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Manhattan DA says he’ll stop prosecuting pot possession

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

This photo provided by New York Fire Department shows FDNY Firefighter Michael R. Davidson of Engine Company 69. Davidson was killed after a massive fire broke out at a building in the Harlem section of New York, Thursday, March 22, 2108, where a movie directed by Edward Norton was being shot. Davidson, a 15-year department veteran is survived by a wife and four children. (New York Fire Department via AP)

NYC firefighter dies battling blaze on Harlem movie set

By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

The Latest: 9/11 group to donate $100K to firefighter family

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Cuomo calls NYC public housing “intolerable… disgusting”

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FILE - In this June 1, 2015 file photo, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho speaks with reporters in Miami. Carvalho, who had accepted the job of chancellor of New York City's, said on Thursday, March 1, 2018, that he'd changed his mind - the day after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had announced that Carvalho would lead 1.1 million-pupil school system. Carvalho told a packed school board meeting in Miami on Thursday that he was breaking his agreement with New York City to honor &quot;an agreement and a pact I have with the children of Miami.&quot; (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Miami superintendent backs out of deal to lead NYC schools

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Bad Money Management by de Blasio Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

A New York political stunt gone wrong

By Jay Timmons

Agreement reached to close notorious Rikers Island jail

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

New York City mayor in hot seat at Albany hearing

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2014, file photo, oil pumps and natural gas burn off in Watford City, N.D. The Interior Department is delaying an Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands. A rule being published Dec. 8, delays the methane regulation until January 2019, calling the previous rule overly burdensome to industry. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

EDITORIAL: Big talk at City Hall isn’t likely to replace oil, natural gas and coal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE- In this Jan. 29, 2018 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the &quot;People's State of the Union&quot; event at The Town Hall in New York. De Blasio put his legal troubles behind him a year ago when federal prosecutors said he wouldn't face criminal charges over his campaign fundraising tactics. Recently, new revelations that two businessmen pleaded guilty to making donations that amounted to bribes has led to a renewed round of criticism of the Democrat. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

When is a bribe not a bribe? NYC mayor says he did no wrong

By DAVID B. CARUSO - Associated Press

Bill de Blasio favors Patriots, compliments Tom Brady’s hair

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Jasper Hurst, 79, right, show keys he received from Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, after he signed a lease inside his new affordable apartment, Tuesday Jan. 16, 2018, at the Cypress Hills Senior Residences in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NYC sets affordable homes record: 24,500 financed in 2017

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a plaque dedication ceremony at the Central Park police precinct in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EDITORIAL: Bill de Blasio pulls billions from the city’s pension accounts to speculate in politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2017 file photo, the Christopher Columbus statue at Manhattan's Columbus Circle, center, is shown from a view inside the Time Warner Center, in New York. A commission created to figure out what to do with controversial statues and monuments on New York City property has recommended that most be kept where they are with historical markers added to give additional context. The commission was criticized for the idea that statues like those of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle could be removed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

NYC to keep controversial statues but add historical markers

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"It's time for them to start paying for the damage they have done," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference at the Manhattan Youth Center. "It's time for big oil to take responsibility for the devastation they have wrought." (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Bill de Blasio divests New York pensions, sues oil companies for climate change

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

NYC mayor expects schools to reopen on Friday

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1st of 9 Rikers Island jails set to close amid overhaul

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, swears in New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for a second term as mayor at City Hall in New York, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. With De Blasio, second from left, are his daughter Chiara, son Dante, and wife, Chirlane McCray. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Bernie Sanders, stylish socialist: $700 Burton jacket sported to de Blasio ceremony

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

NYC to install hundreds of barriers to protect pedestrians

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Crime in New York Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

New York City crime statistics show a safe city, but many New Yorkers don’t feel safe

By Paul Davis