PHOTOS: Stories that defined the decade in New York City

Saturday, December 21, 2019
In this Sunday, May 2, 2010 image, a police officer approaches a vehicle containing a car bomb, which stands with the door open in NYC's Times Square.  (AP Photo/APTV, File)
Steven Slater speaks after leaving an NYC courthouse Oct. 19, 2010. The former flight attendant whose meltdown landed him in court has pleaded guilty to attempted criminal mischief
The 9/11 Memorial opened to the public on Sept. 12, 2011.
The "Occupy Wall Street" protest is in its second week, as demonstrators speak out against corporate greed and social inequality on Sept. 30, 2011.
Occupy Wall Street protesters are joined by union workers as they gather in Foley Square in lower Manhattan,  Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York.
Fans hold up New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin photos to distract a Sacramento Kings player during a free throw attempt during an NBA basketball game on Feb. 15, 2012, in New York.
In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, flood waters from Superstorm Sandy surround a vehicle near the Con Ed power plant in New York.
Citi Bikes are stored in a rack in New York's Herald Square, Friday, May 31, 2013  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Anthony Weiner discusses his policies with a passerby while greeting commuters during a campaign event outside a subway station, May 23, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Democratic Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and his family acknowledge supporters after he was elected the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013
Demonstrators march towards the 120th Precinct following a vigil demanding justice for Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died while being arrested by New York City police.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Coumo lead a news conference to discuss Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders physician who tested positive for the Ebola virus.
An NYPD police officer stands at a makeshift memorial near the site where officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
In this March 27, 2015, file photo, a pile of debris remains at the site of a building explosion in the East Village neighborhood of New York.
Lin-Manuel Miranda appears at the curtain call following the opening night performance of "Hamilton" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in New York.
Pope Francis greets former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani while visiting the 9/11 Memorial plaza in New York, September 25, 2015.
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, members of the FBI carry on investigations at the scene of Saturday's explosion on West 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Chelsea.
Carnegie Deli and Restaurant closed its iconic location at midnight on December 30, 2016.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Chanel Lewis was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 for murdering Karina Vetrano while she was jogging in 2016.
Hundreds of uniformed firefighters fill the street as an ambulance carrying the body of Yadira Arroyo proceeds toward St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church in the Bronx March 25, 2017.
Investigators look under a car that sits on the corner of Broadway and 45th Street in Times Square after ploughing through a crowd of pedestrians at lunchtime on May 18, 2017.
Eric Fleming, 41, stops by to express his condolences in front of a bike memorial where people leave flowers to remember the victims of the attack in New York.
Former New York Knick Carmelo Anthony visits a memorial to Lesandro Guzman-Feliz near the site of his murder in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, June 25, 2018.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, smiles while being interviewed in Rockefeller Center, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in New York.
A cyclist is framed by snow covered leaves of a tree in lower Manhattan on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in New York.
Orthodox Jewish men carry Moshe Deutsch's casket outside a Brooklyn synagogue following his funeral, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 in New York.
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PHOTOS: Stories that defined the decade in New York CityIn this Sunday, May 2, 2010 image, a police officer approaches a vehicle containing a car bomb, which stands with the door open in NYC's Times Square. (AP Photo/APTV, File)
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