Legal NY weed sellers want 1,000-foot buffer zone to stay, poll shows
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Legal NY weed sellers want 1,000-foot buffer zone to stay, poll shows

ByNews Polite

An overwhelming number of legal-pot-shop owners and licensees oppose loosening the buffer zone that bars cannabis stores from being located within 1,000 feet of each other, according to an industry poll.  The survey, conducted by the 300-member New York Cannabis Retail Association, found that 94% of respondents objected to changing the…

Killer NYC granny carried out slay-suicide to give son full custody of child: heartbreaking suit
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Killer NYC granny carried out slay-suicide to give son full custody of child: heartbreaking suit

ByNews Polite

The woman who killed the mother of her granddaughter before committing suicide did so as part of a sick elaborate plot to get her Upper East Side son full custody of the 4-year-old, new court papers allege. The dlsturbing Manhattan filing also reveals heartbreaking details about what life has been like…

Ex-cop Shawn Jordan convicted of raping teen gets just 10 weekends in jail
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Ex-cop Shawn Jordan convicted of raping teen gets just 10 weekends in jail

ByNews Polite

A disgraced Rochester cop who raped a 13-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to just 10 weekends in jail for his disturbing crime — a punishment activists decried as “the epitome of injustice.” Shawn Jordan, 40, admitted in March to assaulting the teen in the summer of 2022, marking one of…

Number of protestors against Brooklyn homeless shelter quadruples
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Number of protestors against Brooklyn homeless shelter quadruples

ByNews Polite

The number of furious protesters fighting against the construction of a homeless shelter in south Brooklyn has quadrupled since the arrest of local Council Member Susan Zhuang. Nearly 200 people gathered outside the construction site of the proposed 150-capacity men’s shelter in Bensonhurst chanting their objection to the beat of…

Embattled Columbia president resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report
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Embattled Columbia president resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report

ByNews Polite

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from the elite institution, according to a report. Shafik is stepping away after just one year at the helm, which was marked by constant — and sometimes destructive — anti-Israel protests, the Free Beacon reported. The resignation comes just one week after three university deans…

Homecare ‘middlemen’ sue to stop Gov. Hochul’s proposed Medicaid program overhaul
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Homecare ‘middlemen’ sue to stop Gov. Hochul’s proposed Medicaid program overhaul

ByNews Polite

Gov. Hochul’s plan to overhaul the fraud-ridden $9 billion Medicaid home care program — which allows New Yorkers to get paid to take care of elderly adults — is facing a legal challenge from the “middlemen” companies who work as a payroll agent between Medicaid and the caregivers. The governor…

Girl, 13, stabbed outside subway station in Brooklyn as cops seek trio of teen suspects
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Girl, 13, stabbed outside subway station in Brooklyn as cops seek trio of teen suspects

ByNews Polite

A 13-year-old girl was stabbed and wounded outside a subway station in Brooklyn Sunday night as authorities search for a trio of teen suspects, according to cops. The teen girl was knifed in the abdomen near the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in Prospect Heights around 7:45 p.m. and rushed to Maimonides…

New Web site lets NYers use traffic cams to turn streets into instant photo booths
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New Web site lets NYers use traffic cams to turn streets into instant photo booths

ByNews Polite

Forget your selfie sticks, and let the city Department of Transportation do the work.  New Yorkers can now use DOT traffic cameras to create their own personal photo booths by taking unique snapshots of themselves off the surveillance footage, with Big Apple vistas in the background. New Yorkers can now…