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The city has allocated a bundle of money toward the fabled completion of Bushwick Inlet Park, promising $75 million for the development of the CitiStorage site on Kent Avenue.

A Brooklyn bodybuilder stands accused of shooting his parents on Christmas Day, according to jail records and reports. Dino Tomassetti was arrested in New Jersey, on Dec.

A homeless man has been charged with stabbing a stranger to death and wounding her friend because they were too close to the tent he was living in on a Brooklyn street, police said Monday.

It's supposed to be the most wonderful time of year, but a string of violent subway crimes over Christmas weekend is adding some fright to the holiday season.

The law would increase penalties for companies falsely-promising COVID-19 test results in 48 hours, and set a $25K fine for price-gouging tests.

The principal of P.S. 243 has been called on to immediately resign after numerous reports surfaced of verbal abuse, bullying and other misconduct towards students

On Monday, the City's private-sector vaccine mandate goes into effect, affecting about 184,000 businesses.

The city is set to open seven of its own COVID-19 testing sites next week, including two newly announced sites in Queens. Starting Monday, a site at Culture Lab in Long Island City will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

A unified Flatbush coalition fights to preserve an African burial ground from city bulldozers.

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