As New York City cabbies contend with a spike in gas prices and a resulting drop in business, the arrival of the World Cup could become another big bump in the road for those behind the wheel. When Morocco and Brazil face off Saturday just across the Hudson River in the first of eight local […]

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A City Council member is set to introduce a bill that would expand Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s municipal grocery store plan beyond its current five store pilot. Jennifer Gutiérrez, D-Brooklyn, is a co-sponsor on the bill being introduced Thursday to ensure that city-operated supermarkets would become a permanent part of government.  Gutiérrez first started looking into […]

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This story is part of the Pride edition of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Joel Pipitone filled a penis-shaped glove with yellow Vitaminwater and slipped it into their pants in the basement dressing room […]

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New York judges who sentence people to prison or jail will soon be required to make regular, in-depth visits to correctional facilities — a sweeping reform advocates hope will give jurists a deeper understanding of incarceration. Under a new rule approved by the state’s court system, judges will tour housing units, intake areas, medical and […]

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A federal judge found former city Comptroller Brad Lander not guilty of obstructing an elevator bank inside 26 Federal Plaza during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inside the building amid a wave of immigrant arrests there last year. U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Ricardo issued the verdict on Thursday in a Lower Manhattan […]

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