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FILE — Eric Adams, then the Brooklyn borough president, demonstrates a new technique for trapping and drowning rats during a news conference in Brooklyn, Sept. 5, 2019. New York City is seeking a new director of rodent mitigation to tackle a task that many mayoral administrations have futilely taken on before. (John Taggart/The New York Times)

December 2, 2022 at 5:55 am

Wanted: NYC rat overlord with ‘killer instinct.’ Will pay $170K

New York City's job posting for the newly created position of “director of rodent mitigation" was unusually irreverent — but they're serious about this.

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February 18, 2022 at 5:23 pm

New York City plans to stop homeless people from sheltering on subways

The plan is aimed at ending the decades-old practice of people using the subway system for shelter,

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July 7, 2021 at 4:12 pm

As Garcia and Wiley concede in mayoral primary, Adams looks to the future

NEW YORK — The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was billed as a race that would define the city’s future, shaping its...

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January 18, 2021 at 4:55 pm

Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours

Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York Assembly speaker, and rapper Lil Wayne, who pleaded guilty last...

Nurse Andre McFarlane prepares a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination facility in the Bathgate Post Office on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in the Bronx, New York. The facility, which had been used as a COVID-19 testing site, is part of the city’s transition to widespread vaccinations. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen). NYKH103 NYKH103

January 10, 2021 at 9:16 pm

After Vaccines Are Thrown in Trash, New York Loosens Rules

NEW YORK — Across New York state, medical providers in recent weeks had the same story: They had been forced to throw out precious vaccine...

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October 4, 2020 at 7:48 pm

New York City moves to close neighborhoods as coronavirus cases rise

NEW YORK — For many weeks, public health officials had expressed concern that a second wave of the coronavirus would hit New York City, which...

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September 29, 2020 at 10:13 am

New York City deluged with reports of erroneous absentee ballots

NEW YORK — Five weeks before Election Day, New York City has been inundated with widespread reports of invalid absentee ballots being sent to voters,...

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May 27, 2020 at 9:23 am

Byford, ex-subway chief in New York, will be London Transport commissioner

New York City’s former subway chief, Andy Byford, won’t be returning to New York after all. Instead he is going back to the European city...

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