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NYC Is Completely Unaffordable, But New Yorkers Are In Denial
Two-thirds of residents say they live in the "greatest city in the world," yet many of those people are barely getting by.
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Gangs of New York: Sicilian mafia offers Big Apple protection from 'psychopathic' ISIS
The son of a New York mob boss has given Islamic State a stark warning, saying if they are planning any attacks in New York, they will have to contend with the Sicilian mafia. The notorious crime syndicate say they want to do their bit to protect locals.
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Amazon plastered New York transit with Nazi imagery and nobody is happy
New Yorkers boarding buses and subway trains were surprised with a wall of Axis Powers propaganda, courtesy of Amazon, on Monday. The e-commerce giant is promoting its new show Man in the High Castle — an alternate-history period piece that takes place in an America ruled by Nazi Germany and imperial Japan — by blanketing symbols of the two fascist governments across buses, subway trains and online ads, as first reported by Gothamist.
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Liar Claims I Rear Ended Him
A SUV in New York rolls down a hill and hits me. Driver proceeds to get out and claim I rear ended him, until I tell him I have a camera.
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What New York Could Look Like in 2020
Manhattan is in the midst of an unprecedented boom in tall buildings. Before 2004, Manhattan was home to 28 skyscrapers 700 feet and taller. Since then, an additional 13 have been built, 15 are under construction, and 19 are proposed—47 more in all. These additions are rapidly—and radically—changing the skyline.
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A New Guide to New York’s Subterranean Art
There are over 250 art projects lodged in the transit infrastructure of New York City. Some are garish or grand mosaics that cover whole subway tunnels, others you might walk by for years without recognition.
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Reclaiming Vacant Public Land through Design
At the end of 2015, 34 community gardens in New York City were protected from destruction. Behind the formation of several of these gardens on vacant publicly-owned land was 596 Acres, a grassroots nonprofit using design and technology for greenspace advocacy.
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Black Comic Book Festival puts black superheroes on display
Roughly 5,000 kids and adults filled a Harlem research center Saturday for a festival celebrating black comic books.
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See The First NYC Blizzard To Be Captured On Film
Watch New Yorkers navigate the snow in 1902.
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Medics Revive DMX After Rapper Is Found Unresponsive in NY
First responders resuscitated rapper DMX early Tuesday after the erstwhile hip hop star was found unresponsive on the ground next to a car in a hotel parking lot, his attorney says.
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‘Baby box’ coming to NY, could help reduce infant mortality
Since 1938 newborn babies in Finland have been sleeping in cardboard boxes supplied by the government.
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NYC Garbage Strike of 1968: Workers walkout in 1968
Despite a court injunction ordering them to return to work, aroused Sanitation Department workers continued yesterday’s walkout into the night. A department spokesman said the stoppage was “almost 100%” effective. He added that none of the members of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association showed up at any of the department’s garages throughout the five boroughs.
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Why Cranes Keep Falling
On February 5, a windy day in Lower Manhattan, a 565-foot crane collapsed and killed a man when it struck the parked car in which he sat. Crews had been planning to secure the Worth Steet crane because the forecast projected sustained winds at stronger than 25 mph, but they were too late. After the collapse, Mayor Bill de Blasio required crawler cranes, the mobile type of crane that can move around a work site, to cease operation and transition to safety mode anytime...
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Ohlala, An Uber For Escorts, Launches Its ‘Paid Dating’ Service In NYC
New Yorkers sick of the uncertainties of the urban dating scene can now turn to a new app designed to reduce the complexities of dating to dollars and cents. Ohlala, a controversial on-demand escort dating app popular in Germany, is launching its services today in its first American market, New York City.
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NYPD: Teacher Killed by Cop in Crosswalk “Assumed Risk” by Crossing Street
NYPD and the city Law Department are fighting a lawsuit filed by the family of a Brooklyn man who was killed in a crosswalk by an on-duty officer, on the grounds that the victim behaved recklessly by crossing the street. Felix Coss was crossing Broadway at Hooper Street in Williamsburg, in a crosswalk with the signal, on the afternoon of July 6, 2013, when Officer Paula Medrano of the 90th Precinct struck him with a marked police van while turning left. Coss, a 61-year-old...
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Next Time You See a Taxi, Ask Yourself, Is This a Cop?
In 2013, a few friends and I were walking to a party in the Lower East Side when a taxi pulled quickly up to the curb alongside us. Two cops, both in plain clothes and unrecognizable as police with the exception of small earpieces, jumped out of the cab and frisked one of us. One year later, I witnessed something strange while I walked up Second Avenue. A taxicab had pulled over another taxicab. The vehicle to the rear was indistinguishable from the cab in front of it with the one notable...
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NYPD Gets Sued After Kicking Wrong Family Out of Home
The New York Police Department got an order kicking a family of four out of their Queens apartment by telling a judge it was a drug den — but the dealers had moved out seven months earlier. A lawsuit to be filed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday details an egregious case of the NYPD’s use of the nuisance abatement law — a controversial tool in which cops are able to get a temporary order barring people from their homes without first giving them the opportunity to appear before a judge.
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Authorities: 120 Arrested In Bronx Gang Takedown; Believed To Be Largest In NYC History
More than a hundred suspects have been charged in the Bronx in what is believed to be the largest gang takedown in New York City history, authorities said Wednesday. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and other law enforcement officials announced the charges against 120 alleged members and associates of two rival gangs.
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GoPro BMX Bike Riding in NYC 4
Part 4 of the GoPro POV Bike riding in NYC series. Featuring BMX riders Anthony Panza and myself (Billy Perry.) Weaving through heavy traffic, skitching cabs, dodging cops and a scenic tour of NYC are a few things in this video. Subscribe for similar BMX vids.
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Secret Speakeasies of NYC - VIVA
In this city, unmarked doors, hidden door handles, and mysterious staircases hold many secrets. With the Prohibition era long passed, many of the booze-soaked spaces would be expected to have vanished with it. And yet, it would be a mistake to say so. Tucked above burger joints and through unassuming phone booths, one can discover the city’s burgeoning speakeasies …
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