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After 37 Years, Brooklyn Man Finally Exonerated for a Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit
For more than 30 years, Brian Kendall has insisted he and a few friends were simply playing video games inside a Flatbush game room after school when a man wearing a hoodie casually strolled in and fatally shot a clerk in the head. That was in 1988. Kendall, who was 17 at the time, and […]
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No Rent Freeze as Board Approves Hikes Up To 4.5%
A rent freeze? Not this year. The Rent Guidelines board voted Monday night on rent increases for about one million rent-stabilized apartments of up to 3% for one-year leases and 4.5% for two-year leases beginning Oct. 1. The vote of five to four was the conclusion of a contentious meeting, part of an annual process […]
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Bird Sales in NYC Pet Shops Now on the Chopping Block
Buying a pet store parrot in New York City may soon be for the birds – and shop owners have their feathers in a bunch about it. A bill banning the retail sale of birds in shops across the city is now under consideration in the New York City Council. The bill introduced by Councilmember […]
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What about our reporting do you find most helpful? Where do you best like to read our work? And what would you like to see more of from our journalists? These questions and more are part of our 2025 reader survey (below), which any fan of THE CITY can take. Your answers will be anonymous […]
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LISTEN: An Aging Establishment Is Up Against a New Populist Politics
After Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset of Andrew Cuomo, his opponents inside and outside of New York City and the Democratic Party are struggling to come to terms with the ascending left-wing he represents and the new voters he delivered. Hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss that and much more, including Eric Adams’ […]
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