the first 60 days, the NYPD said. ( Photo: Samuel Kingsland)

NYPD Extends Quality of Life Pilot Program Across all of Manhattan

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, announced that as of July 14, the quality of life pilot program that...

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14 Jul 2025 | 02:19
Left: Wanted for sexual abuse near Houston Street, May 17 & 18; Right: from a West Village drug bust
Left: Wanted for sexual abuse near Houston Street, May 17 & 18; Right: from a West Village drug bust ( Photos: NYPD)

Cops Seek Village Sex Attacks Suspect; Narcotics Bust on 6th Ave.

A sex predator is on the loose in Greenwich Village and cops are asking the public’s assistance in finding him. Two known...

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14 Jul 2025 | 12:24
Left: Wanted for Homicide at Fulton Houses; Right: 6th Ave. Starbucks where NYPD Detetctive was attacked.
Left: Wanted for Homicide at Fulton Houses; Right: 6th Ave. Starbucks where NYPD Detetctive was attacked. ( Photo: NYPD, Google Maps)

Cops Release Photo of Suspect in Chelsea Murder; Detective Assaulted in Midtown

NYPD are asking the public’s assistance in determining the identity and whereabouts of a man sought in connection with the...

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14 Jul 2025 | 01:32
Left: Enthused Manhattan Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura in red cap, with her boss Iris Rodriguez-Rosa in blue clapping. Right: Goatham 2025 winner, Mallomar!
Left: Enthused Manhattan Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura in red cap, with her boss Iris Rodriguez-Rosa in blue clapping. Right: Goatham 2025 winner, Mallomar! ( Photos: Brian Berger, Riverside Park Conservancy)

Goats Return to Riverside Park for Summer Chomp Jobs

More than a thousand goat lovers and other friends of flora and fauna descended on a verdant field at Ten Mile River Playground...

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14 Jul 2025 | 10:54
Scenes such as the above, where a young woman shows off her flu-shot sticker, should be commonplace this fall after the FDA in June finally issued recommendations on the new flu vaccine for the 2025-26 flu season.
Scenes such as the above, where a young woman shows off her flu-shot sticker, should be commonplace this fall after the FDA in June finally issued recommendations on the new flu vaccine for the 2025-26 flu season. ( Photo: Whoisjohngalt/Wikimedia Commons)

Flu Vaccine Shots Will Be Available This Fall After All

Despite political posturing, missed meetings, and nail-biting moments of medical mystery, it now seems certain that there...

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11 Jul 2025 | 04:01
Editor Jule Campbell adjusts a bracelet on model Kathy Ireland's wrist during a <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Swimsuit Issue shoot in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the fall of 1989. Model Judit Masco can be seen in the background.
Editor Jule Campbell adjusts a bracelet on model Kathy Ireland's wrist during a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue shoot in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the fall of 1989. Model Judit Masco can be seen in the background. ( Photo: Bill Cramer/Wonderfulmachine.com/Wikimedia Commons)

Director Creates Filmic Ode to Legendary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editor

Take a film director, add a pandemic, sprinkle in a legend in the fashion industry, a dash of supermodels discussing how...

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11 Jul 2025 | 03:40
City Council Member Erik Bottcher at a July 8 ribbon-cutting for five new trees planted in front of a ConEd substation, located near the 18th Street subway station on Seventh Avenue.
City Council Member Erik Bottcher at a July 8 ribbon-cutting for five new trees planted in front of a ConEd substation, located near the 18th Street subway station on Seventh Avenue. ( Photo: Jack Ahern)

Bottcher Celebrates New Trees, Beautifying a Barren Stretch Outside ConEd Substation

City Council Member Erik Bottcher has continued his mission of bringing as many new trees as possible to his Chelsea district,...

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11 Jul 2025 | 04:37
Maya Haddad (left) is helping with a countersuit against banks filed by Ping “Penny” Cheung (right), a native of Guangzhou, China, who is fighting to hold on to her two Chinatown buildings.
Maya Haddad (left) is helping with a countersuit against banks filed by Ping “Penny” Cheung (right), a native of Guangzhou, China, who is fighting to hold on to her two Chinatown buildings. ( Photo: Maya Haddad)

Owner Battles Banks Trying to Foreclose on Her 2 Chinatown Buildings

Ping Cheung, known as Penny to her friends and neighbors, is a Chinatown resident and proprietor. She grew up in Guangzhou,...

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11 Jul 2025 | 08:44
African Burian Ground National Monument is behind both the Ted Weiss Federal Building and 26 Federal Plaza: That’s a lot of feds!
African Burian Ground National Monument is behind both the Ted Weiss Federal Building and 26 Federal Plaza: That’s a lot of feds! ( Photo: National Park Service, Straus News markup)

African Burial Ground Reopens After Unexplained Month-Long Closure

Nearly four weeks after it was closed without explanation, the African National Monument Burial Ground memorial at Duane...

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14 Jul 2025 | 10:29
Gabriel Magahey, now an 82-year-old great-grandfather of five, was once labeled the “leader of the IRA in America.” He says the Trump administration is trying to force him out of the country some 37 years after he finished his federal prison sentence and in violation of a deal brokered by President Clinton. He was at Ernie O’Malley’s Pub on East 27th Street on July 9.
Gabriel Magahey, now an 82-year-old great-grandfather of five, was once labeled the “leader of the IRA in America.” He says the Trump administration is trying to force him out of the country some 37 years after he finished his federal prison sentence and in violation of a deal brokered by President Clinton. He was at Ernie O’Malley’s Pub on East 27th Street on July 9. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly)

Feds Seeks to Deport 82-year-old Great-Grandpa Once Dubbed ‘the Leader of the IRA in America’

Gabriel Magahey was dubbed “the leader of the IRA in America” by prosecutors when he was convicted in 1983 of gunrunning...

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12 Jul 2025 | 02:52
Inside West Side Kids
Inside West Side Kids ( Photo: Otto Fritton)

Beloved West Side Kids to Close After 44 Years

After 44 years of hard work, bright windows, and neighborhood magic, UWS community-driven staple West Side Kids is closing...

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09 Jul 2025 | 02:51
Jodi Foster and Robert De Niro in the classic 1976 Martin Scorsese film <i>Taxi Driver.</i> Scorsese filmed all the diner scenes in Hector’s, the iconic diner tucked under the High Line that will close its doors for the last time on July 18.
Jodi Foster and Robert De Niro in the classic 1976 Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver. Scorsese filmed all the diner scenes in Hector’s, the iconic diner tucked under the High Line that will close its doors for the last time on July 18. ( Photo: pintrest)

Hector’s, the Small Diner Under the High Line, Closing Doors after 76 Years

After 76 years, Hector’s Cafe and Diner is closing its doors.

The tiny establishment is where Martin Scorsese shot all the...

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11 Jul 2025 | 09:45
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