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Cinema Village Union Clipped by Firings Following Strike Vote Only three unionized workers are left in one of the city’s oldest operating movie theaters after a cinematic job-killing spree.

Only three unionized workers are left in one of the city’s oldest operating movie theaters after a cinematic job-killing spree.

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Summer Jobs Program Heist Likely Had Hacker Help, Say ATM Experts A scheme that gave young people earning minimum wage cash for their government-issued debit cards extracted $17 million in repeat withdrawals still under investigation by the NYPD.

A scheme that gave young people earning minimum wage cash for their government-issued debit cards extracted $17 million in repeat withdrawals still under investigation by the NYPD.

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LISTEN: ‘These Were the Real Culture Wars’ A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.

In the latest episode of LIT NYC, host Alyssa Katz talks with J. Hoberman about his new opus, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop.

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State Takes $166 Million Step Toward Making Interborough Express a Reality The governor on Friday announced a major investment in what would be the city’s first new rail line in nearly 90 years, connecting central Queens to southern Brooklyn.

New York is kicking off design and engineering work on a “game changer” mass-transit tie between Brooklyn and Queens along 14 miles of an existing but little-used freight railway.

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State Takes $166 Million Step Towards Making ‘Interborough Express’ a Reality The governor on Friday announced a major investment in what would be the city’s first new rail line in nearly 90 years, connecting central Queens to southern Brooklyn.

What’s next for the IBX, the proposed light-rail link between Brooklyn & Queens?

As design & engineering begins, the head of @mta.info sez planned 19-station line is “not just a shiny object like some expansion projects.”

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Your Government at Play: On the Field With NYC’s Municipal Softball League Eighteen city agencies have their own teams and the squads have been competing since 2012.

The Greenbacks. The Overlayers. The Guardians. Meet the teams from city government’s long-running softball league.

Adams Vetoes Bill to Decriminalize Street Vending The mayor acted at the last possible moment to strike down, for now, a bill the City Council had passed with enough votes to override his veto.

Mayor Eric Adams on late Wednesday night vetoed a City Council bill that would have eliminated all criminal enforcement for licensed street vendors.

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Heavy Rain Again Scrambles Commute for NYC, But City Escapes Forecast’s Worst The National Weather Service had predicted up to 5 inches of rain in the area and issued flash flood warnings for all five boroughs.

Subway stations flooded. Cars got stuck on a Queens parkway. Park staircases became waterwalls in Brooklyn. But, overall, New York City mostly avoided the worst possible outcome from Thursday evening’s torrential rain storm.

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KNOW YOUR ZONE, NYC:

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As NYC Releases New Flood Maps, Here’s What You Can Do Before the Water Starts Rising Between downpours of rainwater and storm surges from the ocean, the potential for future flooding near the coasts and further inland is high.

NYC, we’re expecting heavy rainfall within the next couple of hours.

Make sure you know what to do in case you’re in a flood zone.

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Board of Elections Certified Dead People’s Votes, Says It Had No Choice Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolos over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

The city Board of Elections certified the results of a tightly contested Brooklyn Republican City Council primary Tuesday — and maintains that it had no choice but to count the ballots cast in the names of multiple dead people.

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Board of Elections Certified Dead People’s Votes, Says It Had No Choice Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolous over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolous over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

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City Commits $45 Million to Redo Dangerous Three-Way intersection in The Bronx The street reconstruction contract comes 17 years and three mayoral administrations after the fix was first proposed.

The Department of Design and Construction approved a $45 million contract for one of the city’s longest stalled plans to reconstruct a corridor of dangerous intersections in The Bronx, according to a post published in the City Record on Tuesday.

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Subway Fare Hike to $3 Planned for New Year, MTA Says Transit officials on Wednesday proposed a 10-cent bump for single bus and subway rides, as well as increases for tolls and commuter rails, set to kick in on Jan. 4.

The cost of a subway, bus or paratransit trip could hit $3 next year under proposed fare and toll increases unveiled Wednesday by the MTA.

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Food Vendors Ditch Noisy Generators as City Explores Cleaner Power Options From halal carts to hot dog stands, sellers have long relied on noisy, polluting fossil fuel generators. Enter battery-powered alternatives — but the transition isn’t cheap or simple.

From halal carts to hot dog stands, sellers have long relied on noisy, polluting fossil fuel generators. Enter battery-powered alternatives — but the transition isn’t cheap or simple.

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Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up The Varick Street immigration court detention docket, reserved for the highest-risk cases, includes many people with scant or nonexistent records of criminal conduct, sent to far-flung jails with…

The Varick Street immigration court detention docket, reserved for the highest-risk cases, includes many people with scant or nonexistent records of criminal conduct, sent to far-flung jails with little hope of release.

LISTEN: ‘C’ is for Compliance A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.

The FAQ NYC hosts dig into the Trump administration’s latest demands for compliance, why Mayor Eric Adams insists New York is powerless to enforce its own laws and ordinances inside of the federal office building in lower Manhattan now doubling as a makeshift jail.

Campaign Board Voided $1 in Every $3 Eric Adams Submitted for Matching Funds Rampant irregularities and evidence of possibly phony donations prompted reviewers to reject more than $200,000 in small-donor contributions, as the reelection campaign and board battle over whether…

Rampant irregularities and evidence of possibly phony donations prompted reviewers to reject more than $200,000 in small-donor contributions, as the reelection campaign and board battle over whether the mayor is eligible to get any public money at all.

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Staten Island Swapping Buses with Other Boroughs in Bid to Boost Service Swap could leave riders in the other four boroughs short-handed. “You can’t fix Staten Island by having buses breaking down in Brooklyn,” union official warns.

Staten Island’s bus service is getting a boost, with newer rides replacing close to half of the borough’s fleet by the middle of next year, MTA officials said Monday.

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Campaign Board Voided $1 in Every $3 Eric Adams Submitted for Matching Funds Rampant irregularities and evidence of possibly phony donations prompted reviewers to reject more than $200,000 in small-donor contributions, as the reelection campaign and board battle over whether…

Rampant irregularities and evidence of possibly phony donations prompted reviewers to reject more than $200,000 in small-donor contributions, as the reelection campaign and board battle over whether the mayor is eligible to get any public money at all.

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Midtown Office Building Shooter Slays Four The dead included a NYPD officer working a paid detail as well as the shooter, who stormed into the midtown office building with a M4 rifle before apparently taking his own life.

One of the victims was Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old off-duty police officer who was working a paid detail.

“He’s a true blue New Yorker, not only in a uniform he wore, but in his spirit and energy of loving this city,” said Mayor Eric Adams.

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Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up The Varick Street immigration court detention docket, reserved for the highest-risk cases, includes many people with scant or nonexistent records of criminal conduct, sent to far-flung jails with…

Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up
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What to Do When Your Apartment Is Too Hot There is no legal right for air conditioning in New York City as there is with heat in the winter. Still, you can push your landlord to fix your AC — or find a public cooling center.

There is no legal right for air conditioning in New York City as there is with heat in the winter. Still, you can push your landlord to fix your AC — or find a public cooling center.

Sweeping Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Project Vote Postponed, Again Amid persistent local pushback in Red Hook, the city’s Economic Development Agency says it will continue to press for local support for a project to build thousands of apartments and revive a port on…

A vote on the proposed makeover of a mile-long stretch of industrial Brooklyn coastline has been postponed for the fifth time this year — once again leaving the future of a $3.5 billion port redevelopment plan up in the air.

How Trans People Can Update Their Passports — And Why to Do It Now With a federal ban on passport gender marker changes currently blocked, THE CITY spoke with legal experts in NYC about how trans, nonbinary and intersex people can file these updates.

If you’re looking to update your U.S. passport to accurately reflect your gender, the window may soon be closing. For many, an accurate passport is more than just a confirmation of identity, it’s necessary to travel safely.

‘Finally, Relief Is on Its Way’: NY to End Prison Phone Fees Once a crushing cost for families desperate to stay in touch with loved ones behind bars, phone calls will now be covered by the state.

People locked up in state prisons will soon be able to make free phone calls to family members and loved ones, the state prison system announced Tuesday.

During the month of June, an average of 89 people were detained inside 26 Federal Plaza each night, the data shows.

The number of detentions peaked on June 5, when 186 people were held there overnight.
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