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As Knicks Forge Ahead in NBA Finals, Savvy New Yorkers Hawk Merch Near MSG
Craig McCoy was 12 years old when the New York Knicks last won the NBA championship in 1973 — and still remembers the heroic roster. “Walt Frazier, Dick Barnett, Bill Bradley, Willis Reed … so I’m a diehard Knicks fan,” he said Friday morning while hawking his black Knicks Finals T-shirts for $20 apiece outside […]
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City Halts Renovations at Hell’s Kitchen SRO Where Oldtimers Face Eviction
The city buildings department temporarily halted construction at a Hells Kitchen SRO where the owner is moving to evict rent-stabilized tenants to convert the building into a Times Square-adjacent hotel where rooms go for $220 a night. Several tenants have already fled, but those who’ve stayed put have found themselves under siege, with the owner […]
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Queens Apostle of the ‘Swoosh’ Restores Netless Rims in City Parks
This story is part of Summer & The City, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Most weekends, Craig Campanella heads out of his Jackson Heights apartment with a 25-lb foldable ladder strapped to his back and a gym bag […]
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Officer Stole Injured Photog’s Cameras in Delaney Hall ICE Protest, State AG Says
A sergeant from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office office stole more than $10,000 in camera equipment from a photographer who had to abandon her bag after she was injured during clashes outside an immigrant detention center in Newark, the New Jersey State Attorney General’s office said Thursday. The alleged theft happened as New Jersey State […]
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Beyoncé Bumped Her Ass Off There. You Can, Too.
This story is part of Summer & The City, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. The only way to know if Coney Island’s Eldorado Auto Skooter is actually open is to walk by on Surf Avenue, where the bumper […]
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