Sex Workers No Longer Prosecuted In Manhattan | NYC Roundup

New York City NY

21 April, 2021

4:11 PM

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A round-up of the news stories in New York City today: Prostitution Will No Longer Be Prosecuted In Manhattan, DA Says Manhattan will stop prosecuting prostitution and unlicensed massage, District Attorney Cyrus Vance said, a victory for sex work advocates. Man Killed, 2 Injured In Upper East Side Building Fire An elderly man died following the fire that broke out Wednesday in an apartment building on Second Avenue near East 82nd Street. Famed Coyote Ugly Bar Reopening In New 14th Street Spot: Report The decades-old Coyote Ugly bar shut down in the fall of 2020 after failed rent negotiations. It's now reopening in a new location. Garbage Vandals Leave Prospect Park Strewn With Trash: Alliance Nearly all trash cans in Brooklyn's Backyard were overturned on Tuesday night, leaving staff and neighbors picking up huge piles of garbage. BK Favorite Dough Doughnuts Expanding To Astoria This Spring Dough Doughnuts, which is known for making extravagantly flavored doughnuts, will soon open their first Queens outpost in Astoria.