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NYC Congestion Pricing Starts June 30, MTA Says
The date when drivers into Manhattan will face tolls — barring legal challenges — was officially set Friday.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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I cover the citywide beat for Patch NYC after reporting on my beloved home borough of Brooklyn.
Before Patch, I kicked around newspapers and other outlets in Indiana, Michigan and New York City. Along the way I've sat through innumerable trials and public meetings, picked up a national investigative reporting award, reported on televangelists flying private jets, among many other mundane, noteworthy or strange reporting experiences.
In my free time, I'm a big movie buff, an aspiring home cook and am forever seeking good natural areas.
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NYC's Rising, Nearly $4,300 Rent 'Bucks' Flat Nationwide Trends: Study
Rent is up 20 percent over the past year, and 50 percent since pre-COVID, a new study found.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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NYC Restaurants: 'Best Bars' Honors + Mice Defend Lauren Sanchez?
New York City has the second-best bar in North America, according to a new ranking. Find out where.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed April 19 - 26
Rats, mice and roaches were found by inspectors in this week's restaurant closures.
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Hateful Crowd Steals, Burns Israel Flag Near Columbia Campus: NYPD
A 22-year-old man was hit in the face with a rock while he tried to recover his Israel flag, in what cops are investigating as a hate crime.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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NYC Weather: 80-Degree Highs Hit Forecast, But Only After Weekend
Don't worry — Saturday and Sunday will be the picture of spring weather, including some April showers.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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NYC Traffic Deaths Break Record So Far In 2024, Study Finds
One New Yorker every 36 hours has died in a traffic crash this year, according to a new study.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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Underage Sex Sting Busts School Crossing Guard In Queens: DA
Jared Jeridore, 24, showed up with condoms to a hotel where told an undercover cop posing as a 14-year-old girl to meet, officials said.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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DA Vows Weinstein Retrial After Court Overturns NYC Rape Conviction
"We will do everything in our power to retry this case," a spokesperson said after a decision to overturn Harvey Weinstein's conviction.
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Groper Grabs Woman's Butt In Queens Subway Station: NYPD
The subway groper remained on the loose after he touched a straphanger's buttocks Monday morning in a Forest Hills station, police said.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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Adams' $111.6B Budget Doesn't Restore Library Funds, Yet Adds Cops
"People that go to libraries, I want to get them safely," he said about spending roughly $60 million on NYPD classes instead of libraries.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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2 NYPD Cops Sexually Assaulted Woman Too Drunk To Stand: Reports
Officers Christian Garcia, 32, and Julio Alcantara-Santiago, 40, were arrested Tuesday on sex crime charges, police said.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
Queens, NY|News|
Hitman Executes Queens Man In Exchange For $100K Watch, Feds Say
Jurors found Antony Abreu, 36, guilty Tuesday of murder-for-hire in a businessman's revenge plot against a former worker, prosecutors said.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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Bad NYC 'Vibe' Scares John Hinckley Jr. Off Concert, Organizer Says
The would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan canceled an upcoming concert in New York City by calling the city a "dangerous mess."
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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'Crackhead Barney' Ambushes Alec Baldwin NYC Coffee Shop: Video
"Just say 'Free Palestine' one time," the performance artist repeatedly chides Baldwin before he appears to smack the phone from her hand.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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Columbia, NYU Antiwar Protests Yield 230 Arrests, Finger-Pointing
Most pro-Palestinian protesters nabbed in recent days got trespassing summons that won't result in a criminal record, police said.
Matt Troutman and Nicole Rosenthal, Patch Staff
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What NYC Gets In $237B State Budget: 3 Big Takeaways
An unlicensed pot shop crackdown, lower city speed limits and a housing deal are all in the state's much-delayed new budget.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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64% NYers Oppose Congestion Pricing, New Poll Finds
Not one group of New Yorkers supported the tolls coming to Manhattan in June, according to a new poll.
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Man Found Dead, Stabbed In Swanky NYC Hotel: NYPD
A 49-year-old man's body was found with multiple stab wounds Sunday inside the Public Hotel, police said.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
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NYC Restaurants: Papaya King Tower + Brooklyn Night Market Edition
Sorry, but there's not going to be a 17-story Papaya King.
Matt Troutman, Patch Staff
