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January 18, 202111:02AM EST TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Report New York City FC are on the verge of splashing big bucks to land an Argentine winger from Benfica, according to reports from Portugal. Franco Cervi has an offer on the table from NYCFC that would cost the club nearly $10 million,…

On a chilly December morning, Gabriel Jamison stood in front of a construction site in Brownsville, Brooklyn, with a sign and a megaphone. “National Grid has the nerve to sit there and come into a low-income neighborhood,” Jamison said, as National Grid employees continued to work in the background. “We’re…

Philadelphia, January 18, 2021 - A new study comparing the incidence of sudden deaths occurring outside the hospital across New York City's highly diverse neighborhoods with the percentage of positive SARS-CoV-19 tests found that increased sudden deaths during the pandemic correlate to the extent of virus infection in a neighborhood.…

Jim Carrey took to Twitter on Sunday not to post another one of his popular political cartoons, but to share what he’s wishing for on his 59th birthday. The comedian, actor, artist and Capricorn is as much known for his anti-Donald Trump artwork these days as he is for his…

It was an all-New York matchup in the Grand Final of eMLS League Series One presented by Coca-Cola on Sunday, with New York City FC's Didychrislito emerging as the champion after a 4-2 aggregate triumph over the New York Red Bulls' Adamou.  Didychrislito got everything he could handle from Austin FC's xbLeU…

Members of the Church of Satan are grieving the destruction of a historic “Halloween House” north of New York City that authorities say was set ablaze by an unidentified arsonist. The home, built in 1900, served as an Addams Family-style hub for local adherents of the religion, the Poughkeepsie Journal…

NEW YORK (AP) - The driver of a New York City bus that plunged off a bridge blamed the dramatic crash on mechanical failure, saying Saturday that the tandem vehicle “just took off” as he slowed into a turn. Everton Beccan, 55, disputed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority‘s assertion a day…

Lin-Manuel Miranda in "Hamilton." Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Lin-Manuel Miranda rose to fame for his Broadway musical, "Hamilton" — he worked on the show for years, and it became one of the biggest musicals of all time. Miranda's unconventional blend of musical theater and hip-hop, as well as a passion for…

New York City will likely pick its next mayor five months from now, but how many New Yorkers know that? Thanks to the whims of nineteenth-century reformers, the city tucks its mayoral elections into the odd years that follow Presidential elections; this practice has been a drag on turnout for…

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