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Chief of Department John Chell Used False Identity in Bid to Avoid Income Tax, NYPD Records Show
John Chell, the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed official, used someone else’s identity in a bid to avoid paying income taxes on money he made while moonlighting as a basketball referee for six years, newly released police disciplinary records reveal. The attempted tax dodge was reported to the department by an investigator for the Internal Revenue Service. […]
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Mayor Adams at Least $1 Million in Debt to Law Firms for Dropped Criminal Case
Mayor Eric Adams has racked up more than $1 million in unsecured loans from the prominent law firms that represented him during his now-defunct federal corruption case, including a firm that’s on the current list of entities doing business with the City of New York. In a financial disclosure covering 2024 and made public Thursday […]
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E-Bike ExChange: City Offering New Rides and Batteries for Bad Ones
Aiming to reduce the number of fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries that power e-bikes, the city is making delivery workers an offer it hopes they can’t refuse. The Department of Transportation on Thursday began swapping hundreds of safer e-bikes, chargers and batteries with workers willing to trade in illegal e-bikes, electric mopeds or gas-powered mopeds […]
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How to Read the NYC Beach Forecast Like a Local
This story was published as part of THE CITY’s free, weekly seasonal newsletter, Summer & THE CITY. Sign up here. Unofficial summer has begun in NYC, and as the weather warms, city dwellers will start flocking to New York City’s eight public beaches. Here’s what to know before heading out, from the people who know […]
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‘I Thought I Was In-Network’: The Insurance Scheme That Could Leave New Yorkers With Mountains of Debt
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. Due to a rare genetic condition, Robyn Hodgson has had cancer twice and needs frequent surgeries to remove tumors. Plagued by migraines, chronic pain, and hand tremors, she stopped working as a journalist and […]
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