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There’s a new campaign aiming to attract Latino families to visit and learn about the nation’s protected parks. One of those hidden gems is nestled right in New Jersey: Paterson Great Falls. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Lynda Baquero reporting on the pursuit of better housing deals after fed rate cut. 

Jessica Cunnington reporting on Bridgeport public schools closing because of threats. 

Greg Cergol reporting on a Long Island VFW and food pantry reopening after a fire. 

Federal prosecutors have issued another subpoena to a high-ranking member of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration. The subpoena was sent by federal investigators to a manager in the mayor’s office who has a window into the city’s vast world of lucrative migrant contracts. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

A New Jersey family is in mourning after two people were killed in an overnight fire. The flames were so intense, the fire spread to a pair of neighboring buildings, leaving several families to start the weekend on the streets. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

An 80-year-old New Jersey couple is recovering but shaken after a terrifying home invasion. What started as a knock at the door ended with them brutally beaten, robbed of their belongings and sense of security. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

Newark’s Omari Gaines is changing the narrative that private school is the only road leading to college and big football dreams. The Malcolm X Shabazz high school player will be heading to Stanford in the fall after helping change the trajectory of his high school team. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

The new bodycam video shows what happened before the subway shooting that injured two innocent bystanders, in addition to a police officer and the man who allegedly pulled a knife on the cops after they tried to stop him for fare beating. The officers were seen using Tasers in an effort to subdue him, but those failed, and shortly after...