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Two Die in NYC Basements as Squall Brings Massive Rain Burst to City
Two people died in flooded New York City buildings on Thursday after sudden and intense rain brought a deluge of water to the city in a major afternoon squall. A fire department scuba team responded to a 39-year-old man who was removed from a flooded basement on Kingston Avenue near Rutland Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn […]
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Pedicab Driver’s Death Amid NYPD Crackdown Rattles a Freewheeling Industry
At about 7:50 p.m. on the spring-like evening of August 29, Musa Cetin was pulled over while driving his pedicab and arrested in Times Square, then taken to the Midtown South precinct house on West 35th Street. Forty-three minutes later, police officers found him hanging in a holding cell from a noose fashioned out of […]
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Queens Company Gets the Boot for Gouging Locked-In Drivers
A Queens company that illegally clamped down on vehicles while gouging scofflaw motorists with excessive fees to remove boots from tires has been hit with more than $180,000 in penalties — and will likely be stripped of its license. B&M Electronic Diagnostic Repair Service Inc. crews slapped boots on vehicles across the city without a […]
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Council Clears Queens for New Housing and Gives Bronx Armory Another Go
Queens is slated for a housing boom, with tens of thousands of new apartments on deck in two growing neighborhoods. The City Council on Wednesday approved a rezoning for Jamaica and a key Council committee greenlit a modified plan for Long Island City. Plus, the full Council gave the thumbs-up to a redevelopment plan for […]
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Vendors Press Council for New Licenses After ICE Canal Street Raid
In the wake of the military-style federal raid targeting vendors on Canal Street last week, street vendors and their advocates are again mounting a push for the City Council to lift the cap on vendor permits once and for all. Dozens of sellers with the Street Vendor Project rallied outside City Hall Wednesday calling for […]
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