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New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house, in Staten Island, N.Y., in May EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK More than five years after Eric Garner was arrested and fatally choked for allegedly selling loose cigarettes on a Staten Island street corner, the NYPD has announced that the officer responsible for…

Four years ago, we packed our bags and moved to Southern California. Orange County, to be exact. What did we think we knew about Orange County? We were (and still remain) jaded New Yorkers and a bit wary of what we would find there. Um, Disneyland was there. The “Real Housewives” got their start there. It was Conservative politically. Were there…

Park Church Co-op (Google Maps) The Park Church Co-op (129 Russell St), Greenpoint’s coolest church, is facing closure after losing funding from the Metropolitan New York Synod last June. In a letter dated August 15th and posted on social media on Monday, the Greenpoint church asks for the community’s help in a call for letters that detail…

Cucina di Pesce, the unpretentious seafood-focused Italian restaurant on Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery, closed last Sept. 23 after 32 years in business.The building at 87 E. Fourth St. had a new owner, and there was a rent increase for the restaurant space. Over the weekend, Cucina di Pesce's Instagram account teased a…

Lately, when we go to a new restaurant, we can't stop thinking about ice cream. And it's not because of the widely-discussed deleted dairy scene from Season 2 of Big Little Lies. To find the best ice cream in NYC, you can hit up the usual spots: Morgenstern's, Sundaes and Cones or Ice & Vice, to name just a few. Of course, you…