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Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan would expand free, full-day preschool to all 4-year-olds in New York.
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You know you're really the mayor when your name is on the sign. This one is near the Williamsburg Bridge.
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Michael Kirby Smith for The New York Times
Andre Kolakowski, at top, and Waldemar Miszkowski of American Pipe and Tank prepare to clean a rooftop water tank.
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Many of New York City’s iconic water towers have not been cleaned or inspected in years, and regulations governing the tanks are rarely enforced, an examination shows.
Super Bowl Already Putting Big Pressure on a Weatherman
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A meteorologist hired by the National Football League will meet every day this week with its executives, who will expect ever more precision.
Deputy Mayor for Social Services Now Has a Boss Who Shares Her Agenda
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, the new head of health and human services, has a long and respected record of commitment to equality and social justice, and to speaking her mind.
Fighting for Liberal Agenda, Assembly Speaker Finds New Ally in Mayor
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The relationship between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sheldon Silver, the Assembly speaker, could help advance their common goals that have become stalled in Albany in recent years.
Schumer Proposes ‘Avonte’s Law’ to Protect Children With Autism
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A day after the funeral for Avonte Oquendo, Senator Charles E. Schumer pushed for a new law that would finance a program to provide optional electronic tracking devices for children with autism.
Herbert L. Haber, 89, Dies; Negotiated in Era of Strikes
By PAUL VITELLO
Mr. Haber was the chief labor negotiator for the City of New York from 1966 to 1973, when labor strikes tested the balance of power between the city and its municipal unions.
Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and Woody Allen’s On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100
By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Bergmann became known to a wide general audience for his unplanned, much-praised role as a philosopher in Woody Allen’s 1989 film, “Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
Man, 51, Dies in the Custody of the Police
By ANNIE CORREAL and J. DAVID GOODMAN
Several hours after his arrest on burglary charges, Edward Soto was found unconscious in a holding cell inside the 19th Precinct station house on the Upper East Side on Sunday morning, the police said.
Staten Island Man Struck and Killed by Car; Driver Charged with Drunk Driving
By ASHLEY SOUTHALL
A 67-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed on Staten Island on Sunday by a driver who was drunk at the time, the police said.
January 26, 2014
My First Bagel
By BILL NAVE
Metropolitan Diary: A waitress took direct action when she realized that a newcomer needed instructions in basic bagel etiquette.
January 25, 2014
A Scene to Warm a Penguin’s Heart
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The high temperature of 23 degrees in New York City on Friday left no chance that the ice floes in the Hudson River would melt.
The Working Life
Despite Business Fears, Sick-Day Laws Like New York’s Work Well Elsewhere
By RACHEL L. SWARNS
San Francisco, Washington and Seattle indicated that their new policies did not hurt local economies or cause businesses to leave.
After a Son’s Death, Parents Channel Their Grief Into Activism
By N. R. KLEINFIELD
Since Sammy Cohen Eckstein, 12, was hit by a van and killed in Brooklyn in October, his parents have become devoted to the cause for safer streets.
Duel at the Old Fulton Fish Market
By JOSEPH HANANIA
Robert LaValva wants to use the site of the former Fulton Fish Market for more public food markets, while the Howard Hughes Corporation wants to build a 50-story hotel-residential complex.
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Fred W. McDarrah, who for decades was The Village Voice’s only staff photographer, had access to his subjects that photographers could only dream of today.
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The Week in Pictures for Jan. 24
Subjects include carriage horses in Central Park, the swearing-in ceremony for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and sledding in a Queens park.
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Hoping to Sail to Glory, the Broncos First Board a Ship
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Denver’s news media headquarters for the Super Bowl is the Cornucopia Majesty, a cruise liner docked in New York Harbor.
A Giant Photo Connects Fans to Ballet Stars
By MICHAEL COOPER
City Ballet fans pose with their favorite dancers in a giant photo installation on the floor of the Koch Theater.
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What New York’s Penn Station looked like before it was torn down in 1963.
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