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Published September 07A lost archive of NYC 9/11 street art memorials comes back online
Greg Atlas, drawn October 2001 on West 26th St. between 10th Av. and 11th Av. After the attacks, the group Tape Art created 490 silhouettes across the city. [ more › ]
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Published September 07Owners of small NYC buildings face fines for failure to use official trash bins
Behold, the official NYC Bin. Fines for failing to use an official “NYC Bin” range from $50 to $200 for repeat offenders. [ more › ]
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Published September 07NY’s back-to-school vaccine requirements are airtight, at least for now
File photo of students in a classroom. Vaccination rates are falling in many states as more families take advantage of exemptions to school vaccine mandates. New York hasn't been affected. It's one of just a handful of states that don't allow exemptions except for medical…
THE CITY
Published September 07On Labor Day, Mamdani Debuts ‘Worker Power’ Office to Support Union Organizing
Workers without unions will soon be able to leverage the resources of City Hall to help organize and have a voice on the job. On Labor Day, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new executive order to create the new Office of Worker Power, which will help workers connect with union…
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Published September 06NYC school leaders say bus shortage could affect thousands of students
A school bus depot in Red Hook. The potential yellow bus shortage was announced shortly before classes begin on Sept. 10. [ more › ]
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Published September 06Some untold 9/11 stories are the strangest ones. They come to light in a new documentary.
At the 9/11 Memorial Plaza Some untold 9/11 stories are the strangest ones. They come to light in a new documentary. [ more › ]
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Published September 06'The scourge of racial discrimination and inequity.' NYC eyes tackling both.
Thousands of protesters march over the Brooklyn Bridge on June 4, 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder by police in Minneapolis. Such demonstrations set the stage for the Racial Equity Plan later ordered by city voters and released by the Mamdani administration on…
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Published September 06Sick of that NYC ice cream truck jingle? Here’s when it breaks the rules.
An ice cream truck on city street. Ice cream trucks can jam their jingles as long as they're in motion. But once they stop, the music has to stop, too. [ more › ]
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Published September 05Why NY judges oppose bill to make safety top priority in child custody battles
The Manhattan Family Court building. Judges say a bill would have unintended consequences and make their workloads untenable. [ more › ]
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Published September 05Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ’s lawsuit over ICE activity in NJ
US Representative Seth Moulton appears with New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill at a roundtable discussion about veterans issues on August 19, 2026 The ruling comes after federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit in response to Gov. Mikie Sherill’s executive order banning immigration agents…
THE CITY
Published September 04Mamdani Team Deletes Auto-Delete in Influencer Chats
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief counsel said Friday that he took “immediate corrective action” after learning a City Hall communications staffer set some chats on an encrypted app to “auto-delete” official messages. The Columbia Journalism Review earlier this week published an…
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Published September 04Did violence in Times Square and on the Brooklyn Bridge change how people feel about NYC?
People strolled across the Brooklyn Bridge Friday morning, just hours after police shot and killed a man they said threatened them there.. Perception of safety is often disconnected from stats that say crime is down. [ more › ]