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New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.
Five years ago, NBA guard Thabo Sefolosha was standing outside a nightclub when he was tackled by five New York Police Department officers, one of whom broke his leg with a baton. Sefolosha sued, and the city paid its largest settlement for alleged police brutality in years, $4.5 million.
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NYC Must Face Suit to Provide Wi-Fi to More Than 100,000 Homeless Kids Learning Remotely, Judge Rules
New York City has an estimated 114,000 homeless children, many of whom have had to adapt to an age of virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in shelters with no internet access. That could change soon thanks to a federal ruling on Wednesday advancing a putative class action lawsuit that would force the city to connect these students online.
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NYC is Paying $2 Million For Anti-Plagiarism Software After Firing Teachers
Earlier this month, more than 1,000 educators and students at City University of New York institutions petitioned their board of trustees to not renew its contract with the anti-plagiarism software company Turnitin. The board ultimately voted unanimously, with the student senate representative abstaining, to renew Turnitin’s five-year contract for nearly $2 million. Five months earlier, CUNY had laid off nearly 3,000 adjunct faculty and part-time employees as a result of budget shortfalls. (The college system’s chancellor has pushed back against that characterization).
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Humpback whale spotted in New York Harbor near Statue of Liberty
A humpback whale was ready for its close-up frolicked in front of the Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center and other iconic sights off New York Harbor on Tuesday.
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New York Nightlife Never Stopped. It Just Moved Underground.
After hours in the contagious city.
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New York's Own "Pizza Rat" On Making Performance Art Accessible
Videos of Jonothon Lyons, an accomplished performer, have gone viral for his romps around New York City in a lifelike rat costume.
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Fight club in New York City with over 200 people broken up by authorities
Attendees of "Rumble in the Bronx" were discovered drinking, smoking and fighting, according to officials — and were not social distancing, they said.
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What Rent Drop? Listed Prices Aren’t Budging Where COVID-19 Hit Hardest
In some parts of the city, rents have dropped since the COVID-19 crisis began. But for neighborhoods that felt the effects of the coronavirus most, listed prices have risen slightly, according to a new analysis. The annual rental report by the apartment-listings site StreetEasy paints a very different price picture between the neighborhoods with the lowest coronavirus infection rates — primarily wealthier neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn — and the hardest-hit areas, mostly in Queens and The Bronx.
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Biden's tax plan could create a tax rate of as much 62% for New Yorkers and Californians, studies show
High earners in New York and California could face combined federal and state tax rates of 62% under Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plan, according to experts. While Americans earning less than $400,000 would, on average, receive tax cuts under Biden’s plan, the highest earners would face double-digit increases in their official tax rates, according to nonpartisan analyses.
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NYC cops find decapitated, limbless man in million-dollar condo; electric saw found next to torso
A man’s remains were found in a Manhattan apartment on the Lower East Side
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Decapitated, dismembered body of tech CEO found in NYC apartment, sources say
The body of a decapitated, dismembered tech CEO was found inside a Lower East Side apartment on Tuesday afternoon — sorted in plastic bags right next to a power saw, sources told The Post.
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New York City breaks record: 58 straight days with no pedestrian deaths
It has been hard to find any kind of silver linings since the coronavirus pandemic has essentially put life on hold for much of the nation and the world.
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New York City has a turtle problem
Abandoned pets are wreaking havoc on city parks.
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Cashless businesses are now banned in NYC
New York City’s restaurants and other retail establishments will no longer be allowed to reject cash payments under legislation passed by the City Council on Thursday. Supporters of the bill say cashless businesses requiring credit cards and electronic payments like Apple Pay discriminate against poor people who may not have bank accounts or credit cards — as well as minors.
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New York City votes to ban cashless businesses in step against discrimination
Supporters of the ban argue electronic-only payments discriminate against people who don’t have a bank account or access to credit
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Girl, 16, Kidnapped by 4 Men While Walking in N.Y.C. with Her Mother Is Found Alive
A 16-year-old girl who was kidnapped from a Bronx street while walking with her mother Monday night has been found, according to a tweet from the NYPD’s 40th Precinct. Another officer tweeted that she was found “safe and unharmed.”
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I documented every surveillance camera on my way to work in New York City, and it revealed a dystopian reality
America, home of the brave, land of the free, is watching. Tens of millions of cameras are watching people across the country. The total number of cameras in the world could reach 45 billion by 2022, when the global video-surveillance industry is forecast to reach $63 billion.
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The Rapper T.I.’s Remarks Lead to N.Y. Plan to Ban ‘Virginity Tests’
Legislation was introduced after the rapper said he subjects his daughter to a yearly hymen exam, sparking outrage on social media.
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The NYPD Is Requesting Rappers Be Removed From Shows. What’s Next?
The NYPD sent a letter asking for five New York rappers to be removed from Rolling Loud, and those artists might be missing future shows. Is it legal?
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Whale populations in New York Harbor are booming—here's why
“There’s a spout!” naturalist Celia Ackerman calls excitedly to the captain. “Behind the green buoy!” It’s half an hour into a whale-watching cruise aboard the 95-foot American Princess, and we’re not in Hawaii or Alaska—we’re in New York Harbor, within sight of Coney Island and the Brooklyn shoreline.
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