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The city Health Department has declared a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in central Harlem over, and pledged to tighten safety rules after identifying two publicly-owned sites as the source. At least seven people died and more than 100 were sickened during the cluster, one of the worst in New York’s history.Culture testing has revealed that […]

Claire's is closing nearly 300 U.S. stores, including 18 in New York, as the company moves through bankruptcy.The budget jewelry retailer, which sold its North American business to private equity firm Ames Watson for $104 million weeks after filing for bankruptcy, will close 291 U.S. stores on a rolling basis, according to a court filing.The […]

Part of the twisting legal drama of a developer who helped put Hudson Square on the map seems to be coming to an end.The 3,000-square-foot penthouse in the Printing House condo owned by Barnet Liberman, who helped convert the formerly industrial building into residences in the late 1980s, when such a thing was unusual, is […]

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are accusing two inspectors of faking hundreds of safety checks for Con Edison natural gas pipelines in New York City and Westchester County meant to prevent gas leaks and explosions, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.Law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested and charged Liam Treibert, 30, and Michael Vasconcellos, 44, with […]