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Three warehouses suspected of selling counterfeit auto parts to New York City cab drivers were raided by FBI agents on Tuesday. More than 50 FBI officials participated in the raid. One warehouse was located in Queens, the other two in Paterson, New Jersey. Three people were also arrested in their homes for allegedly taking part …
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Two unidentified people were rescued from a Central Park pond after falling through the ice Tuesday, a FDNY official confirmed. A first responder and a FDNY official assisted in the rescue near 5th Avenue and West 60th Street.
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points to set a team-record with his 30th straight 20-point game, leading the New York Knicks to a 113-97 victory over the reeling Orlando Magic on Wednesday night. Anthony’s scoring overshadowed outstanding games by New York big men Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire who combined for 35 points …
For the last 17 years, Kevin Lynch has decorated his New York City home with Christmas lights. A classic game of one-upmanship with a neighbor escalated Lynch’s yearly ritual into a yearly obsession, and now, well, Lynch might just have the brightest Christmas home in the City. MyBlockNYC visited Lynch’s Bayside, Queens home and made …
Workers lifted the first section of the 408-foot spire to the top of One World Trade Center Wednesday morning. When completed, the spire will bring One WTC to a staggering 1,776 feet tall, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Since November 16, nine of the sections have been traveling 1,500 nautical miles …
NEW YORK — When George Caffentzis was teaching philosophy in 1976 at the City University of New York system, none of his students had to pay tuition. That changed within a matter of just two years after New York City went into a financial crisis and needed help from the federal government. Because the city …
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Mark Sanchez’ errors may have finally ended the Sanchize Era in New York. With the Jets held scoreless through the better part of three quarters by the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Rex Ryan finally made the move that fans have been calling for: He benched Sanchez. But it wasn’t Tim Tebow who took his place …
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NEW YORK — An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy was transformed into a beacon of shimmering glory Wednesday when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others turned its lights on at Rockefeller Center. Thousands of onlookers crowded behind barricades on the streets that surrounded the center during the traditional tree-lighting …
NEW YORK — Election Day turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. Lines were long in Point Pleasant, N.J., where residents from the Jersey Shore communities of Point Pleasant Beach and …
By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer LINCOLN CENTER — The vast majority of New Yorkers are happy with life in the Big Apple, according to a new survey released Thursday. Despite sky-high unemployment and a rising poverty rate, 84 percent of residents polled said they are relatively satisfied with life in the city, according to the …
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