New York City Marathon Is Underway
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Giovanni Lanzo is “still tossed up” about the mayor’s race – that’s Brooklyn for undecided. But he understands the stakes.
With early voting ending Sunday evening and Election Day looming, the three candidates for NYC mayor hit the streets to fight for every last vote.
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City Harvest volunteer running New York City Marathon after once standing in food line
A woman from Queens who used to stand in line for food donations is now a dedicated volunteer raising tens of thousands of dollars to help feed others.
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NYC Flash Flood Warning: Alert Issued For Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx As Rain Drenches New York City
Alert Issued For Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx As Rain Drench New York City, US News, Times Now
Last night on Halloween Eve, streets in Queens and throughout New York City flooded due to heavy rainfall which left one man dead in Manhattan and another in Flatbush, both after becoming trapped in basements.
Parts of New York City saw record rainfall on Thursday, and the deluge flooded some streets and subway stations. According to NYC Emergency Management, the National Weather Service reported that 1.8 inches of rain fell in Central Park on Thursday. That would preliminarily break the previous known record set in 1917, the department said .
Joe Macken drives a truck for work, but two decades ago, he stumbled upon a very particular passion -- carving New York City buildings out of balsa wood. Soon, the buildings became blocks, and the blocks became boroughs, each carved precisely to scale in a miniature Big Apple.
Halloween the day has become more like Halloween the season in New York City. In places like Maspeth, Queens, and Bushwick, Brooklyn, bars, clubs and parks have been hosting events where people can appear not as paralegals or communications assistants, but as the pope or that one dude from Oasis.
A coastal flood advisory is in effect Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. A storm bringing heavy rain and gusty winds up to 40 miles per hour is expected to hit the city starting at 1 p.