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Indexed articles, last 90 days
13
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Sep 11, 2026
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Top 500K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Joe Hong

    5 Bronx buildings had no recent record of monthly testing before Legionnaires’ outbreak (opens the original)

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    Gothamist has identified five buildings that did not submit proof of bacterial testing to the city’s health department in the weeks leading up to the latest Legionnaires’ outbreak, this time in the South Bronx. As of June 17, health officials had inspected 82% of the cooling towers in the affected area in the past year, according to the most recently available data The outbreak is the second this summer and has so far killed one person. An outbreak on the Upper East Side that started in July has

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Joe Hong

    NYC traffic is going to be a mess this weekend. Here’s how to get around. (opens the original)

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    The weather in New York City will be beautiful this weekend. The traffic? It’s going to be ugly. Traffic from people leaving town and going to the beach is likely to converge with parade road closures in Brooklyn and U.S. Open traffic in Queens, according to transit officials. Manhattan traffic will likely worsen on Tuesday with the start of the UN General Assembly. In an effort to relieve some Labor Day traffic across the state, Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the suspension of some c

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Joe Hong

    NYC councilmembers plot next steps on Legionnaires', hear from a widow (opens the original)

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    Ida Goldstein, whose husband Robert died of Legionnaires’ disease during this summer's outbreak on the Upper East Side, told a City Council hearing on Wednesday about how his condition deteriorated over weeks, spiraling from a 104-degree fever to kidney failure and then life support. “My heart was breaking watching him suffer,” Goldstein said of her husband, who died in July at 88. “I’m heartbroken.” Goldstein testified before the City Council's health committee in the aftermath of this summer's

  4. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Joe Hong

    NYPD arrests Bronx man in connection with 2 fatal NYC shootings (opens the original)

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    NYPD officers arrested Jesus Acosta, 31, in connection with two shootings that killed two men and injured a third earlier this week. Police announced Acosta, of the Bronx, had been apprehended on Saturday morning. The NYPD said he was linked to an Aug. 23 shooting at a restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn and another at a bodega in the South Bronx on Aug. 25. The late night Brownsville shooting, which occurred at American Best Pizza and Wings on Rockaway Avenue claimed the life of employee MD You

  5. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Joe Hong

    Lawsuit claims Rikers staff shackled pregnant woman, violating state and federal law (opens the original)

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    A new lawsuit alleges Department of Correction employees used full-body shackles on a woman while she was pregnant and detained on Rikers Island. Luz Burke, who was detained at the jail complex between August 2023 and March 2024, alleges that Rikers staff violated state and federal law through their use of restraints on a pregnant person. The suit, filed Thursday, also claims that the Department of Correction failed to provide Burke necessary care and treatment during her detention. A spokespers

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