New York City’s mayor has embraced a more conservative, less immigrant friendly stance. What does that mean for a city that’s built it’s identity on immigration?
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New York becomes the first state to close schools for Lunar New Year
It’s the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023. In 2024, the holiday fell on a Saturday.
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Trump is sentenced in hush money case, but gets no penalty or fine
President-elect Donald Trump received an unconditional discharge for his criminal conviction, meaning he will get a criminal record but no other penalties.
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Congestion pricing begins in NYC in a high stakes test for the model’s U.S. viability
Congestion pricing was introduced on Sunday morning in the center of New York City — despite a late attempt by New Jersey to stop it in court.
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Adultery is no longer illegal in New York
It was considered a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a jail sentence of up to three months.
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Manhattan prosecutors ask for additional pause in Trump hush-money criminal case
Manhattan prosecutors are asking for a further pause in the criminal trial against President-elect Donald Trump in order to give both sides time to weigh the unprecedented nature of the situation.
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This 72-year-old retreat ‘feels like another home’ for Ukrainian Americans
The Soyuzivka Ukrainian Heritage Center, a resort that sits about two and a half hours northwest of New York City, in Kerhonkson, N.Y., provides a place that “feels like another home” for thousands of Ukrainian Americans every year.
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Off-color jokes, vitriol take over Trump Madison Square Garden rally
Republican president nominee Donald Trump put on a splashy rally at New York’s hallmark Madison Square Garden, but repeated insults and at times racist and misogynistic remarks from guest speakers threatened to grab the most attention.
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RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery
The presidential candidate said he’d planned to take the roadkill home and skin it, but got waylaid by a long day of falconry and steak dinner. The mystery of the bear cub made national news in 2014.
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Miki Sudo sets record for hot dog eating and Patrick Bertoletti wins men’s contest
The previous men’s champ, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, didn’t attend the competition this year over a sponsorship tiff.
