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false>> view originalAffluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation
So he enlisted several friends to camp out with him at the construction site one evening, rifles in hand, ready to turn away intruders. The vandals never returned, and Mr. Hyler finished building his house, which he lived in for nearly half a century until his death in 2004.While Mr. Hyler was branching out, Ms. Sabir’s grandparents found themselves falling into the familiar cycle of segregation. Migrants from the South, they spent about 10 years trying to buy a house at a time when black famil..>> view originalKing of New York
I moved to New York City with nothing but the shirt on my back and another shirt on my legs. I knew so little about the world and fashion but I was determined to make it in this town and prove my parents wrong. “It isn’t as reasonably priced or as clean in New York as it is here, Daniel,” they warned as I walked out of their house in Toledo. They would have said absolutely anything to get me to stay. It was shameless. I found an apartment in Brooklyn, a fourteenth-floor walkup owned by a one-ar..>> view originalNew York City Axes English Language Requirement For Taxi Drivers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average New York City taxi driver may still be sassy, but will not be required to speak English any longer. The change is the result of a new law that Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed in April and went into effect on Friday eliminating the English proficiency exam for taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers. It is the latest big change for cab drivers as policymakers and regulators try to adapt the city’s requirements to demographic and technological changes. The legislation created..>> view originalNew York City FC 1, LA Galaxy 0 | 2016 MLS Match Recap
MLSstore.com | ONLY NY x NYCFC Shop mlsstore.com for the latest New York City FC jerseys, shirts, hats, scarves, and more. Women's and kids' apparel available.>> view originalUrban Escape: Ride a Subway to New York City's National Park
The National Park Service turns 100 years old this month. Fifty-nine U.S. National Parks cover almost 52 million acres across 27 different states. Last year, they saw a record 305 million visitors. To recognize the centennial of the system protecting these American treasures, NBC News will feature stories from 10 national parks and recreation areas — from California's Yosemite to New York's Gateway. National Park Ranger Erin Schoppmeyer wants people to know there's nature in New York City. ..>> view originalObamacare's impending implosion should worry New Yorkers
With the news last week that Aetna — like UnitedHealth and Humana — is pulling out of most state exchanges, ObamaCare seems set to implode. Even President Obama seems to realize it: He’s preparing to launch a major push to draw in more people — preferably, healthy young ones — to his health-care marketplaces. In the meantime, there was grim tidings for New York: Roughly one out of every five companies in the state is hiring fewer workers thanks to ObamaCare. Companies say they’re shifting to mo..>> view originalAline Markarian, James DerHagopian
Aline Kristy Markarian, a daughter of Vesna J. Markarian and Alex P. Markarian of Cliffside Park, N.J., was married Aug. 20 to James Jacob DerHagopian, a son of Susan S. DerHagopian and Gary DerHagopian of Mount Laurel, N.J. The Very Rev. Mamigon Kiledjian, the dean of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York, performed the ceremony there, with Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in North America.Mrs. DerHagopian, 34, is a project manager for ..>> view original
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