From trick contact lenses to NBA 'Face Cards' — how the mob allegedly rigged high-stakes poker games

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Chauncey Billups, the coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, was accused of taking part in a criminal poker ring.

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Forget booking a sightseeing tour. I lived in New York for 20 years, and this $4.50 ferry is the best way to see the city.

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As a longtime local, I think the NYC commuter ferry is the best way to sightsee in the city.

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Ken Griffin owns NYC's priciest condo. Mamdani wants to hike his property taxes — and others'.

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220 Central Park West

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Citadel seeks office space in New York as it awaits its new Park Avenue tower

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Ken Griffin of Citadel.

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I live rent-free in NYC. Moving into a van has allowed me to save, avoid taking out loans, and live a life of adventure.

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Gerardo Rios Garcia and his van.

Gerardo Rios Garcia

Trump trial verdict: Jury finds ex-president guilty on all counts in hush money case

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Former president, Donald Trump.

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Owners want out at a super-luxe skyscraper on 'Billionaire's Row': report

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The 432 Park Avenue building (center).

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New York tech workers make $135,000 on average, but can't afford the vast majority of apartments on the market

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New York City's home vacancy rate is just 1.4%, its lowest in over 50 years.

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$1.8K to stand in line: Line sitters are cashing in on Donald Trump's hush-money trial, reports say

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Members of the media line up to get inside Manhattan Criminal Court for the first day of former US President Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City on April 15, 2024. Trump goes to court Monday as the first US ex-president ever to be criminally prosecuted, a seismic moment for the United States as the presumptive Republican nominee campaigns to re-take the White House.

Hush money isn't illegal, it's 'democracy,' Trump lawyer says in defiant trial opening statements

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Former President Donald Trump appears in court for opening statements in his Manhattan hush-money trial.
Former President Donald Trump appears in court for opening statements in his Manhattan hush-money trial.

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