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Drop the fork. Some Manhattan eateries are jumping the gun on outdoor dining amid the city’s reawakening from the coronavirus lockdown and setting up tables and chairs on the sidewalk, prompting takeout customers to sit and chow down — weeks before they’re allowed to. One SoHo restaurant was spotted by The Post on Tuesday bringing...

"Look at that, 1 percent only! An extraordinary day for New York City," Mayor Bill de Blasio gushed at his press briefing from City Hall Tuesday.

Kenneth Bacote, 53, says he was assaulted by cops on June 2 at the Kingsborough Housing where he lives as he was out looking for his son, according to a medical report from Livingston Physical Medicine taken Monday and shared by his representatives.

After draining funding for city pools because of the coronavirus and the city’s massive budget crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said the public facilities could open sometime this summer thanks to major progress against the pandemic. “We can start a conversation around pools,” de Blasio said at his daily City Hall press briefing....

ALBANY — State lawmakers spent Tuesday continuing to pass police reform bills — chief among them, the controversial 50-a repeal and replace bill requiring release of law enforcement disciplinary records subject to freedom of information laws. The bill first repeals a section of New York’s civil rights law providing privacy protection for the disciplinary records...

The Staten Island Ferry is fighting a global pandemic with masking tape. “X”s have been taped across every other seat on the blue-and-orange vessels to enforce social distancing as the city moves ahead with the Phase One of reopening from its coronavirus lockdown. “I’m sure this will work,” one observer tweeted sarcastically. “‘How can we...

The city’s public school system is mulling a phased start to the next school year and holding some classes remotely as the city eases out of its coronavirus crisis. The measures are among a host of safety strategies Chancellor Richard Carranza said he’s considering in a Tuesday letter to Department of Education staff obtained by...

The man who filmed the fatal arrest of Eric Garner has been sprung from prison after serving time for weapon and drug charges, according to a report. Ramsey Orta was released May 28, more than a month shy of when he was set to finish his four-year sentence, Rolling Stone reported. A Department of Corrections...

The city will paint its roadways and rename streets in each borough to honor the Black Lives Matter movement, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. “It’s time to do something officially representing this city to recognize the power of the fundamental idea of Black Lives Matter, the idea that so much of American history has...

A private pollster asked New York City Democrats about a potential mayoral candidacy for former Council Speaker Christine Quinn, The Post has learned. Quinn ran for mayor in 2013, finishing third in the Democratic primary behind Mayor Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson. A Brooklyn Democrat who got the call about the secret poll —...