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NEW YORK'S FRONT PAGE: www.nyempirereport.com VISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN... BREAKING NEWS UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY...   TOP HEADLINES:   NY TIMES BLOCKBUSTER: TAXI DRIVERS DEVASTATED... BANKS CASHED IN!... LENDERS YACHTS, BEACHHOUSES... GOVT. OFFICIALS COUNTED THE MONEY...   CHARTOCK: WON'T BE LONG BEFORE 'SEX WORK' IS DECRIMINALIZED...     IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE: The Legislature’s rent proposals fail to create a single new affordable housing unit or improve vacancy rates for those households most in need. Instead, they will make it impossible for many landlords to meet their costs and afford to invest in maintaining and improving their buildings. Hundreds of thousands of rent-stabilized units, especially older units in the boroughs outside of Manhattan, will be at risk. We need responsible rent reforms that protect tenants and property owners. Learn more at ResponsibleRentReform.org.                         LEFT COLUMN: Assemblyman Smullen pleads to violation, settling tax evasion case... BRAGG: A Cuomo donor's nonstop connections... Rally In Binghamton Calls For Akshar's Resignation... NYTIMES: Where Are Statues of LGBTQ Pioneers? 11 Worthy New Yorkers... JOE CROWLEY: AOC 'most vulnerable' to defeat in 2020... AOC STANDS WITH BUFFET: Crisis CEOs were rewarded but should pay... BOB MCCARTHY: Lynne Dixon's fundraising lends credence to campaign... NY gambling app buys lottery tickets for you... Cuomo creates panel to study future of Erie Canal...   RIGHT COLUMN: 'TOXIC WHITENESS': NYC Schools Chancellor faces extraordinary racism accusations... NYC plastic surgeon flees US after botched procedures... Eric Garner's mom slams NYPD cop's 'not a big deal'... BILLBOARD IN FLAMES IN TIMES SQUARE: FDNY... Bellone threatens lawsuit over planned SALT workaround... Twisted motive behind the alleged murder-for-hire plot that's rocked the NYPD... SPEAKER COJO calls on de Blasio to restore funds for trash collection... 'NUTS' UWS man blasted as NYC's 'worst neighbor'... NYTIMES: San Fran Banned Facial Recognition. NYC Isn't Even Close... MTA Worker Earned More Than Mayor and Governor Combined... MIDDLE COLUMN: SNL COLD OPEN... MAUREEN DOWD: Will Trump Be the Sage One?... HARRY SIEGEL: America, Meet Bill de Blasio... REX SMITH: Buildings, people make a community... SEILER: De Blasio runs ... as Cuomo?... GOODWIN: Once a Putz, Always a Putz... THIESSEN: Schumer backs Trump; China should worry... NYT WINEAPPLE: Impeachment Is a Form of Hope... NYT STEPHENS: Dear Millennials: The Feeling Is Mutual... NYT JACKSON: Suburbs Coming to a City Near You... NYT DELL'ANTONIA: How High School Ruined Leisure... Nobody rides LIRR train to Hamptons... Yankees climb into first place as Gio Urshela walk-off caps rally... NYTIMES: At PGA Championship, Thailand Meets Farmingdale... New York state parks hiring 1,000 lifeguards... Westchester teacher wins Jeopardy! final... Finger Lakes region has it all... Powerball jackpot analysis: Lump sum after taxes in NY… Guilderland cops: Mom kills daughter, 5, then herself... NY state DEC launches annual birdwatching challenge... MORE...