New York Today: Defining St. Patrick's Day
The roughly 30 layers of paint and 20 layers of wallpaper in the old apartment building, now the Tenement Museum, are “the very evidence of people coming to these tenements — which are so often associated with cramped, crowded, dirty conditions — and looking for some kind of beauty for their space,” Mr. Murphy said. “That’s powerful.” One event these early Irish immigrants passed along was the tradition of a St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which first marched into New York in 1762.So back to the ques..>> view original'Senseless act of violence': Thief steals New York City ambulance ...
A New York EMT died March 16 after being run over by her own ambulance which was stolen by a man police believe was on drugs. (Reuters) A New York City emergency medical technician was killed Thursday when a man seized the ambulance that she was driving and then fatally struck her, authorities said. Authorities did not identify the suspect, a 25-year-old man, who was in police custody Thursday night. “An EMT was lost in the line of duty, bravely doing her job and encountering the kind o..>> view originalNew York City Commuters Still Facing Traffic Troubles After Storm
Getting around New York City and beyond seems harder now than it did in the midst of Tuesday’s winter storm, according to commuters.Frustrated drivers agree traffic has gotten worse since the nor’easter. Commuters believe it’s the large piles of snow that are to blame for the traffic headaches.“It took us about two hours to get here from Brooklyn,” Joe Ricupero said about his commute. “It’s the snow. People don’t know how to drive.”The slushy, icy commute is slowing traffic way down.“We left our..>> view originalNorman Podhoretz Still Picks Fights and Drops Names
“Wonderful,” Mr. Feiffer said. “Norman was stunned. If that had happened to me, I would have shut up about it. He went around telling everybody. He had his own status in his group, and this was not his group.”Feuds simmered and festered. Everyone published books and reviewed one another in Partisan Review, Commentary and The New York Review of Books. A negative review in one begot a retaliatory review in another, as well a snub at a party — all very public, especially once Mrs. Kennedy started ..>> view originalCapturing New York City, as It Awakens
Slide Show Rise and Shine CreditSasha Arutyunova Some people love the morning, and the joy of rushing out to meet the new day, when all of life’s possibilities are out there to be grasped. And other people are sane.The photographer Sasha Arutyunova, 28, is a nocturnal person who rarely sees the sunrise. In October 2014, she decided to force herself to engage New York City during its daybreak hours, before it applied its makeup or donned its power suit. She was going through a ..>> view originalHome Sales Brisk in New York City's Suburbs
And in the inner-ring New Jersey suburbs closest to Manhattan, the markets are so brisk that many have less than three months’ worth of inventory, according to Jeffrey Otteau, the president of the Otteau Group, an appraisal and advisory firm. By way of comparison, in 2012, most of those markets had a four-to-eight-month supply, a more typical range. The dynamics driving demand vary from suburb to suburb, but industry experts cited several overall reasons for the busy winter. First, many buyers ..>> view originalMajor Traffic Jams Plague Roads Around New York City
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Traffic was jammed on roadways around New York City all day Thursday. In the middle of the afternoon rush, multiple expressways were virtually parking lots. CHECK: Traffic Total Traffic reported that the West Side Highway and the Henry Hudson Parkway were at a standstill from 57th Street all the way north to the George Washington Bridge. The westbound Staten Island Expressway was backed up from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge clear across the borough to the Goethals Bridge...>> view originalNew York Awards $6M for My Brother's Keeper School Programs
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is awarding more than $6 million to 42 school districts to help them boost achievement among boys and young men of ...>> view originalKnicks prove ineptitude, clinch fourth straight losing season by ...
So it was a little off-putting that New York, reeling down the stretch of this unforgettably dysfunctional season, lost twice to their borough neighbor in less than a ...>> view originalNYPD says Trump's budget would gut New York's counterterrorism ...
New York City Police Department Commissioner James P. O’Neil, center, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), right. (Mary Altaffer/AP) The New York City Police Department says that President Trump’s proposed budget, which includes sweeping cuts across the government, would gut “critical” efforts to fight terrorism in the nation’s largest city. Police say the funding cuts would hit everything from intelligence analysis to active-shooter training. The blunt assessment was delivered by the top ..>> view original
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