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NYC mayoral candidate among those arrested during George Floyd protests Tuesday
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FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, former Obama housing secretary Shaun Donovan speaks during a virtual announcement of his candidacy for New York mayor, in the Bronx borough of New York. About 700,000 New Yorkers voted in the 2013 primaries, or 20% of registered Democrats and Republicans. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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Several activists in New York City and a mayoral candidate were arrested during peaceful protests on Tuesday morning, the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd.
According to the New York Times and WPIX-TV in New York City, about 10 people were taken into custody in lower Manhattan Tuesday morning near the Holland Tunnel.
Firefighters extinguished a large three-alarm fire in a vacant Newark commercial building Tuesday morning, city officials said. Video showed flames shooting from the roof of the New Jersey building on Feb. 16, 2021.