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[ad_1] Ira Gershenhorn swims in the Hudson River off of Manhattan once a week. He wants the city's waterways to be clean enough to encourage

[ad_1] Schools Chancellor David Banks, pictured here at a different event, announced the measure at a press conference alongside other officials on Thursday. The announcement

[ad_1] To make up for the funding shortfall that congestion pricing was supposed to bring in, Hochul is floating increasing taxes on city businesses. So

[ad_1] A bil approved by New York lawmakers Thursday would require more transparency around hospitals' closure plans. The legislation's text says it would not apply

[ad_1] City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams appears to have enough votes to override Mayor Eric Adams a second time. The Council passed a measure giving

[ad_1] The Will County Forest Preserve District Board will vote next week on a proposal to issue up to $50 million in bonds to preserve

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[ad_1] The two men found dead next to a burning Highland Park house are brothers who were shot to death, Lake County authorities said. The

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