Within the first minute of SNL’s viral spoof of the Barbie movie’s song “I’m Just Ken,” a bleached and toned Pete Davidson softly croons about his purchase of a 277-foot Staten Island Ferry: “When I’m high, I do things like call up Colin Jost and say, ‘Homey, we should buy a boat.’” It is one […]

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This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. As New York City moves to offer 2,000 free child care seats by September, it falls to the health […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed a controversial bill approved by the City Council last month instructing the police department to establish anti-protest “buffer zones” around schools and educational institutions. A related bill calling for security perimeters around houses of worship passed by a veto-proof majority. In a statement Friday, the mayor said he had reviewed both […]

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Every fall, the Wall Street analysts who cover the real estate giant CBRE troop to the company’s local headquarters in the Met Life Building on Park Avenue to hear executives tell them about the state of business and why they should recommend the company’s stock to their clients. Months ago, before the mayoral election, New […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday established the Office of Deed Theft Prevention and named a longtime homeowner assistance lawyer as its director. Peter White, an attorney who has worked on deed theft litigation, foreclosures, bankruptcy and landlord-tenant disputes, will helm the new office. He most recently worked as a supervising attorney at Access Justice Brooklyn, […]

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