Verena Dobnik

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Ticket me Elmo: NYC weighs street character law

Verena Dobnik · July 30, 2014 9:45 pm

Third law enforcement agent leaves NYC hospital

Verena Dobnik · July 30, 2014 5:53 pm

A man sits resting as commuters head to departure gates at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Wednesday July 23, 2014 in New York. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved $90 million for urgent repairs at the 64-year-old complex used by both commuters from New Jersey and travelers from the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NYC’s aging bus terminal to get patchwork fixes

Verena Dobnik · July 27, 2014 3:48 pm

NY preacher appeals for justice in chokehold death

Verena Dobnik · July 20, 2014 5:31 pm

Food pantry customers are served samples of a donated pate of duck foie gras while waiting their turns to shop, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in New York. About 170,000 pounds of delicacies left from the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York were donated and distributed to food pantries across the five boroughs..(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Poor New Yorkers getting fancy food leftovers

Verena Dobnik · July 6, 2014 5:08 pm

Crowds gather for NYC gay pride march

Verena Dobnik · June 30, 2014 5:46 am

Sharon Robinson, left, and Roy Gantt, both residents of the New York City Rescue Mission, look over their just served desserts at The Loeb Boathouse restaurant in New York, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao, known for his sometimes eccentric gestures served up a fancy lunch Wednesday to hundreds of homeless New Yorkers at a Central Park restaurant and serenaded them with "We are the World." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Beef filet filling but cash is what they came for

Verena Dobnik · June 26, 2014 1:00 am

A rat moves along the ground near the subway tracks at Union Square in New York. In July 2014, New York City plans to got to war with its rat population. Financed with $611,000 from the City's budget, an army of inspectors will descend on the cityâs most rat-infested neighborhoods, targeting the parks, sewers and dumping areas where rats congregate and breed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Rodents winning New York rat race, but humans fight back

Verena Dobnik · June 16, 2014 1:37 pm

Teachers, pols: Change NYC high school admissions

Verena Dobnik · June 9, 2014 7:38 pm

People cheer and wave flags during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 8, 2014. The annual parade features thousands of participants in colorful costumes, along with floats and music, and of course, throngs of onlookers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

De Blasio leads his 1st Puerto Rican Day Parade

Verena Dobnik · June 8, 2014 6:49 pm

Bryan Ellicott speaks at a news conference in front of State Supreme Court, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in New York. The transgender man has sued New York City after he says he was booted from a male locker room at a public pool in Staten Island. He says a staff member ordered him to use the women's locker room. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Transgender man sues NYC over locker room access

Verena Dobnik · June 3, 2014 6:25 pm

Maaydn Shmid, of Israel, smiles as he participates in the Celebrate Israel Parade, Sunday, June 1, 2014, in New York. Among the 35,000 marchers were New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Israeli diplomats and members of the Knesset, Israel's parliament. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sea of white and blue at NYC’s Israel Day Parade

Verena Dobnik · June 1, 2014 9:35 pm