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News Articles: New York City

New York no longer has a face mask mandate — and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to get customers to lower their mask before entering, to help prevent crime. It's a reversal of previous guidance for shops: Here, a face mask sign is seen on a cafe's door in December of 2021, when the state mandated the wearing of masks.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks

"We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops: Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask," the mayor said. A flurry of questions ensued.

March 08, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
A Eurasian eagle owl looks at students from a local school after the release of a 5-month-old red-tailed hawk September 29, 2010 in New York's Central Park.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The owl that became a New Yorker

Flaco, the owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, remains free. NPR's Scott Simon marvels at how successfuly Flaco has adapted to the wilds of New York City.

February 25, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
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  • Animals

An owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo is still loose — and hunting on his own

The owl escaped after its enclosure was vandalized nearly two weeks ago. Zoo officials were worried he wouldn't be able to hunt and eat because he's used to captivity, but that's no longer a concern.

February 16, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
A king pigeon that was dyed completely pink was named Flamingo after the domestic bird was rescued. But despite efforts to rehabilitate the animal, Flamingo has died.

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  • National

A pigeon named Flamingo is dead after someone dyed it pink

"We don't know why this bird was dyed pink, although many of our followers have speculated that it was for a gender reveal party," a Wild Bird Fund official told NPR.

February 08, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
A man walks out of a vaccination bus at a mobile vaccine clinic in Midtown Manhattan, Dec. 6, 2021. New York City is ending its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to get the shots, will end on Friday, Adams said in a news release.

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  • National

New York City is lifting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal employees

New York City began mandating COVID-19 vaccines for municipal employees in July 2021. The mayor said more than 96% of city employees are vaccinated.

February 08, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo, is seen on the sidewalk on 5th Avenue in New York City Thursday night.

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  • Animals

A Eurasian eagle owl has escaped from the Central Park Zoo and is still loose

The owl, who lives in the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, was discovered missing around 8:30 p.m. Thursday after its exhibit was found vandalized. Zoo employees have eyes on the owl.

February 03, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
A group pauses in 2017, with some in prayer, at a makeshift memorial on a New York City bike path that that honors victims of an attack who were stuck and killed by a rental truck driven by Sayfullo Saipov. The Islamic extremist was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday and could face the death penalty.

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  • National

A man who killed 8 bicyclists in Manhattan is convicted and may face the death penalty

Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty of running down riders with a rental truck on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. Prosecutors said the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State.

January 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on Monday in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City.

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New York City nurses end strike after reaching a tentative agreement

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city's biggest hospitals with the promise of "concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios," their union said.

January 12, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Nurses hold signs outside Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, the first day of their strike.

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  • Business

NYC nurses are on strike, but the problems they face are seen nationwide

Thousands of nurses at two New York hospitals are on strike for a third day. Their staffing shortages and other problems predate the pandemic, says the president of the American Nurses Association.

January 11, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
This job posting from Citi with a $2 million salary range caught attention on social media.

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  • Your Money

The big reveal: New laws require companies to disclose pay ranges on job postings.

On Nov. 1, New York joined a handful of places across the country that require companies to disclose salary ranges when they post jobs. But transparency isn't easy.

November 06, 2022
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y.

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  • Business

New York City employers are now required to post salary ranges on job listings

New York City employers must post the minimum and maximum salary amounts they are prepared to pay at the time of the listing. Vague language such as "$15 per hour and up" is prohibited, the law says.

November 02, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
People watch a laser show on the banks of the river Sarayu during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Ayodhya on November 3, 2021.

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  • Education

Diwali will be honored as an official holiday in New York City schools

Diwali celebrates lightness over darkness and is celebrated by more than 1 billion Hindu people each year. It also has its own versions in the Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism religions.

October 22, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Composer and trumpeter Etienne Charles, in a portrait taken inside the newly renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.

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  • Music

Revisiting San Juan Hill, the neighborhood destroyed to make way for Lincoln Center

In New York City, the area dominated by Lincoln Center was formerly home to Black and Puerto Rican communities. Etienne Charles' new musical work addresses that difficult past.

October 07, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Photographer, filmmaker, painter and graphic designer William Klein at a press event in Paris in 2005. Klein died Saturday at age 96.

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  • Arts & Life

Photographer William Klein, famous for street scenes but also fashion, has died

The influential American-born photographer, filmmaker, painter and graphic designer died Saturday in his adopted city of Paris.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Critics say the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's signs explaining New York's new mask-optional policy for transit riders undermines earlier messages and puts people at risk.

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  • National

New York's subway now has a 'you do you' mask policy. It's getting a Bronx cheer

Millions of New Yorkers embraced an "all in this together" motto during the pandemic — and many are roasting the city's transit agency over updated signs explaining its newly relaxed masking policy.

September 08, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
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