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New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan is planning to step down by early next year, City Hall confirmed on Monday, as Mayor Eric Adams’ administration faces multiple federal investigations involving top officials. In a statement on his resignation, Vasan said he needed to spend more time with his family, adding that his wife and…

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images In this edition of If You Can Keep It, we’re focusing on campaign donations – where…

Table saws are extremely dangerous. The government estimates that injuries from table saws send something like 30,000 people to the emergency room every year. 3,000 of those end in amputations. The costs of those injuries are enormous. Are they also avoidable? In 1999, inventor Steve Gass had a realization: Humans conduct electricity pretty well; Wood…

A 53-ft. delivery truck has been illegally blocking Montague and Hicks streets in Brooklyn Heights, causing chaos. Here it is at the western end of Montague. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A behemoth, 53-ft. delivery truck has been unleashing chaos on the streets of Brooklyn Heights for more than a year, and…

Whether riding the subway or walking along a busy stretch of sidewalk, New Yorkers are likely to cross paths with people who have nowhere to sleep. Some of those people might also need mental health or substance abuse treatment. Those with unmet needs sometimes get stuck in a cycle of homelessness, hospitalization and jail. The…

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Tuesday announced that the agency has taken a key step to authorize a local delivery hub pilot.  The three-year “microhubs” pilot program will provide safe, dedicated spaces for truck operators to transfer deliveries onto smaller, safer and…

One of the many old trains that can be seen at the New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of NY Transit Museum DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The underground New York Transit Museum, whose entrance is on Schermerhorn Street, is commemorating the 120th anniversary of the city subway system with a new exhibit and…

Passengers on board a NYC Ferry watch as the boat departs Sunset Park for Rockaway, Queens, Monday, May 1, 2017. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan The contentious issue of adding a Coney Island stop to NYC Ferry’s Rockaway route may not be over yet — even though the city dismantled a newly built pier near Coney Island…

Loading… On today’s show: WNYC celebrates its 100th birthday with a live show at Central Park SummerStage, hosted by Brian Lehrer and featuring WNYC hosts Alison Stewart, Brooke Gladstone, Micah Loewinger, Sean Carlson and John Schaefer, plus Ira Glass, trivia, live musical performances and more.     This version was edited for time. For audio of the full show (including Nada Surf!),…

Coney Island’s Cyclone roller-coaster finally reopened on Saturday morning after it was shut down following a malfunction last month. Inspectors with the city’s buildings department conducted several test runs without passengers and determined the Cyclone was safe to reopen to the public. An inspector remained on site as the first riders were allowed back on…