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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio listens to questions from reporters during a press conference to discuss Amazon's decision to bring a new corporate location to New York City, November 13, 2018 in New York City. Amazon announced earlier in the day that it has chosen Arlington, Virginia and Long Island City in Queens as the two locations, which will both serve as additional headquarters for the company. Amazon says each location will create 25,000 jobs. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Andrew Cuomo Calls New York's Amazon Loss The 'Greatest Tragedy'
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
“We’re paying a terrible price in this state now for the loss of Amazon,” the New York governor said.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is seen in the Upper East Side on February 19, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Meghan Markle Steps Out For Private Trip To New York City
By Carly Ledbetter
Friends reportedly threw the pregnant Duchess of Sussex a baby shower.
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BLACK VOICES
New York City Aims To Stop Hairstyle Discrimination
The guidelines enable people to seek fines if they've been harassed or punished in workplaces, schools or public spaces because of their hair.
BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/01/21: Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during 33rd Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Condemns Amazon's 'Abuse Of Corporate Power'
By Amy Russo
Amazon "just took their ball and went home" in reversing plans for a headquarters in Queens, he said.
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez delivers her inaugural address after she was sworn in as a member of Congress Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen).
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won't 'Settle For Scraps,' Post-Amazon
By Amy Russo
“We deserve more and we can ask for more, and if people don’t want to negotiate, that’s their problem, not ours.”
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to the media about Amazon scrapping its plans to build a new headquarters in Queens, New York, on Capitol Hill February 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Amazon Scrapping New York HQ2 Provokes Outrage And Celebration
By Lydia O'Connor
While Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez touted the news, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said opponents "should be held accountable."
FILE - In this March 3, 2017 file photo, James Jackson appears in criminal court during his arraignment in New York. Jackson, a white supremacist accused of stabbing a black man to death with a sword on a New York City street told police he wanted to purge the Earth of black people. According to his videotaped confession, Jackson told investigators after his arrest in the March 20 stabbing death of Timothy Caughman that black people were “inferior” and should be “exterminated.” “I think we should just preserve the best people and get rid of all the dead weight,” Jackson said in the video played at a pretrial hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday, Sept. 25. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
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CRIME
White Supremacist Gets Life In Prison For Killing Black Man With A Sword
“We have too often treated these crimes as something less than other kinds of terrorism," said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
WEEHAWKEN, NJ - FEBRUARY 4: A ferry crosses the Hudson River in front of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center at sunset in New York City on February 4, 2019 as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
In A First, New York City Bill Would Create A New Agency To Manage Climate Change
By Alexander C. Kaufman
It's a landmark effort by the metropolis, which often blazes a path for other global cities.
Valerie Reyes
Family photo/Greenwich Police Department via AP
CRIME
Ex-Boyfriend Arrested In Death Of Woman Whose Body Was Found In Suitcase
Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas is being held without bail in the death of Valerie Reyes.
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 18: A group of children arrive at Coney Island on one of the hottest weeks in recent New York City history on July 18, 2013 in New York City. With daily temperatures in the high 90's and with the heat index making it feel in the triple digits, many New Yorkers are doing what they can to stay cool. A break from the heatwave is not expected until Saturday evening at the earliest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
NYC Bill Aims To Coat Hot Streets With Material Developed To Thwart Spy Satellites
By Alexander C. Kaufman
It’s the latest effort to deal with rising temperatures.
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 2: A subway train pulls into the Flushing Avenue station in Brooklyn on February 2, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Twitter Users Chastise 'Inside Edition' For Segment On People Who Don't Pay For Subway Rides
By Sara Boboltz
"What's the opposite of a Pulitzer," one person said about reporter Lisa Guerrero’s look at "fare beaters."
FILE- In this June 24, 2011 file photo, Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. , D-Soundview, speaks during a session of the New York state Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Diaz, who is currently a New York City Council member, said on a Spanish language radio program that the homosexual community controls most of the 51 council members. Diaz's comment prompted the openly gay Speaker of the city council to demand that the Bronx Democrat apologize to his colleagues and the LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
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POLITICS
NYC Lawmaker Says Chamber Controlled By ‘Homosexual Community,’ Won’t Apologize
By Alanna Vagianos
“What I said is not homophobic, it’s the truth,” Ruben Díaz Sr. said in a follow-up statement.
Valerie Reyes
Family photo/Greenwich Police Department via AP
CRIME
Woman Whose Body Was Found In Suitcase Had Chilling Talk With Mom Before Death
By Hilary Hanson
Valerie Reyes said she feared someone was going to kill her.
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HUFFPOST PERSONAL
How My Religious Education Stalled My Career Potential
By Rebecca Mordechai, Guest Writer
Yeshivas are garnering media attention because some of their graduates are blasting them for focusing primarily on Jewish studies and not teaching basic math and literacy skills.
The smoke stacks at American Electric Power's (AEP) Mountaineer coal power plant in New Haven, West Virginia, October 30, 2009. In cooperation with AEP, the French company Alstom unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant, so called 'clean coal,' which will store around 100,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide a year 2.1 kilometers (7,200 feet) underground. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
New York Just Sued The Trump EPA For Reversing Obama-Era Air Pollution Rule
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Five other states, plus New York City, joined the Empire State's suit.
The subway station entrance sign on 50th Street. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Mother Carrying Baby In Stroller Dies After Falling Down NYC Subway Stairs (UPDATE)
By Hayley Miller
The death of 22-year-old Malaysia Goodson spotlights the New York subway system's slew of accessibility issues.
Female surgeon using monitor in operating room.
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U.S. NEWS
Woman Sues Hospital After She Pulls Life Support Of Man Who Wasn't Her Brother
By David Moye
Shirell Powell thought her sibling was brain-dead, but he was actually in a New York jail on an unrelated charge.
James Harris Jackson appears in criminal court during his arraignment, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in New York. Jackson, accused of randomly killing Timothy Caughman, a 66-year-old black man on the streets of New York by stabbing him with a sword, was charged Thursday with murder as a hate crime. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CRIME
White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Killing Black Man With A Sword
By Jim Mustian, AP
James Jackson intended to start a race war when he fatally stabbed Timothy Caughman in New York City in March 2017, authorities said.
Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 30, 2018. - Seated from left: Associate Justices Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel Alito. Standing from left: Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear A Second Amendment Case For The First Time In 9 Years
The appeal was filed by three New York residents and New York’s National Rifle Association.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fires up Women's March with speech on gender equality.
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls On Women To ‘Shake The Table’ In Women's March Speech
By Andy McDonald
"We just captured the House, and now we’re going to show what we’re going to do with it," the star congresswoman told the crowd.
NEW YORK, USA - NOVEMBER 06: A voter stands behind a voting booth with a dog during the midterm election at the High School Art and Design polling station in Manhattan, New York, United States on November 06, 2018. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
New York Lawmakers Approve Early Voting And Other Voting Reforms
By Sam Levine
Despite its reputation as a progressive state, New York's election laws are extremely restrictive.
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WEIRD NEWS
Man Helps Thirsty Pigeon Enjoy Some Water From NYC Drinking Fountain
By Hilary Hanson
Honestly, good for the pigeon.
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MEDIA
Shep Smith Appears To Pull Subtlest Of Fact-Checks On Fellow Fox News Hosts
By Lee Moran
Smith countered "Outnumbered" hosts' claims about "filthy" New York City in the most understated way.
FILE - In this March 8, 2014 file photo, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the California Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. Newsom is preparing to take the reins from Jerry Brown. It's the first time California governorship has passed from one Democrat to another in more than a century. But the two have plenty of differences. The 51-year-old Newsom says he has a deep respect for the 80-year-old Brown and is prepared to carry on his legacy, with a few changes. Newsom will be sworn in to office Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, concluding the 80-year-old Brown's four terms. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
How Two Governors And A Mayor Plan To Plug The Holes In Obamacare
By Jeffrey Young and Jonathan Cohn
Leaders in California, Washington state and New York City want to advance new coverage plans without Uncle Sam -- and in defiance of President Donald Trump.
xxx is seen during a press conference held to announce a tentative labor agreement between Teamsters Union Local 237 and the NY City Housing Authority; at City Hall in New York, NY, USA on December 12, 2018. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA)
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POLITICS
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Unveils Plan To Guarantee Health Care For All New Yorkers
By Hayley Miller and Jonathan Cohn
The plan will serve the city's 600,000 uninsured people, including undocumented immigrants and low-income residents, de Blasio said.
The rising sun hits the Queensboro Bridge and the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S.,November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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ENVIRONMENT
Ambitious New York City Bill Aims To Replace Gas-Fired Power Plants With Renewables
By Alexander C. Kaufman
By the end of 2019, the city would have to create a plan to phase out some 20 plants, including a notorious polluter in Queens.
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