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A New York City basketball character was killed when Bentley walked into the Call Me Gaby Cafe in Miami Beach

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Police and friends said Friday that a New York City native known to the local basketball community was killed when a Bentley broke into an outdoor cafe in Florida. Miami Beach police have identified Gary Prince, 67, as the man who died when an elderly woman trying to stop her luxury car accelerated — causing the car to smash into Call Me Gaby-goers in the South Beach section of Miami Beach shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday. Prince’s friends Local WSVN-TV . said That their friend, a chiropractor, has worked with…

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Russian former New York City coffee shop owners sell regional liquor for the war effort

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For Oleg “Oli” Hoto and his wife, Olga, Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is personal and almost unaffordable. Olga grew up in Kiev, Ukraine, and Olga in Leningrad, Russia – and while their homelands were at odds, they are united in opposing Putin’s brazen offensive. This would be like the US invasion of Canada. We are closer by blood, culture and economic ties. We look the same. “We eat the same food,” Olga said of Russians and Ukrainians. The couple who owns Cake Cafe A wine bar in…

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Grocery app Gorillas drops 10-minute delivery pledge, adds in-store pickup option

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The Post has learned that an app that charmed New Yorkers by promising groceries and other essentials in just 10 minutes now takes more than an hour to make some deliveries. Gorillas App – launched last May with flashy ads featuring “groceries in 10 minutes” and quietly raised $1.3 billion in venture capital pulled No mention of specific delivery dates from its website in December. And as of Friday morning, Gorillas offered an estimated delivery time of 61 minutes in Williamsburg. Meanwhile, deliveries on the Upper East Side were expected…

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It looks like the judge is ready to drop the NRA counterclaim against NY AG Letitia James

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A Manhattan judge indicated Friday that he does not believe the New York attorney general was unlawfully shooting for the National Rifle Association. AG Letitia James sued the gun rights group in 2020, alleging that its top executives violated nonprofit laws by funneling the agency’s millions of dollars to fund their lavish lifestyles filled with trips to the Bahamas, safaris in Africa and trips on yachts. The NRA has filed counterclaims alleging that even while James was on the campaign trail, he made comments about the group’s prosecution, showing that…

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A New York City woman allegedly beat up an elderly roommate and slapped the cop

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A woman beat her 81-year-old roommate in their Greenwich Village apartment, then slapped a policeman while he was in custody, according to police and law enforcement sources. Alyssa Begay, 23, was returning to her building on East Ninth Street near the university at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday when a woman identified by police sources as a roommate was trying to leave, police said. The sources said that the two got into an argument. The cops said that during the fight, Bigai the Elder punched him in the right side of…

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Andrew Cuomo starts trying to make a comeback with a new TV ad

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Andrew Cuomo once again hits New Yorkers’ television sets. The Post has learned that the former governor, who resigned from office last summer, will begin a political comeback with an announcement claiming he has been acquitted of accusations of sexual harassment of several women. Cuomo’s campaign confirmed that it requested “a number of ads” in response to questions from the newspaper after The Post independently acquired one of the commercials. The 30-second site reviewed by The Post is selectively collecting excerpts from TV reports about the findings in those cases…

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Bronx Bowl faces protest after blocking street renaming of Albanian champion

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Councilwoman Marjorie Velasquez accuses her Albanian Bronx constituents in the Balkans, community leaders accuse. In a scratching move, Velasquez, who had just been elected last year, blocked a request from Albanian civic leaders to rename a street in the Morris Park section of the Bronx this weekend after a symbol, Van Noli. Van Noli was the Prime Minister of Albania and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church who lived for many years in the United States. He was also one of the founders of the Albanian-American advocacy group Vatra. Vatra…

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MTA says hundreds of people live in New York City subway stations and subway

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About 350 homeless people were recently found living in camps in subway stations and tunnels, according to transportation officials Thursday. The personnel were distributed among 29 camps in the tunnels and 89 at the stations, according to a survey conducted by the Maritime Transport Authority on February 2 and 3 as part of a “track encroachment” task force set up in December to address the slight increase in route encroachment. Task Force Leader Jimmy Torres Springer said the tunnel camps “lead directly to the tracking of trespassing incidents,” which the…

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Man attacked with a metal tube on a New York City train

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Police said one of the attackers hit a Manhattan policeman with a metal pipe because he told him not to shoot on a rush-hour train. Police said the 31-year-old victim was on the northbound J train around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday when he saw a man pull out a syringe. Authorities said that when the victim asked the man not to do so on the plane, the suspect hit him on the head with a metal pipe. Police said the suspect got off the train at the Delancey/Essex Street station in…

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The US cannabis market rose in 2021, but New York fell

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The US cannabis industry added more than 100,000 jobs last year, and the economic recovery will only continue if states like New York start recreational programs on the ground, experts say. Americans spent nearly $25 billion on cannabis products in 2021, as the emerging industry expanded about 33 percent, adding more than 107,000 new jobs, according to Wednesday. Jobs report from the new cannabis site Leaflyand Whitney for Economics. About 428,000 Americans now work directly in the agricultural and retail sectors of the industry or have additional jobs with licensed…

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