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An Oral History of New York’s Largest Gang Bust
Two years after law enforcement arrested 120 gang members in the Bronx, the community is still debating whether it made them safer. By Mirela Iverac.
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More Than Two Dozen Raccoons Died in a Viral 'Zombie' Outbreak in NYC
A few of them have already tested positive for a specific, deadly virus. By Josie Rhodes Cook.
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New York City owns a creepy island that almost no one is allowed to visit
North Brother Island has a long history that's checkered with disease, death, and decay.
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How the Ice Age Shaped New York
Long ago, the region lay under an ice sheet thousands of feet thick. It terminated abruptly in what are now the boroughs, leaving the city with a unique landscape.
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New York City's Last Accordion Repairman
Alex Carozza has been building and repairing accordions in New York City since 1960. The last craftsman of his kind in the city, Alex is the living memory of a once vibrant musical culture that has all but disappeared from New York. This is the story of a true classic.
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A story of survival: New York’s last remaining independent bookshops
Writer Philippe Ungar and photographer Franck Bohbot travelled across the Big Apple to meet 50 indie booksellers in their habitats
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Above NYC - Filmed in 12K
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Dead end: What it's like to live in Queens surrounded by cemeteries
When searching for an apartment in New York, people typically have a few key features they're looking for. In Caroline Shadood’s case, her apartment in Glendale, Queens really has the “quiet neighbors” part nailed. By David Colon.
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96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses Fortune, Then Donates $8.2 Million
A frugal woman from Brooklyn, who rode the subway to work at one law firm for 67 years, left millions for students at Henry Street Settlement and Hunter College.
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Scenes Unseen: The Summer of ’78
Long-forgotten pictures capture escape and discovery in the city’s parks.
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“You may shut the f--- up”: Dashcam vindicates cops confronting corruption
Cops refused to be intimidated by an official from the NY/NJ Port Authority.
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1 in 4 New York City mice carry drug-resistant bacteria, study finds
More than a third of mice examined in a new report contained potentially harmful bacteria.
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New Vegan Eatery Where Diners Pay What They Can Afford
When Brooklyn teens Julian Alexander and Natejhia Lopez first spotted a new vegan eatery in their neighborhood of Bushwick recently, they were skeptical. A proliferation of pricey cafés, restaurants, and stores had started popping up around them — making the two often feel out of place in an area that they had once considered home.
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Young man stabbed to death as London's murder rate becomes worse than New York's
More people have been murdered in London than in New York for the first time in history amid a spate of fatal stabbings in the capital. Fifteen people were murdered in London in February, compared to 14 in the Big Apple. London murders for March also topped the number in New York, with 23 and 21 carried out respectively. A stabbing in the capital in the early hours of Easter Sunday brought the number of murders in London to 46 so far this year. And 31 of them were knife attacks.
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London murder rate higher than New York as police investigate 31st stabbing in capital this year
London's monthly murder rate has overtaken that of New York City for the first time, after the worrying surge of stabbings continued across the capital.
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‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’
Internal New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority documents show everything we thought we knew about subway delays was wrong. By Aaron Gordon.
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Massive blaze on set of Edward Norton, Bruce Willis movie kills firefighter
A firefighter was killed battling a five-alarm blaze late Thursday night in Harlem, reports CBS New York. The fire broke out around 11 p.m. on a movie set in the basement of an unoccupied residential building, New York Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro told reporters in an early morning briefing. It was in a long-closed club, the St. Nick's Jazz Pub, in a building designated as a landmark by New York City, CBS New York says.
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In wake of fatal helicopter crash, FAA restricts 'doors-off' flights
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday ordered no more "doors-off" aircraft flights unless the passenger safety restraints can be quickly released in an emergency, the agency said.
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Helicopter crashes into the East river off Manhattan
At least two people have died and three are in hospital after a helicopter carrying six people crashed in New York City’s East river. A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said the Eurocopter AS350 went down just after 7pm on Sunday in the waterway just north of Roosevelt Island and was “reportedly inverted in the water”. Eric Phillips, a spokesman for mayor Bill de Blasio, confirmed the fatalities in a Twitter post and one person had been rescued. New York Police said three people were hospitalized.
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Twin brothers arrested in NYC on explosives charges after bomb-making materials found
Twin brothers have been arrested in New York City on explosives charges for making a bomb, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. The two arrests were made in The Bronx, the sources aid. Investigators recovered bomb-making materials as part of the investigation.
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