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NYC braces for two days of rain and wind as coastal flooding threat grows (opens the original)
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A powerful nor’easter brought strong winds and bands of heavy rain to the New York region Saturday morning, and the National Weather Service is predicting coastal flooding could be worse than first expected. Wind gusts across the area were mostly around 45 to 55 mph, with one gust at Republic Airport on Long Island topping out at 61 mph, according to Bill Goodman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. That’s in line with forecasts heading into the weekend. Goodman said winds would l
Oversight board finds pattern of lax supervision in 4 Rikers deaths (opens the original)
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An investigation into the deaths of four people held at the Rikers Island jails this spring found a pattern of lax supervision by correction officers, including some who skipped required rounds, left their posts for long stretches or kept inaccurate logbooks. The report released by the city’s jail oversight board on Friday paints a familiar picture of a department in crisis, where even simple safeguards, like an officer walking the units and checking in on detainees, are ignored. The board has n
Belmont Park is back, but leave the booze and cooler at home (opens the original)
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Belmont Park, the horse track on Long Island, officially reopened Friday, more than three years after its last race. The park — renovated with a $455 million loan from the state — now sports a five-story, glass-walled grandstand, a bigger paddock that allows fans to get closer to the horses, a new synthetic track for winter racing and about five times more green space than before. Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a ribbon-cutting Friday morning that the park is expected to generate more than $155 milli
NYC jail reform seemed on track. Then the monitor accused officials of dodging oversight. (opens the original)
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For the first time in years, New York City's jails looked like they might be on the verge of real change. A federal judge appointed a remediation manager with broad authority over the Department of Correction in late January. A reform-minded correction commissioner took office weeks later. Mayor Zohran Mamdani made clear that closing Rikers Island was, once again, a top priority at City Hall. And the federal monitor who has tracked the jails for more than a decade noted “a positive shift” in the
2 men shot and killed at Brownsville, Brooklyn playground (opens the original)
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Two men were shot and killed at a Brownsville playground Friday night, according to the NYPD. Police responded to a report of gunshots at Howard Playground, located near the corner of Mother Gaston Boulevard and Glenmore Avenue in Brooklyn, just before 10:30 p.m., officials said. When officers arrived, they found a 33-year-old man who had been shot in the neck and a 35-year-old man who had been shot in the chest and ankle, police said. Emergency responders took the 33-year-old to Interfaith Medi
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