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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Posts tagged as “assault rifle”

Scant info about man busted with arsenal inside Grand St. subway station

Transit police officers displayed the weapons and ammunition that police say were taken off of Yasmany Lopez when he was arrested in the Grand Street subway station on Sat., May 14. (Courtesy NYPD)

Scant info about man busted with arsenal inside Grand St. subway station

May 17, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | People were relieved to learn that a heavily armed man — packing an AR-15 rifle and ammo clips — who was…

Cops arrest Miami man with assault rifle, large-capacity ammo clips in Chinatown subway station

Transit police officers with weapons, including an AR-15 assault rifle, taken from a man that they arrested in the Grand Street subway station on May 14. (NYPD News)

Cops arrest Miami man with assault rifle, large-capacity ammo clips in Chinatown subway station

May 16, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Somebody saw something and said something. A Florida man was busted in the Grand Street B/D subway station, at Grand and…