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The Big Apple will enter Phase One of reopening Monday amid the coronavirus — with retail shops set to start curbside or in-store pickup service as construction and manufacturing rev up again. “It’s a big day for New York City,’’ Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday, adding that the Apple “has met all the [health] metrics,’’...

Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing an angry uprising from his staff over his handling of the George Floyd protests — making him the target of a separate rally planned for Monday. “As current & former @nycgov employees, we are outraged by the escalation, violent misconduct & civil rights violations by the NYPD, and the...

Mayor Bill de Blasio lifted the Big Apple’s controversial curfew a day early in an unexpected announcement Sunday morning. “New York City: We are lifting the curfew, effective immediately,” Hizzoner tweeted, ending the planned final night of the city shutting down to help curb looting and violent protests that plagued the city earlier in the...

Nearly 300 NYPD cops have been injured on the job during the ongoing protests over George Floyd’s death, police said. There have been 292 members of the force who suffered injuries as some of the demonstrations have seen violent clashes, cops said. It’s unclear how many injuries are the result of confrontations with demonstrators. NYPD...

An angry driver was busted after video showed him jump the curb during George Floyd protests in Brooklyn and plow into demonstrators, police said. Jacob Leiper, 44, of Queens, was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of the accident in connection to the dangerous encounter around 10:30 p.m. Saturday in Crown...

Police are on the hunt for three suspects they believe were involved in lighting a cop car on fire in Brooklyn during George Floyd protests — and have shared new video of one of the wanted men. The NYPD released surveillance video late Saturday of one of the suspects — wearing a dark-colored t-shirt and...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that he will be taking funding from the NYPD to instead support local youth groups. “We will be moving funding from the NYPD to youth initiatives and social services,” Hizzoner vowed, calling it part of “deeper reforms” to tackle the “profound disparities” in the city. It was not clear...

Police sure wanted to “axe” him about his sign. A protester was arrested in Manhattan Saturday for marching with an axe taped to his sign calling for justice in the police killing of George Floyd. The axe served as a handle and was duct-taped to the sign, which read, “Boomers asked 4 justice, millennials demand...

A woman was shot and another stabbed during an apparent domestic dispute in Harlem Saturday night, police said. A 44-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds to her left arm and back, while a 22-year-old woman was stabbed in her back at an apartment near 129th Street and Convent Avenue around 10:30 p.m. The two victims knew...

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