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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that 70% of adults in the city have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-07-22

Myanmar's Ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun addresses the UN in New York, calling for the international community to take the "strongest possible action" to remove the military junta from power.
2021-02-26

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that New York City will end all contracts with the Trump Organization claiming that President Donald Trump's incitement of "an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal activity."
2021-01-13

In Lower Manhattan, New York City, four homeless men are beaten to death and a fifth severely injured while sleeping. A 24-year-old man, also believed homeless, is in custody.
2019-10-5

A man carrying lighters, canisters filled with gasoline and lighter fluid is arrested at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral. A police source states Lamparello is a CUNY student seeking his Ph.D. in philosophy and occasional adjunct lecturer at Lehman College.
2019-04-17

One construction worker dies and at least one more is under the rubble from the collapse of a building being demolished to make way for a Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide luxury boutique hotel in New York City.
2015-10-30

The flag of the State of Palestine is raised above the grounds of the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the first time.
2015-09-30

The New York Police Department (NYPD) states that preliminary tests indicate ricin was present in letters that were sent to the office of New York City Mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg, and to the office of the Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
2013-05-29

No violent crime is reported in New York City for an entire day, 26 November, the first time in recent memory.
2012-11-28

A storm in New York City kills one person and leaves 25,000 people without power. This includes a Tornado which touched down in Flushing and a Macroburst.
2010-09-16