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BY MICHELE HERMAN | Washington is way up high on lists of the most common street names in the U.S — on some lists it...

Whizbang subway shooting as man blasts urinator

This gunman must have been pretty pissed off. The subway slogan is "If you see something, say something" — not "If you see someone pee,...

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Huge turnout at start of early voting

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL AND LINCOLN ANDERSON | This past weekend the anxiety and frustration of countless New Yorkers seemed to evaporate as they lined up...

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Cops arrest youth, 15, in East Village murder

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Police announced the arrest of a local teenager in the murder of Tyrell Williams in the East Village earlier this...

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The Strand needs a hand; Owner fears COVID could write famed bookstore’s ending

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Could this be the final chapter for The Strand? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the famed Village bookstore's revenue has...

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The Met’s Sackler wing hacked as memorial for teen OxyContin OD victim

BY PAUL DeRIENZO | Last week the Department of Justice announced felony convictions against the bankrupted drug company Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid painkiller...

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An East River Park amphitheater memory

BY BARBARA KAHN | On the heels of the upcoming irrevocably altered East River Park on the Lower East Side, a distant memory came to...

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Captain Ralph Clement tapped to head Ninth Precinct

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Captain Ralph A. Clement was recently appointed the commanding officer of the East Village's Ninth Precinct. Born in Guyana, he...

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Circumambulating Tompkins Square Park

BY JACK BROWN | Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg, who circumambulated Mt. Tamalpais and Tompkins Square Park Twenty uptown blocks to the mile. Five times around....

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Man shot in leg outside Riis Houses

A man was shot outside the Jacob Riis Houses last month, police said. According to cops, on Tues., Sept. 15, about 10 minutes after midnight,...

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Hoylman needles Trump on vaccine rush, calls him ‘superspreader in chief’

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Brad Hoylman has confidence in the process to find a vaccine for COVID-19. In fact, he's even participating in one of the...

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Revel scooter fatally strikes woman, 82, on Upper West Side

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m.: A senior woman died three weeks ago after being struck by a Revel scooter as she...

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Video: Art Attack on the East River amphitheater

The Art Attack on the East River Park amphitheater was short but sweet. Late on the afternoon of Fri., Oct. 9, a group of artists...

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Bike-by bandit snatches women’s iPhone 11s

Call it a bike-by swiping. Police said a man riding a red road bicycle has been zipping around grabbing women's cell phones right out of...

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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | By a near-unanimous vote, the City Council on Thursday approved the extension of the city’s new Open Restaurants program for one…

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Council extends outdoor dining one more year, vows to make it permanent