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Few vendors remain in historic market
These days, Jose Cintron doesn't carve as much pork as he used to. He doesn't even have enough customers to keep his hands dirty.
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Port Richmond confronts racial tensions
Several attacks on immigrants in Port Richmond, a Staten Island neighborhood, have forced the community to address racial tensions.
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“Love in” promotes LGBT equality
Gay group holds "love-in" in Times Square to promote equality and tolerance.
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Sick leave bill sparks rally
According to The Bureau of Labor, 37 percent of the lowest-income workers in the New York City area can’t take a single day off and get paid.
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To protest domestic abuse, a 7-mile march
Domestic violence survivors, some wearing wedding veils, and anti-abuse advocates marched 7 miles through the Bronx.
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Activists: ‘Save your plastic bottles’
Every year, New Yorkers throw away 25,059 tons of recyclable plastic bottles in their household garbage, environmental activists say.
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Retirement home residents protest wars
Residents of a Manhattan retirement home protested the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on Saturday.
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Eight months later, little relief in Haiti
Eight months after an earthquake devastated Haiti, millions are still suffering, protesters said at a Saturday rally.
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After city layoffs, rats abound in Queens
After city layoffs that slashed 75 percent of exterminators, some residents say they noticed an increase in rats in Queens.
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Thousands protest Ahmadinejad near U.N.
Thousands gathered Thursday morning to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he spoke at the United Nations.