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New York's Wealthiest Look for Exits as State Readies Hefty Tax Increase
New York’s business leaders are looking for exits as their taxes are set to be raised in the states upcoming budget.
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Coney Island's Luna Park Reopens Friday
Coney Island is welcoming visitors back to its amusement attractions after being closed for 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This 29-Year-Old Single Mom Lost Her Restaurant Job Due to the Pandemic—Here's How She Started a New Career Earning $75,000
Losing her job as a manager at MoMA was a blessing in disguise for Emma Sadler, who now earns $75,000 as a UX designer and part-time shipping coordinator.
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Massive Fire Displaces 90 Families in NYC Building, Injures 21 People
At least 21 people are hurt as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an 8-alarm fire in Queens that erupted at an apartment building shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the Fire Department of New York City said.
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NYC Millionaires Will Soon Have the Highest Tax Rate in US
Gov. Cuomo expressed newfound openness to raising taxes on top-earners this year, after long having warned that raising taxes on the wealthy could drive them out of New York at a time when the state’s economy is still recovering from COVID-19 economic shutdowns.
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Frontline Workers Treated to First Broadway Theater Performances Since COVID Closure
The Broadway stage was brought back to life over the weekend for an exclusive performance for frontline workers.
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New York City's Next Empire State Building-Sized Tower Could Be ‘PENN 15'
One of New York City’s most traveled transit hubs is the focus of a 20-million-square-foot improvement project that includes the construction of a building nearly equal in size to the Empire State Building.
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For 7 New Yorkers, a Pandemic Year's Fight for the Future
A year ago, The Associated Press told the story of a day in the life of a stricken New York City through the eyes of people on the front lines and in quarantine as they faced a crisis that had turned the United States’ most populous city into its most lethal hot spot.
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NY Drug Bust Nets Cocaine Branded After International Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo
Authorities seized more than 100 pounds of cocaine branded with “CR7” – the nickname for international soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo – from a luxury residential complex in Queens, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Signs Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in the state of New York.
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Brutal NYC Attack Renews Asian American Volunteers' Efforts
The vicious assault of a 65-year-old woman while walking to church this week near New York City’s Times Square has heightened already palpable levels of outrage over anti-Asian attacks that escalated with the pandemic
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Emmy-Winning Designer Missing for 6 Months Found Dead Under Garbage in Queens Home
Evelyn Sakash, who won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 and was known to be a hoarder, was found by her sister and a cleaning crew lying on her kitchen floor buried under piles of garbage, police said.
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New York Business Leaders Push Biden, Schumer to Ditch the Cap on SALT Deductions
New York business leaders are pushing President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Schumer to bring back the full SALT deduction, which was capped under Trump.
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NYC Man Hospitalized With COVID for 2 Months, Returns Home to Empty Apartment
An East Village man spent nearly two months in the hospital battling COVID-19 — and when he returned home, he found his front door padlocked and his apartment almost completely empty.
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Rents Have Dropped in Many U.S. Cities Amid the Pandemic. Here's Why Mine Won't Go Back Up
Rents in many cities could fly back up when the pandemic peters out. That is unless they’re one of the growing units covered by rent regulated laws.
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Mail Carrier Accused of Stealing Credit Card From Mail to Pay for Plastic Surgery
A United States Postal Service mail carrier is facing numerous charges for allegedly using a credit card stolen from her postal route and using it to pay for an $8,000 surgical procedure at a Long Island medical office in September 2019, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Small, 31 and of Jamaica, Queens, was arraigned Wednesday night on a…
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Broadway Could Open in September, as New York Lays Out Plans to Vaccinate Theater Workers
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to vaccinate theater workers in order to get Broadway up and running in September.
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Video Shows Woman Shout Racial Slurs at Black Cashier After Refusing to Wear Mask at Bakery
A shocking and offensive new video shows a woman go on a racist rant toward a Black cashier at a Manhattan bakery after she refused to put on a mask while placing an order.
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Tambourine-Playing Ex-NYPD Cop Latest to Face Charges for Alleged Role in Capitol Riot
A retired NYPD cop is the latest to face criminal charges in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Ex-New York Cop Sara Carpenter Arrested on Capitol Riot Charges, Told FBI She Went There on Trump Instructions
Ex-New York Police officer Sara Carpenter was arrested Tuesday on Capitol riot charges. She told the FBI she went there on then-President Trump’s instructions.