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  New York City Mayor Eric Adams Accepted 'Courtesies', Not Bribes: Defense

  Adams pleaded not guilty last week to charges including bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national.

• Prosecutors Investigate New York Rikers Prison Violence Cases; Correction Officers Suspects for Various Assaults

  New York's Rikers Island prison complex may be undergoing rough patches in the past few years as appeals and cases surround the correctional facility. To make matters worse, those that are assigned to somewhat prevent the violence may actually be the source of it.

• Ex NYPD Cop Avoided Prison For Fatally Shooting A Black Man To Death

  Former New York police officer will just face five years of probationary and 800 hours of community service instead of going to jail for shooting an unarmed black man.

• New York City approves bill on restricting costume characters and topless women at Times Square

  A legislation was made for costume characters and desnudas of Times Square. It was passed in the City Council on Thursday.

• Comptroller: New York City perceives increase in injury claims from jails

  Watchdog report said that New York City has already paid over $13 million in fiscal year 2015. This move is an effort to settle a rising personal injury claims from its jails, particularly the Rikers Island complex

• Medical Marijuana Clinics Open in New York More than a Year after Legalization of Medical Marijuana

  Advocates of medical marijuana will be happy to learn that New York will be opening its medical marijuana dispensaries within the month.

• Report Finds Juvenile Program Failed to Reduce Robberies; Police still Expanding it

  Despite failing to lower the amount of robberies and other crimes from juvenile offenders, NYPD is still pushing to expand the program.

• Tenant Slapped with $420,000 Lawsuit After Renting Out Flat to Airbnb

  Madalina Iacob is being sued around $420,000 after repeatedly renting out her flat to Airbnb and landing her landlord in hot water.

• Investigation Underway After Gas Explosion In East Harlem New York Levels Two Buildings

  Three women, including Hunter College security guard Griselde Camacho were killed and at least 46 others were injured when a gas explosion leveled two buildings in East Harlem New York on Wednesday morning, officials said, as reported by DNA Info.

• NYC Mayor De Blasio Defends Decision To Keep Public Schools Open Amid Heavy Snowstorm

  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision not to cancel classes for the city's 1.1 million public school students on Thursday despite great opposition and anger by parents and teachers. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina also received flak for her comments about the weather By late Thursday, the city is expected to receive nearly a foot of snow.

• 35-Year-Old Father Dmitriy Kanarikov Throws 3-Year-Old Son Off New York High Rise Building Before Jumping To His Death (Video)

  35-year-old Brooklyn resident Dmitriy Kanarikov, who reportedly was separated from his wife sharing custody of their 3-year-old son, threw the boy from the roof of a 52-story Manhattan high-rise apartment on Sunday afternoon before jumping to his own death, the New York Police Department said

• Stop-And-Frisk Program: NY Federal Appeals Court Ruling Blocked As Judge Scheindlin Removed From Case (Video)

  A New York federal appeals court blocked Judge Shira Scheindlin's order from August, which would have require changes to the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk program.

• Macy's & Barneys: Department Stores in New York Under Fire For Supposed Racial Profiling Incidents (Video)

  New York's State's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation Tuesday into Macy's Inc. and Barneys New York as black customers complained they were being racially profiled by police after they had made luxury purchases.

• Avonte Oquendo: NYC Teen Remains Missing As Family Presses NYPD & Public To Continue With Search (Video)

  Avonte Oquendo was last seen leaving the Riverview School in Long Island City, Queens, on October 4, NY1 reported. The NYPD's search effort has continued, but Commissioner Ray Kelly said they may make some changes to its approach.

• Carnegie Hall: Strike Forces Revered Music Venue To Cancel Opening Night For First Time In Its 122-Year History (Video)

  Carnegie Hall canceled its opening night for the first time in its 122-year-history on Wednesday, as stagehands walked off the job when contract negotiations failed to meet a deadline a day earlier

• Range Rover Chase: Wife of SUV Driver Severely Beaten Following Collision With Motorcyclist Speaks For First Time Since Assault (Video)

  Rosalyn Ng, the wife of the Manhattan SUV driver Alexian Lien who was beaten after speeding away from an accident where he hit 32-year-old Edwin 'Jay' Mieses' was struck by his car

• Times Square Shooting: NYPD Officers Accidentally Shoot Two Bystanders After 'Emotionally Disturbed' Unarmed Man Blocks Traffic (Video)

  After NYPD officers saw a man had been weaving erratically and blocking traffic just before 10 p.m. on Saturday night near the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, they believed he reached for his pocket to grab a weapon. At that moment, the two officers fired three shots, missing him, but struck a 54-year-old woman in the right knee and grazed a 35-year-old woman in the buttocks, in a crowded street

• British Solders Charged: 6 UK Men Accused of Assault on Off Duty NYPD Officer (Video)

  Six British solders were charged with beating up an off-duty police officer outside a Manhattan bar in the early morning hours last Friday.

• Electric Zoo: NY Music Festival Canceled After 2 Die From Drug Overdoses (Video)

  Electric Zoo, a popular New York City music festival, was canceled on Sunday after two concert attendees overdosed while using the drug Molly.

• Tappen Zee Accident: Fatal Crash on New York Bridge Kills One (Video)

  One person was killed and four others seriously injured when an S.V.V. being the wrong way on Manhattan's Tappan Zee Bridge crashed head-on into another vehicle, which set off a pile up at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday evening.