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In New York, a nonprofit helps Ukrainian refugees make a home

6:00am April 16, 2023

by Jon Kalish

One of the more daunting tasks facing Ukrainian refugees who come to New York is finding a place to live. A Manhattan real estate executive has been helping to find them apartments at reduced rents.

Actor Jonathan Major at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Mar. 12.

Jonathan Majors has been arraigned on charges of harassment and assault

1:53pm March 28, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

An attorney representing the actor says that he is "completely innocent" of charges that he assaulted and strangled a woman in New York City and that the woman has already recanted her allegations.

New York no longer has a face mask mandate — and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to get customers to lower their mask before entering, to help prevent crime. It's a reversal of previous guidance for shops: Here, a face mask sign is seen on a cafe's door in December of 2021, when the state mandated the wearing of masks.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks

2:51pm March 07, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops: Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask," the mayor said. A flurry of questions ensued.

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An owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo is still loose — and hunting on his own

5:01am February 16, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The owl escaped after its enclosure was vandalized nearly two weeks ago. Zoo officials were worried he wouldn't be able to hunt and eat because he's used to captivity, but that's no longer a concern.

A king pigeon that was dyed completely pink was named Flamingo after the domestic bird was rescued. But despite efforts to rehabilitate the animal, Flamingo has died.

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A pigeon named Flamingo is dead after someone dyed it pink

10:16am February 08, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"We don't know why this bird was dyed pink, although many of our followers have speculated that it was for a gender reveal party," a Wild Bird Fund official told NPR.

A man walks out of a vaccination bus at a mobile vaccine clinic in Midtown Manhattan, Dec. 6, 2021. New York City is ending its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to get the shots, will end on Friday, Adams said in a news release.

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New York City is lifting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal employees

2:29am February 08, 2023

by Ayana Archie

New York City began mandating COVID-19 vaccines for municipal employees in July 2021. The mayor said more than 96% of city employees are vaccinated.

A group pauses in 2017, with some in prayer, at a makeshift memorial on a New York City bike path that that honors victims of an attack who were stuck and killed by a rental truck driven by Sayfullo Saipov. The Islamic extremist was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday and could face the death penalty.

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A man who killed 8 bicyclists in Manhattan is convicted and may face the death penalty

2:11pm January 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty of running down riders with a rental truck on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. Prosecutors said the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State.

Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on Monday in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City.

New York City nurses end strike after reaching a tentative agreement

10:04am January 12, 2023

by Emily Olson

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city's biggest hospitals with the promise of "concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios," their union said.

Nurses hold signs outside Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, the first day of their strike.

NYC nurses are on strike, but the problems they face are seen nationwide

11:28am January 11, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Thousands of nurses at two New York hospitals are on strike for a third day. Their staffing shortages and other problems predate the pandemic, says the president of the American Nurses Association.

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The big reveal: New laws require companies to disclose pay ranges on job postings.

7:00am November 05, 2022

by Stacey Vanek Smith

On Nov. 1, New York joined a handful of places across the country that require companies to disclose salary ranges when they post jobs. But transparency isn't easy.