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Trump Tariffs Plunge Local NYC Businesses Into Uncertainty
The glass bottles that Annie Bassin uses to bottle her wellness beverage come from China and became 25% more expensive when President Donald Trump imposed a tariff during his first term. Now that he has added another 20% tariffs to goods coming from that country, Bassin sees little choice but to raise the price on […]
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NYC School Safety Force Drops by Almost a Third
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As Principal Mark House greeted students at the John F. Kennedy campus in the Bronx last month, a student staggered toward him, face covered in blood. Initially, House thought the 16-year-old had been in an accident and started escorting him to the on-site health […]
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Harlem Neighbors Remember ‘Baby Whisperer’ Hazel Dukes
The sirens from an ambulance woke up Sade Greene at the Lenox Terrace apartment complex at the beginning of the month. The bell had rang for her famous neighbor down the hall, 92-year-old Hazel “Ma” Dukes, who Greene recalled as a “great mother bear” always asking her about her family. Dukes, the longtime civil-rights leader […]
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How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In the fall of 2022, the New York Police Department began posting videos online to promote one of its latest initiatives: the Community Response Team, an elite unit formed under the city’s new mayor, Eric Adams. Punctuated by dramatic music and quick cuts, the first video, dubbed “True […]
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Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone
Honking-mad motorists are laying off the horn in the core of Manhattan since the January launch of congestion pricing, data reveals — with New Yorkers’ beefs about blaring horns plummeting nearly 70% from the same time last year. An analysis by THE CITY of available 311 data from ZIP codes south of 60th Street reflects […]
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