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City Council questions Rikers officials over handling of sexual assault allegations from detainees
The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. [ more › ]
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NYC library cuts stand in Mayor Adams’ $112 billion budget proposal
People gather to watch the solar eclipse outside the Brooklyn Public Library main branch on April 8, 2024. The mayor has restored some of his unpopular cuts but is resisting calls to fully fund libraries and seven-day service at over 200 branches. [ more › ]
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Campus protests put Columbia president in crosshairs of critics on the left and right
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testifying before a House Committee on Education on April 17, 2024. Less than a year into the job, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is facing calls to resign from both the left and right for her handling of pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school. [ more › ]
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Extra Extra: Martinis and scaffolding, that's what New York City does
Because we have a lot of both, here are your afternoon links: How to get away with obscuring your license plate, Mary Todd Lincoln comedy coming to Broadway, you don't have to shower every day, and more. [ more › ]
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New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne dies at 65, weeks after heart attack
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr in his Cannon Building office near a picture of himself and his late father, former Rep. Donald Payne, in 2016. The six-term representative succeeded his father more than a decade ago. [ more › ]
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2 NYPD officers arrested for sexually assaulting woman who was incapacitated: Bronx DA
NYPD officers stand outside of the Richmond County Clerk in Staten Island on March 8, 2024. The officers are accused of abusing a woman who was “physically helpless or mentally incapacitated” last July. [ more › ]
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Columbia extends deadline to clear pro-Palestinian protesters to Friday as talks continue
Police stand outside of locked gates at Columbia Wednesday Students initially said the university was negotiating in bad faith, but tensions may have cooled since then. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: City's top lawyer, who questioned defending Adams against sexual assault suit, learned on the news they're trying to replace her
Because the New York Post reports Sylvia Hinds-Radix was asked to resign and said no, here are your early links: Solar canopy over JFK parking lot, immersive dance theater at Green-Wood Cemetery, confusing hotel light switches and more. [ more › ]
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A hotel row in Queens is getting a new look. New affordable housing is part of the mix.
Rendering of the interior garden planned for the former JFK Hilton, near the airport in Queens. It's being converted into affordable housing. The former JFK Hilton is being transformed into affordable housing; project admirers wish there were more projects like it. [ more › ]
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Women held at Rikers say they were sexually assaulted during routine medical exams
Jennifer Levine said she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at Rikers during a routine physical exam. In lawsuits filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, more than 30 women said they were groped, forced to perform oral sex and raped by medical staff at Rikers and other city correctional facilities. [ more › ]
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Staten Island councilmember calls on MTA to install more OMNY machines
A person swipes in with a Metrocard at a turnstile outfitted with an OMNY touchpad at the Columbus Circle - 59th Street subway station. “While I love the new OMNY digital wallet system, not everyone can learn how to use it.” [ more › ]
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26-year-old man dies after being shot in Brooklyn, NYPD says
At the scene Tuesday evening there were several shell casing markers. The investigation is ongoing. [ more › ]