New York Today: Monumental Decisions
Photo To be a landmark? Or not to be? Credit Benjamin Norman for The New York Times Updated, 10:11 a.m. Good morning on this soggy Tuesday.The time has come. Finally.The Landmarks Preservation Commission meets today to hash out how to handle the 95 New York City properties nominated for designation as landmarks.Some on the list have been in limbo for decades.Each item — whether a sign, building, lighthouse or other property — will meet one of three fates.One: The pro..>> view originalDonald Trump in New York: Deep Roots, but Little Influence
Photo Donald J. Trump’s organization manages the Wollman ice skating rink in Central Park. Credit Edward Caruso for The New York Times It is impossible to miss when you fly into New York City and spot the golf course in the shadow of the Whitestone Bridge. It is hard to avoid when you stroll along Fifth Avenue, or venture past the skating rink or carousel in Central Park. And it is there in bright lights, no less, when you pass the sleek hotel near the entrance to the..>> view originalTensions Over New York's Homeless Shelters Explode After ...
The missives began in earnest late last month after the killing of a former teacher at a Harlem shelter: 11 letters between state and city officials over conditions and violence in New York City’s homeless shelter system. The letters generally followed a pattern, with the state pointing out some flaw in the system and the city responding in clipped but polite fashion. That changed on Friday, after the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, which has oversight of homeless shelter ..>> view originalNew York Times Awards David Carr Fellowships to 3 Journalists
Photo John Herrman, left, will work with The Times’s media group, Amanda Hess will join the Culture section, and Greg Howard will work with The New York Times Magazine and other sections. The New York Times announced on Tuesday that it had chosen three journalists to spend two years in its newsroom as part of a fellowship named for the media columnist David Carr.The Times had initially said it would select just one person for the fellowship, which was created after Mr. Carr’s death in 20..>> view originalQuality Eats Is the Future of the New York Steakhouse
I recount this tale because if you were to apply to the New York City steakhouse the same consumer logic that precipitated both the rise and the fall of the Hummer, you should theoretically end up with the same result. Theoretically. Lower beef prices in the gilded aughts fueled an Ozerskian breed of conspicuous carnivore, and restaurateurs indulged that desire with plush steakhouses at every turn. But beef prices now, like those of gasoline in 2007, are at an all-time high. And while we may ri..>> view originalJury Awards New York Firefighters $183 Million in 2005 Blaze
Photo The fourth floor of the Bronx building where two firefighters jumped to their deaths on Jan. 23, 2005. Credit Vincent Laforet/The New York Times It was a day in New York City that no firefighter could forget: Six of the department’s own, battling a blaze in a Bronx apartment building on a brutally cold Sunday in 2005, became trapped on the fourth floor, hemmed in by illegal drywall partitions and unable to find the fire escape.Two would die after jumping out of ..>> view originalOil Prices Slide Back, and the Market Follows
Stocks fell broadly on Tuesday as commodity prices retreated.Crude oil sank more than 4 percent. Investors remained worried about growth in China as the country cut the value of its currency against the dollar yet again.Investors were also discouraged by a report showing that consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in seven months.The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index lost 24.23 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,921.27 and the Nasdaq composite fell 67.02 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,503.58.The ..>> view originalLondon Stock Exchange in Merger Talks With Deutsche Börse
Photo Even after Deutsche Börse failed to merge with the N.Y.S.E., it has struck a number of acquisitions. Credit Frank Rumpenhorst/European Pressphoto Agency Four years ago, Deutsche Börse called off an effort to merge with the parent of the New York Stock Exchange after European antitrust regulators threatened to block the combination. Now, the German market operator is willing to try another deal — this time with the London Stock Exchange.The two exchanges said on..>> view originalObama Sends Guantánamo Closing Plan to Congress
Continue reading the main story Video Obama on Guantánamo Bay The president spoke about his administration’s latest efforts to find a way to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date February 23, 2016. Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. ..>> view originalPolitics|Battle for the Supreme Court: Our Insiders' Guide
The Supreme Court will hold a memorial service for Justice Antonin Scalia “at an appropriate time,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said on Monday. If history is any guide, the nation may have a new president before the service takes place, though it may not yet have a replacement for Justice Scalia. When Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died on Sept. 3, 2005, more than nine months passed before his memorial service, which was presided over by his successor, Chief Justice Roberts. At the ..>> view original
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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