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…

Dismal driving record could ‘doom’ NYC Comptroller Lander’s likely mayoral bid
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Dismal driving record could ‘doom’ NYC Comptroller Lander’s likely mayoral bid

ByNews Polite

Brad Lander wants to be mayor of New York City, but he’s still a blatant traffic scofflaw — despite pledging during his successful run for comptroller to improve his dismal driving record. The Democratic socialist — who multiple sources expect to soon announce he’s challenging Mayor Adams in next year’s…

12 dead as raging floods destroy highway bridge — sending cars into river
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12 dead as raging floods destroy highway bridge — sending cars into river

ByNews Polite

Raging floods tore down part of a highway bridge in Taiwan on Friday, killing 12 people with at least 30 others still believed to be missing, according to authorities. A 130-foot section of the bridge in Yanping Village collapsed around 8:40 p.m. Friday, sending vehicles plunging into the Jinqian River…

Stricken partner of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo recalls how tragic day unfolded
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Stricken partner of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo recalls how tragic day unfolded

ByNews Polite

The stricken former partner of slain EMT Yadira Arroyo described in Bronx court Tuesday how a routine day suddenly turned tragic when a deranged man hijacked their ambulance. Monique Williams recalled to jurors in painful detail how she and Arroyo, a beloved 44-year-old mom of five, were driving to a…