For Achilles athletes and their guides, running marathons is a team sport
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Achilles International empowers people with all types of disabilities, seen and unseen, to participate in mainstream running events.
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Get a discounted lift to the polls on Election Day
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Ride-sharing giant Lyft is getting in on Get Out the Vote efforts by offering discounted rides to polling locations in New York City on Election Day.
Read MoreHindu New Yorkers call on city to make Diwali a public school holiday
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Diwali is celebrated in countries that account for some of the city’s highest populations of immigrants.
Read MoreDowntown Far Rockaway receives economic boost from Small Business Services
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The funds, known as Neighborhood 360°, will be used to pump up key commercial corridors.
Read MoreThird teen arrested for beating 79-year-old Cambria Heights man
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Police say the teen is part of a trio that assaulted the man on Linden Boulevard on the night of Oct. 8.
Read MoreOPINION: Ranked choice voting can help elect more women candidates
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Ranked choice voting “has clear benefits related to civic engagement and representation.”
Read MoreTacos of Queens and Brooklyn square off on new docu-series
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Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece have embarked on a cross-country journey to find America’s best tacos, and that search has brought them to Brooklyn and Queens.
Read MoreYork College student strives to make her community a better place
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Nekhidia Harris has worked to become a luminary in her community, starting a non-profit organization to provide health and educational services to those in need.
Read MoreOPINION: Early voting couldn’t have come at a better time
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The cliche “vote early and often” has, at least in part, come true for millions of voters across New York City.
Read MoreOPINION: QueensWay or revived rail link are both OK, but the status quo isn’t
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Ever since the Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway Beach Branch was discontinued in 1962, various proposals for the right-of-way have been floated, but none have taken root.
Read MoreMTA tests out safer signal system on several LIRR lines
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Positive Train Control will now be deployed on select trains operating on the Far Rockaway, Long Beach, Oyster Bay, and West Hempstead branches.
Read MoreMore than 5,400 people have voted early in Queens
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Early voting continues until Sunday and the general election takes place Nov. 5.
Read MoreSpringfield Gardens football player nominated for “Heart of a Giant” award
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Springfield Gardens High School senior Jordan Kirkland was injured in his sophomore year, but gutted through months of physical therapy to return to the field.
Read MoreSeven years after Sandy, city seeks approval for Rockaway plan
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Final approval would allow construction to begin on a beach erosion prevention project by 2020.
Read MoreMTA announces ‘inspection blitz’ to stop train debris raining from sky
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There have been eight reported incidents of debris falling from elevated tracks in the city this year.
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