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NEW YORK — NYPD officers arrested more than 100 Columbia University students Thursday after groups protesting the war in Gaza refused to take down a two-day encampment zone. Hundreds of cops flooded the campus at the request of the university president, with buses on standby to transport demonstrators downtown for trespassing. Other students, undeterred by the police’s show of force with ...

NYPD officers arrested more than 100 Columbia University students Thursday after groups protesting the war in Gaza refused to take down a two-day encampment zone.

The victory by Suozzi figures to soothe some Democratic anxieties that New York’s migrant crisis is leaving the party vulnerable in the November elections.

NEW YORK — Migrants ousted from city shelters due to new time limits are being offered free tickets out of NYC or being sent to so-called “waiting rooms” at local shelters with no assurance they’ll get a new bed, the latest signs the crisis is crashing the city’s social safety net system. A newly established “reticketing office” in Manhattan’s East Village is among the latest frontiers in the ...

NEW YORK — Migrants ousted from city shelters due to new time limits are being offered free tickets out of NYC or being sent to so-called “waiting rooms” at local shelters with no assurance they’ll ge...

By Tim Balk, New York Daily News Two wonky, debt-related statewide ballot proposals await New Yorkers when they vote in this upcoming election, with one aimed at helping schools in small cities and the other centered on supporting sewage systems. The first proposal, which does not directly affect New York City, allows voters to decide whether or not to lift […]

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration dragged its feet for months on green-lighting a large-scale migrant housing facility in Queens, delaying its opening at a time dozens of asylum seekers resorted to sleeping on a Manhattan sidewalk because of a lack of city shelter space, according to a new court filing from Mayor Adams’ office. The filing, submitted in Manhattan Supreme Court by ...

While it’s impossible to distill a history as rich as hip-hop’s down to just 50 defining moments, here are many of the music’s game-changing artists and achievements over the past 50 years.

While it’s impossible to distill a history as rich as hip-hop’s down to just 50 defining moments, here are many of the music’s game-changing artists and achievements over the past 50 years.

The bill would seal the criminal records of some New Yorkers who have served their time.