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A woman collects cans and bottles from trash piled on the sidewalk along Downing Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York on Oct. 14, 2022. With both trash and rat complaints on the rise and concerns that the city is looking filthier than it has in decades, sanitation officials have come up with a potential solution they hope will help clean up the streets. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)

October 17, 2022 at 6:18 am

In battle against trash and rats, NYC officials try a schedule shift

With trash and rat complaints on the rise and concerns that the city is looking filthier than it has in decades, officials have a fix...

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November 30, 2021 at 5:10 pm

Nation’s first supervised drug-injection sites open in New York

In an attempt to curb a surge in overdose deaths caused by increasingly potent street drugs, New York City authorized two supervised injection sites in...

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FILE — A delivery worker bikes through Manhattan, July 13, 2020. The New York City Council is on track to pass a groundbreaking package of legislation on Sept. 23, 2021, that will set minimum pay and improve working conditions for couriers employed by app-based food delivery services like Grubhub, DoorDash and UberEats. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times) XNYT46 XNYT46

September 23, 2021 at 11:00 pm

New York passes sweeping bills to improve conditions for delivery workers

New York's legislation will set minimum pay and working conditions of couriers employed by app-based food delivery services like Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats. It...

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The leader of the state Assembly, Carl Heastie, at a news conference in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2021. To impeach or not to impeach is the question that New York state lawmakers are saddled with two days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would resign. (James Estrin/The New York Times) XNYT82 XNYT82

August 12, 2021 at 4:20 pm

Cuomo is resigning, but some legislators still want to impeach him

After Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would step down following accusations that he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, New York lawmakers are grappling...

August 9, 2021 at 3:44 pm

A Defiant Cuomo Seeks to Buy Time as Lawmakers Prepare for Impeachment

ALBANY, N.Y. — Defiant yet increasingly alone, Gov.

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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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September 12, 2019 at 1:52 pm

New York City is ending ban on gay conversion therapy. Here’s why.

NEW YORK — Nearly two years ago, the New York City Council celebrated when it passed a far-reaching ban on conversion therapy, a discredited practice...