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The Multi-Million-Dollar Race to Beat ‘Undecided’ in Manhattan
It’s one of the most expensive congressional races, in one of the wealthiest districts in the country, with more than half a dozen candidates vying for the seat. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent – sometimes from the candidates’ own pockets – to overcome voter apathy. But in NY-12, which covers a wide […]
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Heat Killed 21 New Yorkers Last Year. It’s the Highest Tally in a Decade.
Twenty-one New Yorkers died last year as a direct result of heat — the highest number of such fatalities in a decade. And nearly 500 New Yorkers on average die annually from causes related to heat, with the vast majority occurring on days that may not raise alarms for city dwellers: hot, but not sweltering, […]
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Hired Line-Sitters Join Die-Hards on the Barricades Ahead of Knicks Parade
Knicks fever has overtaken the city. Suburbanites aren’t safe either. Gabrielle, born in New York City, raised on Long Island, and now raising her kids in Westchester, has a severe case — and there’s no question she’ll be at the team’s ticker-tape parade. To guarantee it, she’s paying $750 to have someone hold her spot […]
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House Dems Slam Poor Conditions at Flashpoint ICE Detention Center
Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security held a forum in Newark on Wednesday highlighting the grim medical conditions facing detainees inside Delaney Hall detention center following weeks of national scrutiny. The facility, operated by the prison contractor GEO Group through a 15-year, $1 billion contract, has become a flash point for the […]
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Cabbie Knocked By Knicks Mob Gives Thanks For $75,000 Fund
A week ago, Noureddine Bitat watched helplessly on West 36th Street as rowdies trashed his yellow taxi following a Knicks win — and worried about how he would keep making a living. “The crowd was really wild,” he said in Arabic through a translator. “I was scared.” On Wednesday, the father of three sat in […]
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