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City announces ticker tape parade for U.S. women’s soccer champs
The city will treat the champs with a hero’s welcome Friday.
Nearly 95% of city’s restaurants earned A grades
As the city celebrates a decade of letter grades, it also revealed that eateries are becoming more sanitary.
City groups wary about rent stabilization deal
The deal to extend rent stabilization laws didn’t please the New York groups fighting to preserve their future.
Stonewall Inn becomes city’s first LGBT landmarked venue
The iconic Greenwich Village bar is now a permanent staple in New York City history.
NYC loan applications denied more often to blacks, Latinos: Report
A Street Easy study painted a more clear picture on the city’s homebuyers.
NYers, clergy, electeds gather to remember S. Carolina victims
In the aftermath of the South Carolina shooting, the city’s faithful mustered their support and prayer to help their community heal.
De Blasio, Bloomberg at Cornell’s Roosevelt Island tech campus groundbreaking
Leaders and community activists celebrate the start of the project that will transform Roosevelt Island.
Citi Bike redesign to debut later this month
An all-new, all different look is coming to the city’s bike share rides.
Middle-income New Yorkers struggling with heavy rent burden: Report
The affordable housing crunch is hitting more affluent New Yorkers.
Councilman pushes bills to boost NY’s organ donor population
New York ranks last in states with the most number of organ donors.
NYC comes in fifth in ParkScore national ranking
Although the city took a dip with the status of its parks, it still sets a high bar for the rest of the nation, according to experts.
New Yorkers rally to push for rent stabilization law improvements
The fight over the future of the city’s rent stabilization laws hit the streets.
Mary Wittenberg steps down as head of New York Road Runners
After nearly a decade leading the New York Road Runners, Mary Wittenberg is moving on to a more global sports role.
Lower Manhattan booms with business and tourism
Anchored by the opening of the World Trade Center, downtown Manhattan is a new hotspot for tourism, commercial and residential.
NYC styrofoam ban targeted by restaurant group
The city’s restaurants want to stop Mayor de Blasio’s plan to ban lightweight plastics.
More than 100 arrested as NY rally in solidarity with Baltimore
The rallies made in solidarity with Freddie Gray supporters got aggressive.
NYC’s LGBT activists weigh in SCOTUS hearings
The city’s LGBT community hopes it can set an example for the courts.
De Blasio to propose drastic waste reduction plan for NYC: report
The mayor set out his plans to make the city greener as environmental groups push for him act on his proposals.
Fast Food workers rally for $15/hour minimum wage
Thousands of New Yorkers hit the streets demanding that companies pledge to adopt more modern salaries to their workers.