New York, NY—Numerous elected officials, candidates running for elected office, community leaders and members of organized labor joined with Democratic-nominee for the City Council seat in District 5, Julie Menin, at Carl Schurz Park on Sunday to officially kick off her general election campaign for the general election seven weeks from today.

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New York, NY—A young man riding an electric unicycle is lucky to be alive— taken to the hospital after being struck by a yellow taxi this afternoon on the Upper East Side that just kept going, in what police are investigating as a hit-and-run.

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New York, NY—A beloved Upper East Side doorman is being hailed as a hero tonight for averting a potential tragedy when a laundromat on East 78th Street near York Avenue went up in flames just before 5:00 Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors who live above the ground floor laundromat credit Musa Saiti with saving their lives.

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New York, NY–A frightening scene on Third Avenue just after 9:00 Sunday night, when a two car accident ended with one of the vehicles driverless, jumping the curb and slamming into the front of Equinox gym on East 92nd street between Third and Second Avenues– the accident sending three people to the hospital.

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New York, NY—During the height of Wednesday night’s monster storm, a passenger abandoned their waterlogged and floating rideshare on the FDR drive near East 79th Street on the Upper East Side, which looked like an overflowing swimming pool with waves spilling and splashing over the concrete barriers separating the highway from the East River Esplanade. 

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New York, NY—‘Disgusting.’ That simple, powerful word from the young Jewish professional who spotted a group of men spreading antisemitic propaganda featuring Nazi imagery on Fifth Avenue, reflects the sentiment most New Yorkers have after seeing the men’s table set up on the sidewalk, a poster hanging from it bearing three large swastikas.

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New York, NY—Three cyclists were hurt Sunday morning in a crash on the Upper East Side during the annual Five Boro Bike Tour, according to event organizers. 

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