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Officials said they hadn't received any reports of damage to roads or other infrastructure on Saturday. A larger quake earlier this month caused some homes in New Jersey to be evacuated, as seen ...

https://gothamist.com/news/29-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-new-jersey

Because the golden age of movie theaters has passed, here are your afternoon links: a UFO spotting, Meghan Markle's jam, a Brooklyn pastry shop that accepts EBT, and more from around the city and...

https://gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-the-bronx-will-soon-have-just-1-movie-theater

A person swipes in with a Metrocard at a turnstile outfitted with an OMNY touchpad at the Columbus Circle - 59th Street subway station. “While I love the new OMNY digital wallet system, not e...

https://gothamist.com/news/staten-island-councilmember-calls-on-mta-to-install-more-omny-machines

Jennifer Levine said she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at Rikers during a routine physical exam. In lawsuits filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, more than 30 women said they were g...

https://gothamist.com/news/women-held-at-rikers-say-they-were-sexually-assaulted-during-routine-medical-exams

Because the New York Post reports Sylvia Hinds-Radix was asked to resign and said no, here are your early links: Solar canopy over JFK parking lot, immersive dance theater at Green-Wood Cemetery,...

https://gothamist.com/news/early-addition-citys-top-lawyer-who-questioned-defending-adams-against-sexual-assault-suit-learned-on-the-news-theyre-trying-to-replace-her

Police stand outside of locked gates at Columbia Wednesday Students initially said the university was negotiating in bad faith, but tensions may have cooled since then. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/columbia-extends-deadline-to-clear-pro-palestinian-protesters-to-friday-as-talks-continue

NYPD officers stand outside of the Richmond County Clerk in Staten Island on March 8, 2024. The officers are accused of abusing a woman who was “physically helpless or mentally incapacitated�...

https://gothamist.com/news/2-nypd-officers-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-woman-who-was-incapacitated-bronx-da

Because we have a lot of both, here are your afternoon links: How to get away with obscuring your license plate, Mary Todd Lincoln comedy coming to Broadway, you don't have to shower every day, a...

https://gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-martinis-and-scaffolding-thats-what-new-york-city-does

People gather to watch the solar eclipse outside the Brooklyn Public Library main branch on April 8, 2024. The mayor has restored some of his unpopular cuts but is resisting calls to fully fund...

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-library-cuts-stand-in-mayor-adams-112-billion-budget-proposal

The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. ...

https://gothamist.com/news/city-council-questions-rikers-officials-over-handling-of-sexual-assault-allegations-from-detainees

Whether or not the housing deal in the state budget will work won't be known for years. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams are hailing the housing deal as transformative. Housing experts ar...

https://gothamist.com/news/ny-finally-has-a-housing-deal-will-it-work

Protestors block the street near the home of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Brooklyn borough of New York during a demonstration by pro-Palestinian Jewish groups on the second ni...

https://gothamist.com/news/bedlam-what-its-like-to-live-near-sen-schumers-brooklyn-home-during-months-of-protest

J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley near where a school crossing guard allegedly propositioned an NYPD officer. A school crossing guard allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to an NYPD officer p...

https://gothamist.com/news/queens-da-charges-school-crossing-guard-with-attempted-rape-after-nypd-sting

A person in costume at last year's Black Comic Book Festival. The two-day festival, also known as SchomCom, is back for its 12th year at the Schomburg Center in Harlem starting on Friday. ]

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/the-black-comic-book-festival-returns-to-harlem-this-weekend

A police officer attends a crime scene. Because the dog survived, thank God, here are your early links: Forever chemicals forever, DWI-turned-getaway-in-a-cop-car, the windmill blades fell off ...

https://gothamist.com/news/early-addition-a-howard-beach-teen-allegedly-shot-a-neighbors-dog-while-playing-with-a-gun

Tatiana restaurant in David Geffen Hall in New York City. The reservation booking scene is a digital hellscape. ]

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/dinner-reservations-at-tatiana-are-impossible-to-get-so-i-spent-a-month-trying

Councilmember Pierina Sanchez is joined by Legal Aid Attorney Adriene Holder and building resident Juan Ricart on the steps of City Hall. Councilmember Pierina Sanchez sponsored the measure, kn...

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-council-weighs-bill-to-tighten-building-safety-measures-following-bronx-collapse

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment at CUNY's City College in West Harlem on April 25, 2024. Students at the Harlem campus set up more than a dozen tents and spoke out in the centra...

https://gothamist.com/news/city-college-students-form-3rd-major-campus-encampment-to-demand-divestment-from-israel

Runners run near the Brooklyn Bridge in a previous NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half Marathon. More than 20,000 runners are registered to complete the 13.1-mile route. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/the-brooklyn-half-marathon-is-sunday-heres-what-you-need-to-know

Anna Bessendorf's Brooklyn apartment was heavily damaged in a fire in 2022. She took this photo outside as firefighters and other emergency workers responded to the scene. Displaced tenants oft...

https://gothamist.com/news/with-fatal-fires-at-a-2-decade-high-nyc-council-eyes-ways-to-help-victims

Lawmakers want to reopen a ferry route between southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. The route was shuttered after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in the 1960's ]

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-councilmembers-call-for-ferry-connecting-staten-island-with-southern-brooklyn

Rep. Rob Menendez right, and his father, Sen. Bob Menendez, attend a news conference in December. Hoboken Mayor Rhavi Bhalla is looking to unseat Rep. Rob Menendez. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/menendez-name-was-once-a-gift-for-nj-representative-now-a-primary-challenger-eyes-the-prize

The Indian Point nuclear power plant shut down in 2021. The operator of the nuclear power plant has sued, saying the state wrongly blocked its plan to discharge the water into the Hudson River....

https://gothamist.com/news/debate-heats-up-over-how-to-dispose-of-indian-point-radioactive-water

Forest Houses in the Bronx where police say a woman killed her daughter. Six-year-old Jalayah Eason was found unconscious and unresponsive in May 2023. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/bronx-mother-accused-of-murdering-her-daughter-police-say

Because the Yankee great made his classical guitarist debut with the New York Phil, here are your afternoon links: Columbia student radio, Zero Bond in East Hampton, taking NJ Transit to high sch...

https://gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-bernie-williams-continues-to-shred

A new report from street safety advocacy group Transportation Alternatives raises concerns about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on city streets. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-records-60-traffic-deaths-in-1st-quarter-of-2024-the-most-since-vision-zero-began

The MTA's congestion pricing program has a base fare of $15 for drivers south of 60th Street in Manhattan. The MTA hopes to start tolling on June 30. Pending lawsuits could change the agency's ...

https://gothamist.com/news/mta-plans-to-turn-on-congestion-pricing-tolls-june-30

Because those may be the most sinister three letters we've ever seen, here are your early links: Scott Stringer suing his sexual assault accuser, elite gas station hamburger, it's Emily Stone now...

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Funding in the state budget adds more frequent runs to some routes across the five boroughs, but lawmakers also ended a pilot that offered free rides on five lines. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-get-a-boost-in-bus-service-but-pilot-program-for-free-routes-ends

An information agent gives the thumbs up during a lunch rush in Grand Central Station on Feb. 19, 2024. These workers in tiny spaces keep New York City running. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/small-spaces-big-city-new-yorkers-at-work-in-tight-quarters

The program, funded by JP Morgan Chase, will connect landlords to people with housing vouchers. The organization BronxWorks is launching the initiative to bridge a gap between would-be renters ...

https://gothamist.com/news/new-bronx-program-is-linking-local-landlords-with-homeless-new-yorkers

A monarch butterfly on a milkweed flower in Toronto, Canada. Governors Island has launched a campaign to get more New Yorkers to plant milkweed, which is the butterfly's food source, nest and nur...

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-gardeners-push-year-of-the-milkweed-to-save-monarch-butterflies-from-extinction

The building on Staten Island where police say an infant was found dead. Police arrested and charged the boy's parents with reckless endangerment in the first and second degrees. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-infant-found-dead-in-staten-island-building

The building on Simpson Street in the Bronx where police say a man was killed by his pit bull. The owner was pronounced dead at a Bronx hospital early on Friday morning. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-officers-shot-and-killed-pit-bull-that-mauled-its-owner-to-death

City officials are rolling out "bee hotels" in an effort to preserve the bee population. The Pollinator Port Project has a plan to try and help city bees thrive. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/bee-hotels-coming-to-select-nyc-plazas-in-effort-to-protect-imperiled-pollinators

Rendering of the interior garden planned for the former JFK Hilton, near the airport in Queens. It's being converted into affordable housing. The former JFK Hilton is being transformed into aff...

https://gothamist.com/news/a-hotel-row-in-queens-is-getting-a-new-look-new-affordable-housing-is-part-of-the-mix

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testifying before a House Committee on Education on April 17, 2024. Less than a year into the job, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is...

https://gothamist.com/news/campus-protests-put-columbia-president-in-crosshairs-of-critics-on-the-left-and-right

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr in his Cannon Building office near a picture of himself and his late father, former Rep. Donald Payne, in 2016. The six-term representative succeeded his father more than ...

https://gothamist.com/news/new-jersey-rep-donald-payne-dies-at-65-weeks-after-heart-attack

Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., sits on the House floor before the start of President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address to the joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, M...

https://gothamist.com/news/ousted-ny-rep-george-santos-says-he-wont-run-for-congress-again-after-all

At the scene Tuesday evening there were several shell casing markers. The investigation is ongoing. ]

https://gothamist.com/news/26-year-old-man-dies-after-being-shot-in-brooklyn-nypd-says