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Top NYC news: Rainbow flag set on fire at gay bar; parade for women's World Cup champions; more

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Published on July 09, 2019
Top NYC news: Rainbow flag set on fire at gay bar; parade for women's World Cup champions; morePhoto: Nan Palmero/Flickr

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in New York City.

Rainbow flag set on fire at New York gay bar for second time in just over a month

A rainbow flag was set on fire at the entrance to a New York City gay bar on Monday — the second such incident at the same club in just over a month. 

Read the full story on SFGATE.

New York City students get earth-to-space call with astronauts aboard space station

Approximately 700 students participating in the police department's Youth Strategies Divisions programs were invited to police headquarters to speak with astronauts working on the International Space Station.

Read the full story on ABC New York, WABC.

New York City to hold ticker tape parade honoring Women's World Cup champions

New York City will throw a ticker tape parade Wednesday for the Women's World Cup champions.

Read the full story on 6abc Action News.

A bailout for taxi drivers? The mayor says no, but others keep pushing

Council members are battling with City Hall over how to help thousands of cabdrivers who are struggling with overwhelming debt.

Read the full story on The New York Times.

New York condo conversions near the end, a casualty of rent reform

A longtime New York City practice that promoted homeownership, transformed neighborhoods and enriched thousands of middle-class renters is effectively over due to a new tenant-protection law.

Read the full story on The Wall Street Journal.


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