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Officials: NYPD Muslim Surveillance Efforts Did Not Violate NJ Laws

New Jersey's attorney general announced Thursday the results of a three-month investigation that finds the NYPD's surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups in the state did not violate any of their laws.

Updated 4:00 PM

Man Implicates Self In Etan Patz Disappearance, Police Say

Authorities are expected to speak later today about a man taken into custody in Camden, N.J. who has made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of six-year-old Etan Patz 33 years ago. | Share your thoughts.

Updated 5:41 PM

Authorities Seek Dump Truck Driver In Fatal Union Square Accident

Police are searching for the driver of a dump truck who fatally struck a Queens woman early this morning as she was crossing Broadway near 14th Street in Union Square.

Updated 5:21 PM

OWS Librarians Sue City For Book Destruction

The Occupy librarians claim it was unconstitutional and illegal when police seized and allegedly destroyed a makeshift library during their eviction last year.

5:13 PM

Port Authority To Stop Accepting Toll Tickets

Beginning on July 1, the Port Authority will stop accepting at its bridges and tunnels any toll tickets, which have not been sold by the agency since the introduction of the E-ZPass in 1997.

3:56 PM

Yankees Brass Deny Report Of Possible Franchise Sale

New York Yankees owners Hal and Hank Steinbrenner are dismissing a published report that cites unnamed baseball and finance sources as saying the owners have explored the possibility of selling the storied franchise.

9:23 AM

Asian-American Week: Parkville Pakistani Community Expands Again

A once-burgeoning Pakistani community in the Parkville section of Brooklyn saw its numbers dwindle after the September 11th attacks, but is starting to rebuild in recent years.

05/23/2012 08:35 PM

NY1 At 20: 1999 Report Covers Officer Volpe's Guilty Plea In Police Brutality Trial

After more than two years spent denying he had beaten and brutalized Abner Louima inside a Brooklyn police stationhouse, Police Officer Justin Volpe pleaded guilty to the crime during his 1999 trial. NY1's Jeanine Ramirez filed this report on May 24, 1999.

05/23/2012 07:16 PM

Edible: Ridgewood Deli Cooking Up Award-Winning Kimchi

Edible

At the N&D Deli in Ridgewood, Queens, workers are serving up more than just cigarettes, beer and sandwiches.

Harlem Community Board Seeks More Landmarks In The Neighborhood

Real Estate

Community Board 10 members say Harlem does not have enough landmarked areas, and they have come up with a plan to change that and to make the neighborhood's development more manageable.