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A judge has sided with the city in its decision to crack down on aggressive hawkers for an Empire State Building ride.

A lawyer for the five individuals arrested during a tussle with police outside Tammany Hall said the venue's surveillance video will prove his clients' innocence.

Cops are searching for a suspect who allegedly held up the Sovereign Bank on the ground floor of 2 Gold St., a swanky but troubled residential tower.

Nephra Payne, 34, and Shanel Nadal, 28, of Harlem, are accused of stealing their eight children from a Queens foster-care agency.

A man was shot in the buttocks Monday night on East 106th Street, police said.

The individuals arrested for assaulting police in the near riot outside Tammany Hall are set to appear in criminal court Tues., Sept. 27.

A police memo reportedly says that suspects can not be charged with criminal marijuana possession if cops force them to reveal small amounts of the drug.

Family and friends of Makever "Keba" Brown are angry at the circumstances regarding his death on the FDR Drive Sept. 13. 

The subway stop at Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street was evacuated Thursday afternoon for a suspicious package.

A truck driver was stabbed on East 86th Street and Second Avenue on Wednesday over a possible parking dispute.

Homeless advocates demonstrated against the removal of seating from Grand Central Terminal.

The man allegedly pounced on the victim in broad daylight on Saturday on East Eighth Street before witnesses rushed to her aid, police said.

Neal Essex, 51, was arrested and charged with nearly killing a woman during a rape in broad daylight on East Eighth Street, authorities said.

Dozens marched in Inwood Saturday afternoon to protest the shooting death of John Collado, who was shot to death by a cop during a drug bust.

Police carried out a crackdown Friday on buses that park illegally and block the roadway on West 33rd Street near Seventh Avenue.