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Steven Lopez listens during a court hearing, Monday, July 25, 2022, in New York. Lopez, a co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned Monday. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
Co-Defendant in Central Park Jogger Case is Exonerated
  • 26 July 2022
Steven Lopez was exonerated in response to requests by both Lopez’s attorney and prosecutors at...
  • AP News
Co-Defendant in Central Park Jogger Case is Exonerated
FILE — Transit workers dismantle the charred inner wall of a token booth at the Kingston Avenue and Fulton Street subway station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Nov. 26, 1995, after attackers sprayed a flammable liquid into the token booth and lit it on fire, according to police. Prosecutors are disavowing the convictions of three men who spent decades in prison for one of the most horrifying crimes of New York's violent 1990s — the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth. (AP Photo/Rosario Esposito, File)
3 Men Cleared in 1995 Killing of NYC Subway Token Clerk
  • 15 July 2022
After decades in prison, three men were cleared in one of the most horrifying crimes...
  • AP News
3 Men Cleared in 1995 Killing of NYC Subway Token Clerk
These nine resources are just a sampling of the vast amount of online research materials that can be utilized to explore the history of New York City.
9 Excellent Resources for New York History Research
  • 10 June 2022
There's much more to historical research than old, dusty books.
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9 Excellent Resources for New York History Research
FILE - A passenger looks out onto the platform while riding a northbound subway train in 36th Street subway station, April 13, 2022, the site of a shooting attack a day earlier. New York Mayor Eric Adams has floated a high-tech idea of deploying scanners that can spot someone carrying a gun into the transit system before they have a chance to use it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
After Mass Shooting, NYC Explores Gun Detectors in Subways
  • 1 June 2022
The technology to scan large numbers of people quickly for weapons does exist, and is...
  • AP News
After Mass Shooting, NYC Explores Gun Detectors in Subways
New headlines and tweets and videos claimed that the last and final New York City pay phone or payphone was removed from the city on May 23 2022 but this was false.
Was the Last NYC Pay Phone Really Removed?
  • 24 May 2022
Here are the facts behind the endlessly shared viral rumor that claimed New York City...
  • Fact Check
Was the Last NYC Pay Phone Really Removed?
Elizabeth Stone, a restaurant server, poses for a photo at the office of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a restaurant workers' advocacy group, in New York, Monday, April 11, 2022. Stone has scoured job ads that are mum about pay, leaving her wondering whether to try to move on from an employer she likes but wishes paid more, and feeling like she has no leverage to push for a raise. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)
In NYC, Ads for Jobs Will Have to Say What They Pay
  • 28 April 2022
Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into...
  • AP News
In NYC, Ads for Jobs Will Have to Say What They Pay
Law enforcement officials lead subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, 62, center right, away from a police station and into a vehicle, in New York, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. James, accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train, was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Brooklyn Subway Attack Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
  • 14 April 2022
The man accused of opening fire on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn was ordered...
  • AP News
Brooklyn Subway Attack Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
These images taken from surveillance video and provided by the New York Police Department show a man suspected of shooting two homeless people on Saturday, March 12, 2022 in New York. A search is underway for the gunman who has been stalking and shooting homeless men sleeping on the streets of Washington, D.C., and New York City. Authorities say the gunman killed two people and wounded three more in less than two weeks. (New York Police Department via AP)
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Stalking, Killing Homeless
  • 15 March 2022
Police said they arrested a suspected gunman who has been stalking homeless men asleep on...
  • AP News
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Stalking, Killing Homeless
FILE - New York City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez speaks during a rally on the steps of City Hall ahead of a City Council vote to allow lawful permanent residents to cast votes in elections to pick the mayor, City Council members and other municipal officeholders, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. More than 800,000 noncitizens and so-called Dreamers in New York City will have access to the ballot box, and could vote in municipal elections as early as 2023, after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation approved by the City Council a month earlier to automatically become law on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Watershed Moment in NYC: New Law Allows Noncitizens to Vote
  • 10 January 2022
More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the...
  • AP News
Watershed Moment in NYC: New Law Allows Noncitizens to Vote
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Bronx Apartment Fire Kills 19, Including 9 Children
  • 10 January 2022
Trapped residents broke windows for air and stuffed wet towels under doors as smoke rose...
  • AP News
Bronx Apartment Fire Kills 19, Including 9 Children
Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa talks to reporters with a rescue cat named Gizmo after voting in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Cat Got Your Vote? NYC Candidate Brings Pet to Polling Place
  • 3 November 2021
New York City's Republican mayoral candidate, Curtis Sliwa, tried to bring a furry friend to...
  • AP News
Cat Got Your Vote? NYC Candidate Brings Pet to Polling Place
New York City Mayor Elect Eric Adams speaks to supporters Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Adams Wins NYC Mayor; Wu Makes History Winning Boston Mayor
  • 3 November 2021
Former police captain Eric Adams easily won the race for New York mayor Tuesday, and...
  • AP News
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