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    To Dream of Pickleball CityThe sport’s die-hard fans are fighting for courts they can call their own.
    By Bindu Bansinath
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    The Mammoth Bone Hunters of the East River“We were looking for the big boys and the small stuff, too,” says one fossil hunter. “Any kind of bones.”
    By Matt Stieb
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    The Embattled Women of the FDNYThe FDNY’s first woman commissioner puts its gender gap in relief.
    By Nia Prater
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    The New Worker-Owners of Astor Wines & SpiritsAstor’s employees will be even more integrated with a store that was already an anchor of the neighborhood.
    By Nia Prater
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    The Elite Gymnasts of GowanusHow a husband-and-wife team turned New York into an unlikely source of sporting talent.
    By Bindu Bansinath
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    Among the Van Lifers in BrooklynIn a dead-end waterfront street known as Van Alley, a makeshift neighborhood grows.
    By Paula Aceves
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    Shark SpottersLooking for what lurks off New York’s beaches.
    By James D. Walsh
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    The Weed Merchants of Washington Square Park“We try to keep this very professional, seven days a week, as a business.”
    By Victoria Bekiempis
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    The Talented Security Guards of the MetThey’re enforcers, tour guides, artists.
    By Clio Chang
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    The Back-to-the-Office GangHow Henry Kravis and other New York chief executives are urging employees back to their desks.
    By Jen Wieczner
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    Amazon Labor Union’s Next Big TestOrganizers are angling for a second historic victory.
    By Sarah Jones
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    A Basquiat Family ReunionThe artist’s sisters have put on an exhibition of his work to remind the world where he came from — and have a party.
    By Carl Swanson
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    The Bike Brigade on Three-Borough Sunday ‘Ride Out’“People see us two ways. Either Oh, wow, these talented guys wheelie-ing! Or Come on, get out of the way!”
    By Brock Colyar
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    Plunging Into the Atlantic With Coney Island’s Ice PatrolThese winter bathers have been swimming (and shivering) for decades. They swear they enjoy it.
    By Joe DeLessio
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    Inside an Accidental Trans Enclave in East Williamsburg“Here was a chaotic set of trans people who could model how to live a happy life in a terrible world.”
    By P. E. Moskowitz
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    For the First Time, New York City Has a Majority-Women City Council“We’re going to do things that the city hasn’t seen before.”
    By Valeria Ricciulli
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    Yeshiva University’s Basketball Team Can’t Stop WinningHow the Maccabees became the hottest squad in the NCAA.
    By Joe DeLessio
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    What the NYC Taxi Drivers on a Hunger Strike Won“It’s a beautiful victory — both the destination and the journey.”
    By Errol Louis
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    The Nation’s Best High-School DebatersThe Bronx Science Speech & Debate Team’s varsity captains are helping defend its No. 1 title.
    By Jackson McHenry
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    The New York Real-Estate Agents Turned TikTok StarsViral dances have nothing on apartment walk-throughs and neighborhood in-jokes.
    By Kim Velsey
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    P.S. 705’s Welcome CommitteeThe teachers who turned the school-drop-off line into a shindig.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
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    The U.S. Open’s Longest-Tenured Ball BoysAt court with the most senior ball-lobbers and towel-profferers in tennis.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
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    New York Public Library’s Human Search Engines“One thing that historians learned this year is that digitization can never replace the archives.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    The Lower East Side Seniors Who Organized Their Own T’ai Chi Class“T’ai chi helps with memory,” one says. “It’s important, at our age, to keep our minds alert.”
    By Valeria Ricciulli
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    How the Oldest Family-Run Business in Chinatown Keeps the Lights On“Throughout the COVID year, we had a half a dozen family members here every day. It’s our family living room.”
    By Diana Budds
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    Los Deliveristas Unidos, the Essential Workers of TakeoutOrganizing the delivery workers who keep much of the city fed.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
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    The Remaining Rockettes on Their Spectacular-less Christmas“Our kick lines look the same, but we are doing them socially distanced.”
    By Matthew Schneier