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Disunion: An Orange Blossom in the Devil's Den
A New York company gets trapped in the most horrific fighting at Gettysburg.
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Uber Discriminates Against Riders With Disabilities, Suit Says
All around Valerie Joseph, there is a fleet of Uber cars rolling by on New York City streets. But though she could really use the ride-hailing app, Ms. Joseph said she does not bother because Uber has so few wheelchair-accessible cars to dispatch. “It’s plain unfair,” said Ms. Joseph, 41, who relies on a wheelchair. Now, Ms. Joseph is part of a class-action lawsuit accusing Uber of discriminating against New York City riders with disabilities by providing scant access to wheelchair-accessible cars at a time when ride-hailing apps are becoming a common alternative to public transit in the city.
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Martin Shkreli: jury to consider fate of 'most hated man in America'
A jury will begin deliberations on Monday in the trial on securities fraud charges against the entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who faces up to 20 years in prison. The 34-year-old gained notoriety in 2015, when he purchased the commercial rights and then ruthlessly increased the cost of Daraprim, a life-saving Aids medication. Since then, he has maintained his reputation with a provocative presence on social media. This year he was suspended from Twitter, for harassing the journalist Lauren Duca.
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New Yorkers can now stream more than 30,000 movies with their library cards
The library just got in on the streaming game. New Yorkers with a library card have access to more than 30,000 feature films, documentaries, foreign language and training videos starting Friday. Library patrons with the NYPL age 13 and up can view up to 10 films a month. Card holders with the Brooklyn Public Library can stream six movies a month.
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The tiny island in New York City that nobody is allowed to visit
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For 18 Hours, Cabbie Sat Dead in Front Seat
At 12:34 p.m. last Tuesday, a taxi driver named Mehari Bokrezion pulled into an empty spot next to a basketball court in SoHo in Manhattan, beneath a sign that told cabbies they could park for an hour and get some relief. He closed his eyes. Soon, he took his last breath.
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How Party Bosses, Not Voters, Pick Candidates in New York
In one of the last, most powerful vestiges of Tammany Hall-style politics, New York party bosses pick the politicians when vacancies occur. By Shane Goldmacher.
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Can Gowanus Survive Its Renaissance?
Brooklyn’s famously filthy canal is getting cleaned up. A building boom is coming. And not everyone is happy.
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Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded
Last March, five women gathered in a home near here to enter a secret sisterhood they were told was created to empower women. To gain admission, they were required to give their recruiter — or “master,” as she was called — naked photographs or other compromising material and were warned that such “collateral” might be publicly released if the group’s existence were disclosed. The women, in their 30s and 40s, belonged to a self-help organization called Nxivm, which is based in Albany and has chapters across the country, Canada and Mexico.
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8 dead after driver plows into people on NYC bike path
At least six people are dead and others injured after a vehicle drove onto a bike path in lower Manhattan in New York City. The sprawling crime scene runs several blocks along the West Side Highway.
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PTSD now eligible for medical marijuana in NY
New Yorkers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder will now be able to use medical marijuana as a form of treatment. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Saturday that added PTSD to the list of conditions eligible for medical marijuana in New York. “As of today, marijuana will be legalized if a doctor authorizes and finds the condition of PTSD for a veteran, and I think that can help thousands of veterans. It's something that we've been talking about for a long time, and I'm glad we're taking action,” Cuomo said.
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How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways
After a drumbeat of transit disasters this year, it became impossible to ignore the failures of the New York City subway system. A rush-hour Q train careened off the rails in southern Brooklyn. A track fire on the A line in Upper Manhattan sent nine riders to the hospital. A crowded F train stalled in a downtown tunnel, leaving hundreds in the dark without air-conditioning for nearly an hour. As the heat of packed-together bodies fogged the windows, passengers beat on the walls and clawed at the doors in a scene from a real-life horror story.
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Hunter charged with felony for fatally shooting WNY woman out walking her dogs
A hunter who shot and killed a woman he mistook for a deer as she went on an evening walk with her dogs has been indicted on manslaughter charges, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. Rosemary Billquist, a 43-year-old hospital worker, hospice volunteer and marathoner, was killed Nov. 22 while walking her two yellow Labradors, Stella and Sugar, behind her home in the town of Sherman about 5:30 p.m., under an already dark early evening sky.
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Man posed as cop to get discounted coffee, police say
Police in western New York have charged a man who they say impersonated a police officer in an attempt to get discounted coffee. WIVB-TV reports that Mark Stetter, 48, flashed a fake badge and gun at a Starbucks in Buffalo around 11 p.m. Friday. Police say the man claimed he was a detective and asked for a discount.
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Bucking Trump’s FCC, New York introduces its own net neutrality bill
Since the FCC voted last week to abolish net neutrality regulations, California, Washington, and New York State have vowed to take up the cause. New York is one of the first out the gate. State Assemblymember Patricia Fahy—a Democrat whose district includes the capital, Albany—has drafted a short piece of legislation to introduce this week.
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'Worst NYC fire' in 25 years kills at least 12, injures 4 people
At least 12 people, including a child, were killed in a fire Thursday night at an apartment building in the Bronx, one of New York City's boroughs, officials said.
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The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth
How excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic rules dramatically inflate capital costs for transit in New York.
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Driving a Car in Manhattan Could Cost $11.52 Under Congestion Plan
New York could become the first U.S. city with a pay-to-drive system. Trucks and for-hire vehicles would cost more, but key bridges would stay free.
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NY teacher released without bail after she is charged with sexually abusing student, 14
A New York City schoolteacher who lives in Upstate New York pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges she sexually abused a 14-year-old student. The Daily News reports that teacher Dori Myers -- who posted a photo of herself on social media wearing a white tank top with the phrase "Whisky makes me frisky" -- pleaded not guilty to criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a child. She was released without bail.
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New York governor signs executive order to keep net neutrality rules after the FCC’s repeal
In an announcement today, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he has signed an executive order that would require internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality rules, even though the FCC recently voted to repeal those rules.
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