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Los Angeles Clippers guard Landry Shamet, left, shoots a three-point basket as New York Knicks guard Emmanuel Mudiay defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Clippers send Knicks to 50th loss with 128-107 victory

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 photo, Dawn Casale, founder of One Girl Cookies, poses for photos in her shop in the Dumbo neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants New York to become the first place in the 50 states to make private businesses provide time off with pay. Employees at Casale's bakery get paid time off after five years, or if they're managers; others can arrange unpaid vacation, she said. &quot;I would love to be able to provide vacation time to my employees ... but the reality of it is not whether or not we want to give it — it's whether we can give it,&quot; said Casale. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

A right to vacation? NYC idea prompts debate over days off

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - This combination photo shows Hollywood and Broadway producer Scott Rudin at The National Board of Review Motion Pictures awards gala in New York on Jan. 11, 2011, left, and the cover of Harper Lee's &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird.&quot; Rudin is offering a compromise to community and nonprofit theaters that were forced to abandon productions of the play under legal threat. In a statement provided Saturday, March 2, 2019 to The Associated Press, Rudin said the theaters are being offered the right to perform writer Aaron Sorkin’s version of the play now on stage in New York. Rudin hopes this makes up for the “hurt” suffered by theater companies that were told to cancel what he called improperly licensed productions.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ compromise offered to small theaters

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares (91) celebrates after scoring a goal in the first period of NHL hockey game action against the Buffalo Sabres in Toronto, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Tavares has goal, 2 assists as Maple Leafs beat Sabres 5-2

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Events planned to celebrate New York’s maple season

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Medical examiner: Heart problem caused Google worker’s death

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New York legislation could allow sports betting at stadiums

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

This photo shows a portion of an open letter published in the Friday, March 1, 2019 edition of The New York Times, signed by a group of business leaders, elected officials and others, urging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to reconsider the decision to abandon building a headquarters in New York City. The deal would have had Seattle-based Amazon redevelop a site in the Long Island City section of the Queens borough of New York, for one of two new headquarters. The company expected to base 25,000 jobs there. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Governor: No reason to think Amazon might reconsider plan

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his testimony in his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ronald DeRisi pleads guilty to death threats during Kavanaugh confirmation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2019 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks about his upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump during a news conference in the Red Room at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Cuomo says Amazon's backing out of a deal to put one of its second headquarters in New York City is the &quot;greatest tragedy&quot; he has seen since he's been in government. Cuomo said Friday, Feb. 22 on public radio station WAMC that losing the Amazon deal makes him sick to his stomach. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

New York poised to join 41 states in criminalizing revenge porn

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, reads an opening statement as he testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cohen says he's cooperating with federal prosecutors in New York and hopes to receive a so-called Rule 35 motion from prosecutors that would reduce the time he is to spend in prison. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cohen signals closer cooperation in bid to stem prison term

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Cleveland Cavaliers' Collin Sexton (2) looks to pass the ball away from New York Knicks' Mitchell Robinson during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in New York. The Cavaliers won 125-118. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Cavs come from 14 down in fourth to beat Knicks 125-118

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN - Associated Press

New York Islanders fans express their sentiments toward Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares, who left for Toronto in the offseason after saying he would stay with the Islanders, during the first period of an NHL hockey game between the teams Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Cizikas helps Islanders beat Leafs 6-1 in Tavares’ return

By VIN A. CHERWOO - Associated Press

Houston Rockets' James Harden (13) goes up for a shot as Miami Heat's Josh Richardson defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Houston. The Rockets won 121-118. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

James Harden scores 58 points, Rockets beat Heat 121-118

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Group urges Amazon CEO Bezos to continue with NYC HQ plan

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Donald Trump under investigation by SDNY: Cohen testimony

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Emergency personnel look over the site of a fatal train collision in Westbury, N.Y., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury, killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed and tore into a concrete platform Tuesday night, according to officials. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Witness says car in train crash was fleeing

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Michael Cohen, left, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pauses before speaking to the media as he departs after testifying before a closed door hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s prepared remarks to Congress

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Editorials from around New York

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, photo, a police vehicle responds in New York. That long, droning police and ambulance siren that has become part of the soundtrack of New York City for generations could be changing. A pair of city lawmakers has proposed switching to the high-low, European-style wail heard on the streets of London and Paris. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

WAAhh or WEE-oww? NYC considers less annoying sirens

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press