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De Blasio spoke about panhandlers on his radio show last week.
The mayor said giving change doesn't really help people and urged New Yorkers to call 311 instead.
The "showtime" subway crew gets the up-close-and-personal treatment in a documentary.
Director Maximón Monihan's first feature-length film is a "real New York story," he says.
The Bronx's Little Italy tree lighting event had to be scrapped to pay for a full-time security guard.
The thieves took the $3,500 guitar from inside the vehicle parked at Union Street, police said.
The NYPD plans to assign 100 officers to the area to address quality-of-life issues.
It took three police officers to pull Sophia Tolbert, 23, away from the 26-year-old victim, NYPD said.
A panhandler was arrested for hitting a woman who ignored his pleas for money on the subway, police said.
Police have made more than 50 arrests on Third Avenue, near East 32nd Street, since January.
Eighth Avenue business owners praised the NYPD for clearing out aggressive panhandlers.
New York's billionaire mayor showed ignorance of city subways saying panhandlers are few in city.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.