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New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks during a news conference announcing a proposed ordinance to provide low income residents with access to free legal representation in landlord-tenant disputes, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, backs marijuana legalization following governor’s lead

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Atlanta Hawks guard Kent Bazemore (24) drives to the basket past New York Knicks center Enes Kanter during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in New York. The Hawks won 114-107. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Balanced Hawks rally for 114-107 victory over Knicks

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN - Associated Press

NY mayor supports legalizing marijuana, if it’s done right

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NYC man sentenced for scamming $2.6M from Lowe’s stores

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900 detained immigrant kids are in 1 NY nonprofit’s care

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Illustration on homelessness by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Spending money on the homeless is not a way to cope with the problem

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Man shoots bald eagle over dead deer used as coyote bait

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New York Mets catcher Wilson Ramos poses for a picture after an introductory news conference at Citi Field, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Ramos had grip on Mets from first handshake

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. Google is spending more than $1 billion to expand operations in New York City. Ruth Porat, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Google and Alphabet, said in a blog post Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, that Google is creating a more than 1.7 million square-foot campus that includes lease agreements along the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Silicon Valley East: Google plans $1B expansion in New York

By Mae Anderson - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the Rose Garden of the White House after speaking and taking questions from the media after his meeting with Congressional leaders on border security, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Where the investigations related to President Trump stand

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Rudy Giuliani is categorically ruling out the possibility of a presidential interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. Giuliani told “Fox News Sunday” that an interview would happen “over my dead body.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump lawyer Giuliani rules out Mueller interview with Trump

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Donald Trump investigations undermine presidency

By Calvin Woodward and Julie Pace - Associated Press

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, during campaign event for Eddie Edwards, who is running for the U.S. Congress in New Hampshire, in Portsmouth, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rudy Giuliani says Mueller will interview Trump ‘over my dead body’ on ‘Fox News Sunday’

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies' Wilson Ramos, left, runs after hitting a two-run double off Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Drew Pomeranz during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 7-4. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

Wilson Ramos reportedly signs 2-year deal with Mets

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits onstage as the third speaker of the David Berg Distinguished Speakers Series, during an event organized by the Museum of the City of New York with WNET-TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in New York. NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg led a question-and-answer session about Ginsburg's quarter century on the Supreme Court, and about her life. (AP Photo/Rebecca Gibian) ** FILE **

Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks ‘On the Basis of Sex’ sex scene in sold-out NYC event

By Rebecca Gibian - Associated Press

In this Dec. 12, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. A real estate investment firm founded by Jared Kushner is betting big on the Trump administration’s Opportunity Zone tax breaks. But it’s not that interested in steering its investors to the poorest, most-downtrodden areas that the program seeks to revitalize. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Investors seeking tax breaks skip poverty-stricken areas

By JEFF HORWITZ and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Family: Man left woman to die on freeway during first date

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President Donald Trump speaks to media he visits Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, during Wreaths Across America Day. Wreaths Across America was started in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester and has expanded to hundreds of veterans' cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Scope of investigations into Trump has shaped his presidency

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Police say video of toddler yanked from mom not whole story

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo trader Timothy Nick works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Friday, Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stocks plunge to 8-month lows on growth fears

By Marley Jay - Associated Press