Man, 24, falls to death from third-story building as NYC marathon runners pass nearby
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Man, 24, falls to death from third-story building as NYC marathon runners pass nearby

ByNews Polite

A 24-year-old man fell to his death from a third-story building near the path of this year’s New York City Marathon, according to the NYPD. The man, who was not publicly named, fell at around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday as racers were passing through South 6th Street and Bedford Avenue…

Weather, route, celebrities, defending champions set for chilly weather
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Weather, route, celebrities, defending champions set for chilly weather

ByNews Polite

More than 50,000 runners from around the world have converged on the Big Apple and are set to take on NYC’s rough asphalt streets for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Forecasts indicate that competitors will be treated with sunny skies during the race and experience temperatures…

‘Unprecedented’ 8 dead bodies wash up in Jamaica Bay area in past year
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‘Unprecedented’ 8 dead bodies wash up in Jamaica Bay area in past year

ByNews Polite

Jamaica Bay is quietly earning a reputation as the Big Apple’s version of the Bermuda Triangle — with at least eight dead bodies discovered in and around the area over the past year, some under mysterious circumstances.  Investigations into five of the eight “floaters” who washed ashore or turned up…

Mom of NYC teen allegedly assaulted by James Madison HS coach ‘not really surprised’ by new sexual hazing claim
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Mom of NYC teen allegedly assaulted by James Madison HS coach ‘not really surprised’ by new sexual hazing claim

ByNews Polite

The mom of a Brooklyn high-schooler who allegedly had his head slammed into a wall by his football coach says she is not surprised by new claims that another player was sexually assaulted at the school. Deslyn Willock — who filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against James Madison High School…

Hippie Oko Farms volunteers to get evicted from NYC plot before they can harvest crops
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Hippie Oko Farms volunteers to get evicted from NYC plot before they can harvest crops

ByNews Polite

About 600 urban farmers say they are being evicted from their Williamsburg plot so suddenly that they won’t even be able to harvest their last batch of crops. The volunteer gardeners toiling for Oko Farms — which provides fresh produce to low-income Brooklynites — was warned by Two Trees Management in…

Lucali pizza owner finds dying customer a kidney donor match
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Lucali pizza owner finds dying customer a kidney donor match

ByNews Polite

One of Brooklyn’s most famous pizza men cooked up a miracle for a customer in need. When Mark Iacono, owner of wood-fired-pizza institution Lucali in Carroll Gardens, learned his patron and friend Theo Alano, 54, was suffering from end-stage kidney disease, he was devastated. Desperate to help in some way,…

NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of M brownstone
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NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of $4M brownstone

ByNews Polite

Almost two dozen disheveled squatters tormented and terrorized the residents and businesses surrounding a vacant $4 million Brooklyn brownstone they commandeered. The young miscreants stole packages off neighbor’s porches, threatened passersby, damaged private property, got high on the stoop, and set off fireworks in the early morning hours, neighbors told…

Mysterious Trump ‘traffic’ signs pop up along NYC streets
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Mysterious Trump ‘traffic’ signs pop up along NYC streets

ByNews Polite

Now entering Trump country! Mysterious “traffic” signs featuring former President Donald Trump’s silhouetted profile have been popping up around Staten Island, Bay Ridge and other parts of the city, garnering a mix of confusion, praise and disgust. “I don’t know who’s doing this but this is f–king genius,” Staten Island…