New York City department stores already have insane Christmas decorations
Macy's is one of several New York City department stores with lavish holiday windows.(Photo: AP Images for Macy's)It's the most wonderful time of the year for retail window displays.This year, New York City department stores have already unveiled some extravagant Christmas showcases complete with light shows, an interactive piano, ice sculptures and tributes to Paris. Here are some of the most impressive windows already on view, in no particular order:1. Saks Fifth AvenueUnveiled with an elabora..>> view originalNew York Times calls Donald Trump's latest criticisms 'outrageous' - Nov
In its most extensive statement yet, the New York Times is refuting Donald Trump's claims against veteran investigative reporter Serge Kovaleski by saying "the facts speak for themselves."Trump says the Times should apologize to him, but an apology is not in the cards."We continue to find this behavior outrageous," a Times spokesperson said Sunday in response to questions from CNNMoney.Trump has been tangling with Kovaleski for the better part of a week. It all started when Trump made comments a..>> view originalWho runs New York’s Legislature?
Members of the New York Assembly meet in Albany.(Photo: AP)Most members of the New York state legislature have run only campaigns – not businesses, according to a Central New York Media Group analysis of the Assembly and Senate.Few of the 213 politicians – each in a unique position to help lead upstate’s flagging economy from the hole – have any academic or practical experience in business or the economy, the study of the backgrounds of each legislator shows.One is an accountant. Eight, includin..>> view originalNew York City Bans the Hoverboard - Reason
The future is here, but New York City nannies won't have it.RELATED ARTICLES11.26.15 6:00 am11.05.13 7:00 am10.21.13 10:00 amThe "hoverboard"—a mash-up between a razor scooter and a Segway, sans handles—is a self-balancing two-wheeled personal transportation device, which has made a splash with kids and seems poised to be a huge seller this holiday season.Sure, they might not look exactly likethe hoverboards we were promised in a "Back To The Future" view of life in 2015, but the movie got the y..>> view originalAfter Colorado Shooting, Renewed Questions on Gun Violence
PhotoA service on Sunday at Hope Chapel in Colorado Springs, where Garrett Swasey, who died in the shooting, was an elder.CreditNick Cote for The New York TimesThe governor of Colorado, where a gunman killed three people and wounded nine others in a rampage at aPlanned Parenthoodclinic last week, called the shooting a “form of terrorism” on Sunday and said that the country needed to ask why such shootings were happening so frequently.Aftera standoffthat stretched from late morning into late afte..>> view originalTheater Review: New York Animals -- Vulture
Just before the final preview ofNew York Animalslast night, Eric Tucker, the show’s director, warned the audience that the “glamorous and exacting” play with songs about to begin was still being rewritten, reworked, and even recast. This seemed odd for a piece that had been in development for many years. The playwright Steven Sater’s first version of it, with four characters and no songs, was written in the early 2000s, before his immense success as the librettist forSpring Awakeningin 2006. He ..>> view originalBlack Artists and the March Into the Museum
The painter Norman Lewis rarely complained in public about the singular struggles of being a black artist in America. But in 1979, dying of cancer, he made a prediction to his family. “He said to us, ‘I think it’s going to take about 30 years, maybe 40, before people stop caring whether I’m black and just pay attention to the work,’ ” Lewis’s daughter, Tarin Fuller, recalled recently.Lewis was just about right. In the last few years alone, his work has been acquired by theNational Gallery of Art..>> view originalThe Dolphins Help the Jets Make It Look Easy
PhotoThe Jets' Brandon Marshall scored during the first half against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.CreditBen Solomon for The New York TimesEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — TheJetshad played some horrendous football the previous two games. The kind of football that produced embarrassed locker rooms, provoked a postgame tirade from their coach and prompted their hirsute quarterback to trim a beard more prolific than their offense.But however much the Jets had seemed to fade from the playoff chase, one fact ..>> view originalA Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois
The richest man in Illinois does not often give speeches. But on a warm spring day two years ago, Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, rose before a black-tie dinner of the Economic Club of Chicago to deliver an urgent plea to the city’s elite.They had stood silently, Mr. Griffin told them, as politicians taxed too much, spent too much and drove businesses and jobs from the state. They had refused to help those who would take on the reigning powe..>> view originalWhy cooks are leaving New York City in droves
It's 2 a.m. and you just stumbled into your local diner after an epic night of partying.Ten years ago, you might have expected a perfectly crunchy grilled cheese sandwich delivered in mere minutes by the same cook behind the counter who had been there since your Grandpa lived in the neighborhood.These days you consider yourself lucky if you get a plate of mushy, reheated fries and a cup of lukewarm gravy within 45 minutes.That's because, without exaggeration, there is a cook crisis in New York C..>> view original
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