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Trump-supporting anti-vaxxers rally against vaccine mandate at City Hall

Posted on August 9, 2021

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Dog squad: A pair of furry NYPD detectives graduate at One Police Plaza

Posted on August 5, 2021

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NYPD celebrates annual National Night Out Against Crime throughout city

Posted on August 4, 2021

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Politics

‘The mayor lied to us’: Criminal justice activists in NYC demand new way to end solitary confinement

Posted on August 3, 2021

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Politics

Locked out: Manhattan criminal justice protesters say they’re blocked from stop-and-frisk reform

Posted on July 29, 2021

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City Hall protest over NYC homeless relocations leads to 11 arrests

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Take a free interactive soundwalk through Lower Manhattan with Arts Brookfield’s ‘Current’

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Activists call on New York State to make Excluded Workers Fund more accessible

Posted on July 12, 2021

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Elected officials and drivers rally for affordable commuter van insurance

Posted on July 8, 2021

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Housing advocates make one last stand before the FY 2022 budget vote

Posted on June 29, 2021

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Activists continue calls to defund the police amid surge in citywide shootings

Posted on June 29, 2021

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CBOs fight for COVID-19 recovery funding in NYC’s low-income communities

Posted on June 28, 2021

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Whose park is it anyway? Inside the Washington Square showdown pitting the young against the restless

Posted on June 17, 2021

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Protesters demand the $1B defund the NYPD promise be kept

Posted on June 16, 2021

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City unveils Lower Manhattan bus lanes to speed up Staten Island-bound commutes

Posted on June 10, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Families hold tearful memorial service in Lower Manhattan for those who died in solitary confinement

Posted on June 7, 2021

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Wage strike ends with protesters cuffed in Lower Manhattan

Posted on May 26, 2021

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Hudson Square BID has big plans for New York City’s reopening

Posted on May 18, 2021

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Art and cultural programs return to Downtown Manhattan in a big way

Posted on May 16, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Formerly incarcerated push back against DOC plan to hire 400 more officers

Posted on May 13, 2021

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Politics

Lower Manhattan groups fight against SoHo and Chinatown rezoning plans

Posted on May 11, 2021

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Politics

Police brutality survivor Abner Louima endorses former cop Eric Adams for mayor

Posted on May 4, 2021

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Arts & Entertainment

Art for all Oculus visitors to enjoy Downtown at the AD ART SHOW

Posted on May 4, 2021

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Assemblyman Ron Kim urges Attorney General to investigate Cuomo nursing home scandal

Posted on May 3, 2021

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Politics

Stringer rebukes sexual assault allegations, says he’s continuing mayoral bid

Posted on April 28, 2021

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City Council coalition foots the bill for new legislation protecting delivery workers

Posted on April 28, 2021

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#WhatAboutHer? Financial District rally seeks to help women incarcerated on Rikers Island

Posted on April 26, 2021

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Running out of time: Tenants rally in Foley Square for eviction ban extension

Posted on April 26, 2021

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Vaxxers toke up: Activists in Union Square say ‘Don’t be Doobious’ of the COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Politics

Incarcerated New Yorkers deserve their right to vote, Public Advocate Williams says

Posted on April 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The British Academy of Film and Television Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London

Robert De Niro makes video endorsement for Manhattan City Council candidate Julie Menin

Posted on April 15, 2021

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Business

Handcuffed to the wheel: NYC cabbies keep foot on gas pedal in pursuit of debt relief

Posted on April 14, 2021

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Year of stalling: Progressive candidates in NYC elections seek paid sick leave for gig workers

Posted on April 14, 2021

Eszter Balint playing violin in the misty fog of memory.

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan performer talks new project and roots in entertainment

Posted on April 14, 2021

Lower Manhattan

Collision below FDR Drive leaves four injured

Posted on April 11, 2021

A worker makes a neon sign at the “Let There Be Neon” store in New York

Business

The lights are on: Lower Manhattan store keeps neon dream alive for 50 years

Posted on April 9, 2021

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Environmentalists march in Union Square to prevent climate change

Posted on April 8, 2021

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Mystery solved, kind of: Unredacted East River Park resiliency study emerges

Posted on April 7, 2021

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Hunger strikers in Manhattan break 23-day fast after $2.1B in excluded worker aid secured

Posted on April 7, 2021

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Couple living under the FDR Drive in East Village threatened with removal over construction work

Posted on April 5, 2021

NYC: Kirsten Gillebrand and Members of Congress anounce legislationn to establish African American Burial Museum

Downtown Express

Renewed push to expand Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground and preserve history

Posted on April 1, 2021

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Foley Square protest for rent relief ends with more than a dozen cuffed

Posted on March 31, 2021

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Health

‘We need to save our mothers’: Mayoral hopeful Garcia outlines plan to boost healthcare for NYC women

Posted on March 30, 2021

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Schumer pushes FTA to give disabled New Yorkers a lift

Posted on March 28, 2021

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Voices of grief: mourners gather for candlelight vigil on one-year anniversary of Cuomo’s nursing home directive

Posted on March 26, 2021

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Politics

City councilwoman announces Community Power Act during rally for police accountability in NYPD

Posted on March 25, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Family sues Soho’s Arlo Hotel for racial profiling after teen was falsely accused and attacked for theft

Posted on March 24, 2021

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Back to the drawing board: NYCHA tenants rally against ‘A Blueprint for Change’

Posted on March 23, 2021

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Military settles with troops impacted by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ discharges