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On the same day Homeland Security announced plans to step up deportations nationwide.
Jennifer Bartoli, 24, went missing Sunday afternoon.
A black bull managed to escape the cleaver at a Queens slaughterhouse Tuesday morning — but ended up dying anyway, in NYPD custody.
Another city heat record could be broken this coming Thursday, forecasters say.
No TSA agents were present to check the stream of passengers Monday morning, even as the metal detector went wild, airport officials say.
Also: ICE drops new details on NYC immigrants detained last week, and a bookstore run by Brooklyn's literary elite prepares for opening day.
Also: Immigrants strike en masse across NYC, and Big Pharma bro Martin Shkreli has trouble finding a venue for his Wu-Tang listening party.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito used her final "State of the City" address at Kings Theatre to stand up for NYC's immigrants.
The resemblance between these humans and their show dogs is bordering on suspicious.
Beagles were the populist heroes of the 2017 Westminster Dog Show.
Plus: See the ultra-modern, prism-like building planned along the East River, and take MTA's latest invite to rant on the L Train shutdown.
A day in the life of the Westminster Dog Show's fluffiest runner-up.
Also: An Iraqi refugee learns the hard way that Times Square isn't all it's cracked up to be, and a school bus hops a sidewalk on the UES.
Patch is reporting live from night two of the Westminster Dog Show.
Outer space will bless us Earthlings with some of her fanciest tricks Friday night. How to watch and when (if clouds don't get in the way).
Plus: Another big Airbnb bust on the Upper West Side, a secret Brooklyn cheese cave and a chance to win some money for your local library.
"Our most prestigious institutions find ways to avoid black and poor patients," says Dr. David Himmelstein, CUNY prof and study co-author.
Who could have imagined the booty to be found in the ground beneath Bergen Street?
Also: Whole Foods gets a $13M tax break for helping gentrify Gowanus, and a Knicks player gets physical with Madison Square Garden security.
