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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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15,700 Zombie Storefronts Sit Empty Across NYC, New Report Says
Six years after the pandemic shuttered businesses across New York, the city’s commercial corridors have not quite recovered, reflected in persistent storefront vacancies. That’s according to a new report by the city comptroller’s office, which for the first time tracked ground-level data — indexing every visible storefront in New York City — and found that […]
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MTA Seeks AI Subway ‘Track Intrusion’ Tech
The MTA is taking another swipe at tapping into technology that can detect when a person, object or animal is about to end up on the subway tracks. The transportation authority is seeking a provider to design, build and test an artificial intelligence-supported track intrusion detection system, according to a contract notice it posted in […]
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‘Not Doing Enough’: NY Maternal Mortality Reforms Haven’t Closed Racial Gap
Eight years after New York State launched a high-profile task force to confront maternal deaths and racial disparities in childbirth outcomes, state auditors say health officials are only now making “significant” progress implementing reforms — even as Black women continue dying at disproportionately high rates. For Bruce McIntyre, whose longtime partner Amber Isaac died during […]
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