Can Donald Trump Win Every Delegate in New York?
New York isn’t quite perfect for him — even his strongest areas have average or above-average educational attainment. But it’s a lot like highly educated Massachusetts, which gave Mr. Trump 49 percent of the vote and has been his best state so far.Mr. Trump fares best in places that look nothing like the old Republican Party. New Yorkers aren’t very religious, they have low marriage rates, and they’re less likely to work in the old resource-based economy. They are far more likely to be Catholic..>> view originalReviving Movies as a Social Outing in New York
Photo The Oscars red carpet pre-show was shown on projection screens at Syndicated. Credit Yana Paskova for The New York Times On a quiet Sunday night in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a few dozen scruffy men and slim women in their 20s gathered inside a converted warehouse, ordering locally brewed pints around a marble-topped bar.It was a scene that plays out in countless bars throughout this postindustrial neighborhood. But then a bartender suddenly yelled, “Now seating for the ..>> view originalReaching for the Stars, Across 4.37 Light-Years
Dr. Hawking added, “Today we commit to the next great leap in the cosmos, because we are human and our nature is to fly.”The project will be directed by Pete Worden, a former director of NASA’s Ames Research Center. He has a prominent cast of advisers, including the Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb as chairman; the British astronomer royal Martin Rees; the Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Saul Perlmutter, of the University of California, Berkeley; Ann Druyan, an executive producer of the television mi..>> view originalPoll Watch: Just How Competitive Is the New York Primary?
PhotoHillary Clinton campaigned for New Yorkers’ votes at Cohoes High School, about 10 miles north of Albany, last week.Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times Tuesday will be the first time in decades that New York will hold two competitive presidential primaries in the same year. Well, it depends on how you define competitive. On the Democratic side, Senator Bernie Sanders is running hard against Hillary Clinton, and has pulled even with her upstate, according to most polls. But more ..>> view originalHow the Verizon Strike Could Affect You
Photo Verizon workers picketing in New York City Wednesday. The company said it trained thousands of nonunion employees to fill in for those on strike, but union workers say the quality of service will suffer. Credit Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times About 36,000 Verizon workers went on strike early Wednesday after the communications company failed to reach an agreement with unions representing workers for its wireline operations.Verizon has said that consumers will..>> view originalA Win In New York For Ted Cruz? Fuggetaboutit
Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds
Photo The Chicago Police last month investigated a scene on the northwest side of the city. Credit Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times, via Associated Press CHICAGO — Racism has contributed to a long, systemic pattern of institutional failures by this city’s police department in which police officers have mistreated people, operated without sufficient oversight, and lost the trust of residents, a task force assigned by Mayor Rahm Emanuel has found. Document: C..>> view originalNew York Today: Tribeca Takes the City
Photo Lights, camera, action! Credit Jemal Countess/Getty Images Updated, 12:12 p.m.Good morning on this sunny Wednesday.Movie buffs, rejoice: the Tribeca Film Festival kicks off this afternoon.The event, now in its 15th year, was founded by Robert De Niro and his producing partner, Jane Rosenthal, in part to help revitalize Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.“Certainly the world doesn’t need another film festival,” The Times reported in 2002. “..>> view originalAfter Two New York Flops, Cirque du Soleil Bets Big on Broadway
Some fans worry the echoes of “Iris” mean they’ve seen this show before.“On the one hand, those were cool acts, but, on the other hand, can’t you think up anything new?” said Keith Johnson, a Seattle-based Cirque fan and blogger who estimates that he has seen 20 Cirque shows. Mr. Johnson said he is concerned that “Paramour” may suffer from creation by committee, rather than by a single visionary, and that marketing it will be hard. “The image of their brand is so strong that, when they try to d..>> view originalCAMPAIGN SHOCKER! New York tabloids still have influence in ...
George Arzt has been around New York media long enough to know the presidential candidates were in for pain when they hit his city. Even he, however, a New York Post alumnus who went on to handle media for the late Mayor Ed Koch, has been astounded to see so many candidates resemble deer caught by headlights.“Candidates come here, and they are thinking, ‘I just said this one little thing as an aside to a reporter and now it is a blaring headline. I don’t know how this happened,’” Arzt said. “Th..>> view original
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