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It’s campy, loud and a little gross.
But few things are more synonymous with good-old-fashioned fun than
Coney Island. And after one of the darkest years in New York City’s history, the reopening of Luna Park today and the return to the world famous boardwalk is being met with a surfeit of joy and optimism which is not something we’re really used to lately in New York City.
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04/08/2021 03:55 PM EDT
New York City has been at the forefront of the nation’s pushto bring kids back to the classroom, and took another big step this morning by loosening the rules on when schools are forced to close due to Covid-19.
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It was only a matter of time.
Council Member Brad Lander and Speaker Corey Johnson are going at it as the two city lawmakers vie for the Democratic nomination for city comptroller.
Lander and Johnson have never been the closest of chums, but their mutual distaste has been mostly behind the scenes until now. Johnson’s entry into the primary last month officially
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As one mayoral candidateattended the nationally televised trial about police misconduct in Minneapolis today, another stayed in town to roll out a plan for boosting the NYPD amid a spike in gun violence.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who retired as an NYPD captain in 2006 to run for the state Senate, said his opponents are avoiding a discussion of the increase in crime across the five boroughs something voters have been citing as a concern in recent polls. He lamented the deafening silence from his Democratic rivals in the race to succeed outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio as he stood outside Bronx Supreme Court earlier today. (One of candidate
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