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New York Has a Week to Pass Laws on Social Media and Plastics. Will It?
Lawmakers in Albany are rushing to address various environmental and health-related initiatives, with just a week left in the 2024…
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New Yorkers Who Need Help With Rent Can (Finally) Join a List for Help
A waiting list for federal housing vouchers that has been closed for nearly 15 years is reopening, providing a lifeline…
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Two N.Y.P.D. Officers Shot Overnight in Queens
The officers were trying to pull over a man they said was riding a motorbike the wrong way down a…
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Where Do Those Painted White ‘Ghost Bikes’ Come From?
White bikes across the city serve as memorials — and calls for awareness about the dangers cyclists face.
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Gold Bars, Steakhouse Dinners and Fast Talkers: The Menendez Trial
The trial of Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey could last another month in federal court in Lower Manhattan.
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Young, Restless and Fired Up in the Cool Gray City of Love
Francine Prose’s new memoir, “1974,” looks back at her brief but transformative relationship with a countercultural champion.
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I Reread a Book That Changed My Life, but I’d Changed, Too
On the day of the eclipse back in April, walking through Boston Commons on a fine spring afternoon as every…
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The 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age
This story contains graphic images of violence and death. Let’s get this out of the way first: Of the dozens…
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In ‘Clipped,’ Cleopatra Coleman Spreads Her Wings
The actor’s versatility has allowed her to stay relatively anonymous, but that may change with her new docudrama about an…
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8 Comics to Read This Pride Month
These comics and graphic novels have superheroes and supervillains, and drama at theater camp. There is also a nonfiction guide…