The concession stands that for years offered beers and snacks on the Staten Island Ferry closed and never came back after the pandemic, so I asked the mayor about it and he said he’ll bring them back.
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Mayor Adams says we can buy beers on the Staten Island Ferry again (eventually)
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Jail honchos threaten to intercept and digitize mail sent to incarcerated people in NYC
As New York City’s jail system emerges from its deadliest year in a decade, a controversial proposal to intercept and digitize mail sent to incarcerated people will be reviewed by an internal committee, officials with the Board of Correction announced on Tuesday.
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At NYC school with sharpest drop in math scores, high poverty, crowded classrooms and a recent gun scare
At the Brooklyn school that saw the sharpest drop in math scores in the city since 2019, classrooms are chronically overcrowded, 81% of students have experienced poverty and students recently had to pass through metal detectors before going to class.
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NYPD pursues speedy justice as drag racers, daredevils remain a problem on NYC streets, highways
It’s a cat and mouse game — but the mice drive too fast and recklessly and are not always held accountable, even when cops nab them. With Rocco Parascandola.
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NYC’s Highest-Paid Corrections Captain Transferred Back to Rikers Island After Hell Gate Report
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‘Eager Beaver’: For Highest-Paid NYC Correction Captain, There’s Plenty of Work Outside Rikers
Violence in NYC jails recently hit all-time record highs. Why is the Correction Department’s highest-paid captain moonlighting for the federal government?
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SPEED DEMON: PBA President Pat Lynch is Driven Around Really Fast!
Last week after two police officers bravely ran into a burning building in The Bronx to save an elderly woman, police union head Patrick Lynch rushed to the scene. Perhaps too quickly: the 2021 Chevy Suburban in which Lynch was chauffeured has a staggering 29 school-zone speeding violations since 2016.
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Two-thirds of NYC school buses have speeding, red light camera tickets
Some New York City school bus drivers have a need for speed, racking up a total of thousands of traffic tickets for recklessly operating the big yellow vehicles that carry roughly 150,000 schoolkids every day. With Michael Elsen-Rooney and Clayton Guse.
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Queens heroes honored at ticker tape parade
With thousands of cheering onlookers lining police barricades, Sandra Lindsay, a Queens critical care nurse and the first person in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial setting, was chauffeured up Broadway Wednesday afternoon.
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In fight over trash zone system, Queens residents demand ‘waste equity’
It’s technically a public road, but you wouldn’t know by looking at it. Trucks of every shape and size plow in and out of nearby trash and recycling facilities, throwing up dust and spewing exhaust. Their drivers are surprised to see someone walking here, let alone dozens.
