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NYPD Shuts Down Bustling South Bronx Plaza
On a sweltering afternoon, dozens of people waiting for the Bx41 bus leaned against metal barricades, wiping sweat from their foreheads as they stood feet away from the shaded benches now closed off to the public. Roberto Clemente Plaza — a busy public square at the heart of The Bronx’s busiest commercial district — usually […]
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Mamdani Goes to Washington With Key Democrats in Congress Still on the Fence
This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Zohran Mamdani’s supporters in Congress are calling for the Democratic Party to unite behind its nominee for New York City mayor, but they’re also not pressuring party leaders to endorse him — yet. Mamdani, […]
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Ahead of Planned $7.6B Subway Car Buy, MTA Looks Abroad for Lessons on Lighter Trains
As the MTA prepares to make its biggest one-time buy of new subway cars since the 1980s, the transit agency is looking for ways to lighten the load on the tracks. According to a new document, the MTA is seeking industry feedback on how to incorporate “innovative, service-proven technologies or emerging technologies already in use” […]
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Plus Pool Finally Lands in NYC, Minus the Plus
A pool slated to float in the East River is taking shape. The hulking, black steel structure arrived Friday at a shipyard in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The imposing rectangle, created in Mississippi, is the shell of the pool that will eventually float near Pier 35, as part of the “+POOL” project, which has been in […]
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Cuomo Says He’s ‘In It to Win It’ After His Primary Humiliation
Andrew Cuomo officially announced his election re-do on Monday with a video promising to earn the votes of New Yorkers after a brutal loss last month to Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. “Unless you’ve been living under a rock you probably know that the Democratic primary did not go the way that I hoped,” he said […]
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