New York Today: The Tale of Our Taxis
Photo Beep beep. Credit Neal Boenzi/The New York Times Updated, 10:51 a.m.Good morning on this sizzling Wednesday.As you navigate the streets in Wednesday’s blood-boiling temperatures, which are expected to climb into the 90s, imagine a New York City without taxis.The roughly 13,000 yellow cabs we have today — gone from our grid.Just over a century ago, they wouldn’t have been missed.Taxicabs as we know them — yellow on the outside, metered on the inside — were not yet ..>> view originalRoscoe C. Brown Jr., Tuskegee Airman and Confidant to New York ...
Photo Roscoe C. Brown Jr. in 1987 at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx Community College. Credit Eddie Hausner/The New York Times Roscoe C. Brown Jr., a college educator, a Tuskegee airman in World War II and a go-to voice of reason during New York City’s racial volatility in the 1970s and ’80s, died on Saturday in the Bronx. He was 94.His death, at Montefiore Medical Center, was confirmed by his son Dennis Brown.After directing the Institute of Afro-America..>> view originalSmall Steps, but No Major Push, to Integrate New York's Schools
“I think we’re at a moment in the country’s history where there is a level of enthusiasm around the importance of diversity,” said Dr. King, who is a former New York State education commissioner. “There is new momentum, although there are also lots of reasons to worry.”Last fall, the city’s Education Department said seven schools could set aside a portion of seats for needy children or for those learning English, an approach suggested to the department by a group of principals. The agency expan..>> view originalNew York City to Rename Intersection 'Bill Cunningham Corner'
Photo New York City is honoring Bill Cunningham by temporarily renaming the northeast corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue “Bill Cunningham Corner.” Credit Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times For decades, Bill Cunningham rode his bike a short distance from his apartment to the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. There, he captured his subjects holding Birkin bags or Goyard satchels, wearing Issey Miyake shawls or Burberry trench coats.Now, after his death at the..>> view originalHillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Oscar Pistorius: Your Wednesday ...
Photo Hillary Clinton received good news and bad news on Tuesday. Credit Susan Walsh/Associated Press Good morning.Here’s what you need to know:• Rough day, missed chances.Repercussions from the F.B.I.’s decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her email server, and from Donald J. Trump’s praise for Saddam Hussein, are likely to dominate the presidential campaign today.While declining to support an indictment, the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, h..>> view originalNew York City's first heatwave of 2016 expected this week
New Yorkers will be searching for ways to beat the heat this week — or at least will be ... There's also the Minus 5 Ice Bar, a frozen watering hole at the New York ...>> view originalUS|Private Prisoner Vans' Long Road of Neglect
“Some agencies take huge advantage of the taxpayers’ money by sending deputies ‘on vacation’ to extradite an inmate,” said Mr. Baldwin of U.S. Corrections, and pay them “a considerable amount of overtime” for doing so. They also have to cover fuel costs or plane tickets and, often, hotel rooms.Private vans can save considerably by picking up and dropping off other prisoners along the way, charging 75 cents to $1.50 a mile per prisoner.Corrections departments in 26 states, law enforcement in cit..>> view originalA Roving Typewriter Records the Subconscious of New York City
“The Typewriter Project: The Subconscious of the City,” presented by the Poetry Society of New York in partnership with the Parks Department, is a nomadic ...>> view originalTrump Supporter Says She Was Refused Service at NY Mexican ...
A woman says she was denied service at a New York Mexican restaurant because of her allegiance to Donald Trump. Esther Levy told NBC 4 New York she and a friend stopped in Cancun Inn in Sugar Loaf Sunday to get a bite on their way back from a festival in Goshen. Levy, who was wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat at the time, said the eatery was pretty empty at the time and she and her friend got a table. The duo tried to order some sangria, she said. Their waitress left, and another waitress..>> view originalFood|Times Square Wakes Up to a Restaurant From Kellogg's
Photo At Kellogg’s NYC in Times Square, the pastry chef, Christina Tosi, left, and Anthony Rudolf, right, sample the cereal dishes. Credit Alex Wroblewski/The New York Times HeadlinerKellogg’s NYC Breakfast all day, a popular offering these days, usually means egg and sausage, but the cereal behemoth will have none of that. Its new restaurant in Times Square takes cold cereal in inventive directions, thanks to Christina Tosi, the pastry chef behind the Milk Bar chain, w..>> view original
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