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How One Brooklynite Is Grappling With Her Essential Plan Health Coverage Ending

This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. Olivia Killingsworth, an actor and bookkeeper living in Brooklyn, has a rare life-threatening genetic condition for which she sees specialists, limits exercise, takes prescribed medication to lower her blood pressure, and monitors her heart rate […]

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Photos: Joyous Fans Herald Champion Knicks Along Canyon of Heroes

Millions of Knicks fans packed the streets in Lower Manhattan to watch the team’s NBA finals victory parade

It’s a day for the history books in New York City. Knicks fervor reached a fever pitch Thursday as the NBA champions came up Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes in a celebratory parade that drew hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the region to share in the team’s historic triumph over the San Antonio […]

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Zohran Mamdani and AOC’s Split Endorsements Are Raising Eyebrows

Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez join Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani at the end of a rally at Forest Hills Stadium.

This story was produced as part of a partnership between The City Reporter and NOTUS. Two of the biggest progressive stars in the country are taking a split path on endorsements in messy Democratic primaries, leaving some Democrats reading the tea leaves for what it means for their political futures. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani […]

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In the Paint! Knicks Graffiti Takes Subway Train Out of Service Amid Finals Fervor

The Knicks’ first NBA championship in more than half a century left one subway train fleetingly looking like a 1970s throwback. Photos and videos obtained by The City Reporter show multiple cars on the Q line in the paint, coated in orange and blue graffiti spelling out KNICKS on the sides of multiple cars — […]

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Tsunami of Knicks Fans Overtakes Lower Manhattan for ‘Surreal’ Championship Parade

Millions of Knicks fans packed the streets in Lower Manhattan to watch the team’s NBA finals victory parade

Massive crowds turned out early Thursday in Lower Manhattan for the New York Knicks’ inaugural ticker-tape parade celebrating the team’s first NBA championship in 53 years. The surge of people clad in orange and blue gear was so intense that the NYPD said the viewing pens along the parade route on Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes […]

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