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The 6 Ballot Questions New Yorkers Will See This November
Election Day is approaching and New Yorkers won’t simply have a say on who represents them. On the back of each ballot, you will find six questions that could ultimately amend the state’s constitution and revise the city charter, the document that outlines the powers and duties of the municipal government. Four questions aim to […]
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North Bronx Subway Station to Get Elevators, Nearly a Decade After ADA Lawsuit
A North Bronx subway station is finally on track to have elevators installed — more than a decade after the MTA opted against adding them during a $22 million station renovation. Transit officials broke ground Friday at the Middletown Road stop on an elevator project which grew out of a federal lawsuit that charged the […]
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They Live Below Sea Level in NYC. Now, the City Could Buy Out ‘The Hole’
For decades, residents of a neighborhood that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens have dealt with the unique effects of living in a basin: swampy flooding, bumpy streets, overgrown lots strewn with trash and leaky septic tanks — because homes are not connected to the city sewer system. With roads named for Amber, Sapphire, Ruby […]
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Bronx NYCHA Explosion May Have Been Caused by Safety System Failure
Investigators are looking into whether a safety system failure in the boiler of a Bronx public housing building allowed gas to build up inside the boiler chamber and travel up a 20-story chimney, a breakdown that triggered a massive explosion when a technician flipped the switch to turn it on, THE CITY has learned. In […]
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Their Families Fled Soviet Socialism. Now They’re Knocking Doors for Mamdani.
In their bright T-shirts, the volunteers for Zohran Mamdani’s campaign on a recent Saturday afternoon at McGolrick Park in Greenpoint fit right in, part of a citywide cohort of canvassers 50,000 strong and growing. But within their own families and communities of origin, the three are outliers. Their families all fled socialism or fought against […]
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