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…

Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’
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Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’

ByNews Polite

The heartbroken mother of a teenage girl who died after tumbling off the top of a subway car last weekend said she’s so distraught she doesn’t want to live — and begged other kids not to participate in the dangerous social media stunt. “Stop [subway] surfing — it’s not a…

‘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…

NYPD commish makes first visit to ‘Market of Sweethearts’
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NYPD commish makes first visit to ‘Market of Sweethearts’

ByNews Polite

The Big Apple’s top cop took his first tour of Queens’ sleazy migrant “Market of Sweethearts” over the weekend, vowing to crack down as sex workers and illegal vendors openly peddled their wares around him. “We’ve always taken it serious, but we’re gonna kick up to another level,” Interim NYPD…

74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops
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74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops

ByNews Polite

A 74-year-old woman was punched in the face by a violent brute on a Queens subway train in an unprovoked attack Wednesday afternoon, police said. The elderly straphanger was assaulted on a southbound A train as it approached the 104th and Liberty Avenue station in Ozone Park around 4:20 p.m.,…

19-year-old woman Giselle Flores killed in NYC moped crash sought to live in the moment: twin sister
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19-year-old woman Giselle Flores killed in NYC moped crash sought to live in the moment: twin sister

ByNews Polite

The 19-year-old woman who was one of the two teens killed when their moped tragically crashed on the Cross Island Expressway lived in the moment in a race against time, the victim’s grieving twin sister said Sunday. Fatal victim Giselle Flores was supposed to just get a ride home early…

Callous stranger shoves 76-year-old woman in unprovoked, broad-daylight NYC attack: cops
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Callous stranger shoves 76-year-old woman in unprovoked, broad-daylight NYC attack: cops

ByNews Polite

A callous stranger randomly shoved a 76-year-old woman to the ground in a broad-daylight attack as she walked in Queens earlier this month, cops said.  The brute approached the victim as she crossed at the intersection of 63rd Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside just after 2 p.m. Aug. 6,…

Parents, educators beg NYC to allow shorter days for tots starting 3-K, pre-K: ‘Cruel and abusive’
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Parents, educators beg NYC to allow shorter days for tots starting 3-K, pre-K: ‘Cruel and abusive’

ByNews Polite

A rule that bans shortened days and staggered schedules for tots starting 3-K and pre-K and forces them to be in school six hours a day is “cruel and abusive,” according to some parents and educators. Notices from the city Department of Education this month informed administrators that little ones…