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Report: Lawmakers Mulling “Traffic Pricing”

NY1 01/25/2011
Report: Lawmakers Mulling “Traffic Pricing”

According to the Daily News, lawmakers are considering a plan to charge drivers $10 to enter Lower Manhattan on weekdays.

NYPD slaps a summons on chess-playing mentors in Inwood Hill Park

Matthew Bultman AND James Fanelli New York Daily News 11/17/2010

Rats Overrun Manhattan Park

LUKE FUNK My FOX NY 07/28/2010
NYPD slaps a summons on chess-playing mentors in Inwood Hill Park

Parents at a Manhattan park are outraged that the NYPD slapped summones on a group of chess players who have mentored their children.

Rats Overrun Manhattan Park

A New York City blogger recorded footage of rats overrunning a Manhattan park to the point where he jokingly renamed it Rat Zoo.

Landmarks Hearing for "Ground Zero Mosque" Building Turns Raucous

Emotions ran high Tuesday afternoon at Hunter College, where people were boiling mad at the possibility of a mosque and Islamic cultural center being built near Ground Zero.

NYPD Pulls Plug On Seaport Concert; Crowd Turns Rowdy

A Manhattan crowd became rowdy Tuesday night after a free concert was cancelled.

Police cameras to flood Manhattan to prevent attacks

NEW YORK — New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.

New York Port Authority Ditches "Freedom Tower" Name

After signing its first corporate tenant Thursday, officials behind the the 1,776-foot skyscraper under construction at the World Trade Center said it will no longer be billed as the Freedom Tower. NY1's Rebecca Spitz filed the following report.

Reward Being Offered In Tree Attacks

Amanda Farinacci NY1.com 03/16/2009
Exit Stage Left: Actor Saves Man in New York City Subway

An off-Broadway actor is credited with rescuing a man who fell onto the subway tracks as a train approached.

Reward Being Offered In Tree Attacks

A reward is being offered by the city's parks department after nearly 20 trees were recently discovered chopped down inside Manhattan's Inwood Hill Park. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report.