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On Tuesday, the National Fraternal Order of Police posted a graphic on Twitter. It bore the title “SKYROCKETING MURDER RATES” on a red banner and listed year-to-date increases in murder rates in seven major U.S. cities. The organization, which represents hundreds of thousands of police and police unions, wrote, “Any…

Google has swapped its homepage logo out with an addictive swing dancing game in honor of New York City’s Savoy Ballroom. When the Savoy Ballroom opened on March 12, 1926, there were two things that set the venue apart from much of New York’s dance scene. Firstly, the venue was…

Elections are an exercise in the power of the people to choose a government that is representative of their communities and responsive to their needs and interests. We used that power in 2020 to drive state and national change, and this year, our local elections give us another opportunity to…

False Witness is a Berlin-based DJ and producer and a founding member of the KUNQ collective, a crew of musicians assembled in New York holding the torch for an adventurous and accessible queer club scene. Lockdown for them has been spent mostly been spent making and music reflecting on their…

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It was near the beginning of the pandemic, in mid-April of 2020, when a stranger spit on me. After apparently taking note of my hospital badge and mask, he announced that even though I was a doctor, I “brought the sickness.” He called me “Hindu,” along with a string of…

One morning this week, Eric Adams sat down at a sidewalk table outside the Washington Square Diner, in the West Village. Two decades ago, at the end of his career in the N.Y.P.D., Adams had worked nearby, in the Sixth Precinct. “This was my post,” he said. A waiter plopped…

A freelance camera operator who works for CBC News in New York City says he's happy to be alive and fortunate he was able to help someone after intervening in a stabbing that took place on a subway platform on Wednesday night. Surveillance footage from Union Square subway station in Manhattan…

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The new park Little Island, designed by Barry Diller, sits on the Hudson River in the Manhattan borough of New York May 17, 2021. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. NEW YORK, May 21 — Superstorm Sandy flooded…