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The issue came up at a town hall meeting in Borough Park.
Defenders of the controversial all-women swim at the Metropolitan Pool want eight hours restored.
The shift in pool hours made by the Parks Department seems to have pleased neither side of the issue.
The all-women swim caters to the neighborhood's Hasidic Jewish population.
Clean-water advocate Christopher Swain said, "The poop was expected" after emerging from the water.
City council members are pushing for a bill to extend the city's beach and pool season.
Portraits of a sunny day in Orchard Beach, Bronx's only public beach
Several west side and Bronx roads will be closed on Aug. 3.
The pool is one of 10 in Queens.
Practice your flamenco, perfect your opera singing or perform your play at these spots in the city.
Hasidic women are pleading with the city to hire a female replacement for their year-round swim sessions.
McCarren Pool's lock vendor Angel Wilburn has been arrested 40 times, cops said.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg cut the ribbon to the pool Thursday.
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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.