New York Today: Landmark Limbo
Photo Will this sign be a landmark? We’ll know soon enough. Credit Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Updated 8:57 a.m. Good morning on this soggy Wednesday.The Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City, Temple Row on Staten Island, Union Square Park in Manhattan; all are counted among New York’s most cherished icons, but none are official city landmarks.At least not yet, though it’s not for a lack of effort.The gems have languished on a list of 95 sites to be evaluated by ..>> view originalMaastricht Art Fair Widens Its Reach, to New York
LONDON — Tefaf Maastricht, Europe’s biggest and most prestigious fair devoted to art, antiques and design, is expanding into New York.The Netherlands-based event, organized by dealers under the umbrella of the European Fine Art Foundation, a nonprofit body, is collaborating with the New York art advisers Artvest Partners to hold two annual fairs at the Park Avenue Armory, Tefaf said on Wednesday.Tefaf New York Fall will open in October to showcase dealers specializing in artworks from antiquity..>> view originalYour Wednesday Briefing: Flint, Uber, Bill Cosby
Photo Stocking up on bottled water in Flint, Mich. Credit Sarah Rice for The New York Times (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning.Here’s what you need to know:• President Obama visits a mosque.President Obama will for the first time in his presidency visit a mosque on American soil.He’s attending a discussion today at a Baltimore Islamic center where he is expected to issue a rebuke of anti-Muslim rhetoric by Republican presidential c..>> view originalDavid Sweat given more prison time for New York escape
David Sweat -- already serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for a previous murder conviction -- was sentenced to an additional seven to 14 years for three charges relating to his June escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility Dannemora, New York.Sweat, the only one of the escapees who survived a massive police manhunt, apologized at his sentencing hearing in Plattsburgh for distressing area residents during the pair's time on the lam."I'd like to apologize to the communit..>> view originalNFL Great Ken Stabler Had Brain Disease CTE
Continue reading the main story Video Ken Stabler and C.T.E. The family of Ken Stabler, the former Raiders quarterback who died in July at age 69, speaks about his life and the effects of C.T.E., which was diagnosed posthumously. By MARGARET CHEATHAM WILLIAMS on Publish Date February 3, 2016. Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Associat..>> view originalNew York Officer Ran Prostitution Ring at Motels, Authorities Say
Eduardo Cornejo had been an officer in the New York Police Department for more than a decade. But in a phone call one night last month, the authorities said, he hinted at his other, more nefarious work. “That might make it hot, though, standing outside with a bunch of girls,” Mr. Cornejo said, a reference, according to the authorities, to dividing money among the prostitutes he is accused of employing outside a Long Island motel. “They’re going to know what’s up real quick.”But investigators w..>> view originalNew York Philharmonic Announces Its 175th-Anniversary Season
Photo Alan Gilbert conducting the New York Philharmonic in concert in December. Credit Richard Termine for The New York Times The Alan Gilbert era of the New York Philharmonic will draw to a close next season with a blaze of new music (seven premieres), intriguing juxtapositions (Schoenberg’s shattering “A Survivor From Warsaw” and Beethoven’s Ninth) and several other nods to hallmarks of his tenure as music director, including one last semi-staged opera: Wagner’s “Da..>> view originalInfluential New York City DJ Big Kap dead at 45
Iconic New York City DJ Big Kap, best known for his 1999 album “The Tunnel” with Funkmaster Flex, has died at the age of 45. Flex broke the tragic news on his ...>> view originalSyngenta Board Seeks Approval of ChemChina's $43 Billion Offer
Continue reading the main story Video Syngenta Chairman on ChemChina Deal Michel Demaré, chairman of one of the world's biggest manufacturers of agriculture chemicals and seeds, defended the deal ahead of a possible political storm. By CNBC on Publish Date February 3, 2016. Photo by Michael Buholzer/Agence France-Presse — Gett..>> view originalWhy Haven't Concussions Hurt the NFL?
Everywhere you go at the National Football League’s corporate headquarters in Manhattan, a Park Avenue enclave that feels both futuristic and retro at the same time, you encounter ‘‘the Shield.’’ The star-studded, upside-down nipple with a football floating on top adorns the front doors; it is painted on walls, carved into trophies, printed on napkins and mouse pads, inlaid in silver on a conference table, etched into cuff links and iced onto cookies. All employees receive a Lucite Shield at th..>> view original
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