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Traffic in Midtown and lower Manhattan was down nearly 8% after the first full week of congestion tolling, according to preliminary traffic data released Monday by the MTA.

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Manhattan traffic down nearly 8% in first week of congestion pricing: MTA

By Evan Simko-Bednarski

January 13, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.

Traffic in Midtown and lower Manhattan was down nearly 8% after the first full week...

Mayor Adams announced Monday he's naming two top advisers to deputy mayor positions — a move that comes after one of the aides sought to leave City Hall for a private sector job, the Daily News has learned.

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NYC Mayor Adams names two top aides to deputy mayor roles

By Chris Sommerfeldt

January 13, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

Mayor Adams announced Monday he's naming two top advisers to deputy mayor positions — a move...

All four victims were in the same vehicle traveling eastbound on the Southern State Parkway in North Massapequa.

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2 people killed, 2 more injured in Long Island car crash

By Joseph Wilkinson

January 13, 2025 at 12:50 p.m.

All four victims were in the same vehicle traveling eastbound on the Southern State Parkway...

Joel, 75, will also play Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut and MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in 2025.

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Billy Joel announces Yankee Stadium concert with Rod Stewart

By Joseph Wilkinson

January 9, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

Joel, 75, will also play Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut and MetLife Stadium in New...

The NYPD issued over 100 summonses in a six-hour period in Manhattan Wednesday morning to drivers trying to stiff the newly implemented congestion toll, police said.

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NYPD issues 113 tickets, seizes 10 cars in six-hour congestion toll crackdown

By Elizabeth Keogh

January 9, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

The NYPD issued over 100 summonses in a six-hour period in Manhattan Wednesday morning to...

The blaze broke out in the apartment on 79th St. near Astoria Blvd. North in Astoria around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday.

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Queens man sets apartment on fire, kills self after threatening girlfriend with gun: NYPD

By Kerry Burke

January 9, 2025 at 7:50 a.m.

The blaze broke out in the apartment on 79th St. near Astoria Blvd. North in...

A dozen 80s-vintage R68 trains - slated to be phased out of the system in the next five years - were put into service on the G line Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 as a mysterious track problem is wearing out the wheels on more modern cars elsewhere in the system. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Daily News)

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Mystery track defect wearing out NYC subway car wheels has MTA shuffling trains

By Evan Simko-Bednarski

January 8, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing...

President Biden declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning to honor former president Jimmy Carter.

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Jimmy Carter national day of mourning: What’s open and closed in NYC

By Joseph Wilkinson

January 8, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

President Biden declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning to honor former president...

Congestion Tolling equipment and signage on the first day of implementation at the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan on Sunday Jan. 5, 2025.

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MTA chief defends NYC congestion pricing as toll rolls into first week

By Evan Simko-Bednarski

January 7, 2025 at 7:01 p.m.

MTA Chairperson Janno Lieber took to the airwaves to defend congestion pricing from what he...

MTA Police Department Chief John Mueller is leaving his role leading the transit agency's police force, according to a LinkedIn post written by the top cop Tuesday.

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MTA’s top transit cop for Metro North, LIRR resigns

By Graham Rayman

January 7, 2025 at 8:28 p.m.

MTA Police Department Chief John Mueller is leaving his role leading the transit agency's police...

Bracing for Trump crackdown on immigrants, NYC agencies get refresher on city’s sanctuary laws

By Chris Sommerfeldt

January 7, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

The briefing comes as Mayor Adams, a conservative Democrat, has stated publicly he's looking at...

The prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office wrote in a court filing late Monday they unearthed evidence of the conduct as part of their "ongoing investigation" into the mayor's ties to Turkey's government.

Federal prosecutors say they’ve uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Adams

By Chris Sommerfeldt

January 7, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.

The prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office wrote in a court filing late Monday...

Lorna Beach-Mathura, the ex-Transit Police employee accusing Mayor Adams of sexual assault, filed for bankruptcy last summer — and days later filed a lawsuit alleging New York City should pay her at least $75,000 for a slip-and-fall she had in Queens, the Daily News has learned.

Mayor Adams’ sex assault accuser has filed for bankruptcy, is suing NYC over alleged slip-and-fall

By Chris Sommerfeldt

January 7, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Lorna Beach-Mathura, the ex-Transit Police employee accusing Mayor Adams of sexual assault, filed for bankruptcy...