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Memorial flowers are left for eight bicycle riders and pedestrians who were killed in a vehicle terrorist attack in October.

NYC Council Moves Bill to Require Sidewalk Bollards to Prevent Terror Attacks

President Donald Trump.

Bronx City Council Candidate Wants Parks to Probe Trump’s Golf Course Charity Links

By Madina Toure
Construction at John V. Lindsay East River Park.

New Bill Aims to ‘Drain the Swamp’ of Cost and Time Overruns at the Parks Department

By Will Bredderman
The "controversial" artwork proposed by Aaron Bell.

Your Yoga Routine Is Not Safe! Noose Scultpure Can Go Forward, City Decides

By Guelda Voien
Children swim in communal Brooklyn pool on July 3, 2007.

Accommodation Not Discrimination

By The Editors
A visitor snaps a photo of a sculpture by Will Kurtz at the Portal art fair.

George Washington’s Former Stomping Grounds Host Art Made of Trash

By Alanna Martinez
Barneys flagship store at 660 Madison Avenue. (Getty)

Afternoon Bulletin: City Settles Lawsuit Over Racial Profiling

By Parker Richards
The very controversial cobbled berm at Playground 89. (Tashan Jackson for Observer.)

Playground Battles: Can Safety and Adventure Co-Exist Where Children Play?

By Kim Velsey
One slightly less expensive way to cool off (Getty)

Afternoon Bulletin: This Heat Wave Isn’t Going Anywhere

By Alexander Rabinowitz
Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing his new Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver in Seward Park in Chinatown. (Photo: Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio)

De Blasio Administration Won’t Commit to Bloomberg Promises on Parks

By Will Bredderman
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