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NYers Step Up, Unplug To Avoid Power Outage | NYC Roundup

Here are the must-read Patch NYC stories for Thursday, July 1.

People brave the sweltering heat of Manhattan on June 30.
People brave the sweltering heat of Manhattan on June 30. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A round-up of the news stories in New York City today:

NYers Step Up, Unplug To Avoid Heat Wave Power Outage

Electricity use dropped by enough to power 1 million homes after New Yorkers were asked to scale back, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Cops Bust 'Babiiez' Gang Connected To 11 Brooklyn Shootings: DA

The indictment includes 14 members of the"Babiiez," a subset of a Brooklyn gang named for its younger members, who are 15 to 21 years old.

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Trump Organization, CFO Indicted On Tax Fraud Charges

It is the first criminal case New York authorities' two-year investigation into the former president has yielded.

Bobby Bonilla Day: Why The New York Mets Are Still Paying Him

As July 1 rolls around again, a retired baseball player who hasn't been a Met since 1999 is still getting more than $1 million a year.

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Suspects In Wild Hell's Kitchen Carjacking Sought By Police

Police are looking for two men accused of trying to steal an SUV in Hell's Kitchen and dragging its passengers along for several blocks.

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