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A new poll in the race for New York City mayor may be some good news for Andrew Cuomo, but perhaps not as good as he might have hoped.

NBC 4’s Adam Harding reports from Edison, NJ where a neighborhood is protesting the city’s plan for their local park. 

A motel on Long Beach Island has been transformed into housing for seasonal beach employees. NBC 4 New York’s Charles Watson reports. 

A new food hub has opened in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx for residents there. NBC 4’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

A robbery pattern has developed as the NYPD link several scooter robberies together in the city. NBC 4’s Marc Santia reports. 

NBC 4’s Gus Rosendale reports on Kraft Heinz removing artificial dyes from their products by the end of 2027. 

The New York Yankees are honoring a grandmother on Long Island during their annual Hope Week. NBC 4’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Homeland Security said NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander assaulted a federal officer, but he had yet to be charged with any crime as of Tuesday evening. He was taken into custody by ICE agents while he was “escorting” a defendant out of an immigration courtroom. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo and Chris Jose reports....

Authorities are warning visitors at a Jersey Shore beach to steer clear after some special birds made their home in Wildwood. Experts are doing their best to protect the family of oystercatchers, but the closure is happening ahead of a huge music festival coming to town. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

The fire is out and streets in Ridgewood were reopened Tuesday night, but witnesses describe a heart stopping scene, saying they saw a man break a third story window with his hand before climbing down the fire escape to safety. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

The Bureau of Prisons said Menendez surrendered around 9 a.m. Tuesday to begin serving his 11-year sentence, as the once-mighty Democratic politician is now registered as a federal inmate. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

There are growing pleas for ICE to release a mother of five from Long Island who was detained after stepping out of an immigration hearing. Her attorney said the mother has no criminal history, and her family says it is an urgent matter for her children. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

There was more courtroom drama involving jurors in the sex trafficking trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs, as the judge gave them a stern warning for violating court orders. It came as the prosecution could soon rest its case. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.