New York Region Swings Into Action on Zika
New York City is getting most of the attention as the region contends with the Zika virus, but a growing number of cases in New Jersey and Connecticut are raising the stakes for those states’ mosquito-control efforts. As of last week, 97 people in New Jersey, 58 in Connecticut and 140 in New York state outside the five boroughs had tested positive for the virus, according to public records. The virus can cause severe birth defects in...>> view originalFree things to do in NYC
Living in New York City is beyond expensive. From rent to MetroCards to a cup of coffee, everything adds up quickly. Luckily, there are tons of free events to check out in the city that never sleeps. Here's our freebie guide to NYC. MoMA PS1: Warm Up (Saturdays through Aug. 28) Dance the afternoon away at MoMA PS1's outdoor summer concert series, which boasts a diverse lineup of DJs -- from Elysia Crampton to DJ Paypal. (Doors open at 12 p.m. at MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Queens; $22..>> view originalNew York Police Struggle to Generate Leads in Murder of Queens ...
Photo The police scouring the crime scene in Howard Beach on Aug. 3, one day after Karina Vetrano, 30, was found dead. The investigation is continuing. Credit Dave Sanders for The New York Times On the map it is just a green fringe, nestled between Jamaica Bay and Howard Beach, Queens, but for the New York City detectives investigating the murder of a jogger it has revealed itself to be a desolate wilderness. Clearing the crime scene required machetes. The police now pa..>> view originalNY / Region|What's Next for the New York Subway? Toronto Already ...
In New York, officials plan to order up to 750 of the cars to run on the subway’s lettered lines. The higher capacity trains are part of a broader push to ease crowding. The authority is also updating the signal system so that trains can run closer together and expanding the system with projects like the Second Avenue subway line, which is scheduled to open on the Upper East Side in December.The state-run transportation authority had planned to buy only 10 open gangway cars, but moved to expand..>> view originalNew York Today: Community Cropping Up
Photo A garden-variety urban farm. Credit Santiago Mejia/The New York Times Good morning on this flawless Tuesday.Our sprawling parks might be the lungs of the city, but it’s our modest community gardens that have all the heart.There are around 600 of these tiny oases supported by Green Thumb, a division of the Parks Department.Some, like the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx, are more urban farm than big-city garden.Here, beets, scallions, eggplant and zucchini grow sc..>> view originalAfter Baton Rouge Flooding, Learning Lessons From New Orleans
On Saturday, some of the original members of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, the state agency set up to oversee the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, met with local and state officials at the offices of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a civic group, to talk about the lessons of the last 11 years. With homes in Louisiana still underwater, the talk was preliminary, said John Spain, the executive vice president of the foundation. But there was plenty to look back at and see as experiences not..>> view originalTrio busted for peddling $1M worth of frozen eels
Three bandits were busted in Brooklyn’s Chinatown Monday for swiping more than $1 million worth of frozen eels in a massive heist from a shipping terminal in Elizabeth, New Jersey, cops said. The slippery crooks were arrested when cops busted them selling the delicacies at Eighth Avenue and 66th Street in Sunset Park at around 2:50 p.m., according to police. More than $1 million worth of frozen eels were swiped by the bandits.Photo: NYPD The Brooklyn crooks — Wei Da Li, 39, Sheauloon Yat, 51, F..>> view originalPianist Irving Fields, a New York City legend, dies at 101
Fields died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, Aug. 20 at his Central Park South home, neighbor and caretaker, Sylvia Winrich said. Fields who wrote and ...>> view original
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