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Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed a bill outlawing smoking in the city's parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas.
Smoking in the city's 1,700 parks, 14 miles of beaches and all public plazas will now be punishable with a $50 fine.
The proposal to snuff out cigarettes in parks, beaches and plazas has been slammed by city smokers.
The school voted Monday night to ban smoking in all school outdoor spaces.
A City Councilman wants to include hookah bars in the city's ban on indoor smoking.
Advocates sparred at a City Council hearing to discuss a bill that would ban smoking in some public spaces.
Mayor Bloomberg confused Health Commissioner Thomas Farley with Thomas Frieden and Thomas Friedman.
Local smokers said the new plan to ban them from parks and beaches is draconian, but non-smokers love the idea.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal would expand the existing ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
The mayor may push to expand the smoking ban in an effort to improve public health and curb littering.
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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.