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BAY SHORE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Homes are getting spruced up on Long Island, with volunteers getting down and dirty to help beautify the area free of charge to homeowners. This is Spruce Up Bay Shore, where volunteers are painting, repairing porches and doing all they can to help fix-up homes in the area, reports CBS2’s Cindy Hsu. Several groups…

Dyker Heights residents have successfully gotten street vendors barred from their neighborhood during the holidays. The community is famous for its seasonal, elaborate holiday light displays that would make Clark Griswold jealous.In a unanimous vote, the City Council’s Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing on Thursday…

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD is looking for two suspects caught on camera in a violent attack on the Upper West Side. Surveillance cameras caught one of the attackers sucker-punching a woman in the head from behind and knocking her to the ground. 🚨WANTED🚨for a Robbery in the vicinity of 200 Amsterdam Ave. #Manhattan #uppereastside…

New York City Transit Chief Andy Byford seemed particularly cheerful at an event touting the success of the 14th Street busway on Thursday afternoon. Perhaps now we know why: Byford apparently resigned from his MTA post last week, citing interference from Governor Andrew Cuomo as his chief reason for leaving.Politico's Dana…

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Bronx mother is sounding the alarm after a package delivery worker is caught on camera trying to break into her home. “I just was a nervous wreck,” Williamsbridge resident Delores Bellejambe said. A man in a FedEx uniform showed up at Bellajambe’s house Tuesday in the Bronx. He didn’t just leave a package on her porch.…