Rerouting Thousands: City Plans for L Train Closure
A new ferry route. Traffic restrictions on the Williamsburg Bridge. New bus lanes and wider sidewalks on 14th Street. These are just a few measures.
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CreditDave Sanders for The New York Times After Police Raid Kills Man, 69, Family Asks Why Trigger Was Pulled
Police said the man confronted officers with a machete when they raided his Bronx apartment. Now the raid, and the investigation that led to it, are under scrutiny.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Out of the Batcave and Into the Bronx
A Bronx corner was named Bill Finger Way after a long-neglected creator of Batman, who developed the character at a nearby park with the cartoonist Bob Kane.
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The ‘Christmas Freak’ of Fifth Avenue
Sibyl McCormac Groff is a self-directed tour guide of a holiday experience she calls Gothamtide.
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CreditJessica Hill for The New York Times Newtown Is ‘Still So Raw,’ 5 Years After Sandy Hook Shooting
The country is often reminded of what grief looks like immediately after mass violence. But Newtown shows how mourning evolves and endures years later.
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CreditJessica Hill for The New York Times In Newtown, Conn., a Reporter Looks at How a Community Moves Past Grief
Five years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Rick Rojas partnered with Kristin Hussey to return to a town reshaped by trauma.
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CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times Cuomo Takes Ungainly Dip Into Sexual Harassment Debate
Asked about sexual harassment by state officials, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the female reporter did a “disservice to women” by asking the question.
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CreditMark Lennihan/Associated Press City Police Officers Are Not Reporting All Street Stops, Monitor Says
The monitor overseeing the changes in the stop-and-frisk policies of the New York Police Department finds that officers still are not documenting encounters.
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CreditMike Groll/Associated Press A Routine Run In, Except for the Senator in the Passenger Seat
A cyclist accused Senator Martin Golden of impersonating a police officer to justify driving in a bike lane, an episode amplified by social media.
