New York's Growth Can Be Measured in Trash Bags
The Sanitation Department spent $58.2 million to clean streets last year, up from $49.5 million the year before. It has deployed its fleet of 450 street sweepers on new or expanded routes in a growing number of neighborhoods, including assigning one to Staten Island for the first time, according to sanitation officials. It has increased collections of its 24,131 sidewalk baskets, adding regular service on Sundays to keep up with all the people and their trash. Photo A street sweeper in Willia..>> view originalBrooklyn Man, 20, Charged With Murder in Death of Queens Jogger ...
What to KnowKarina Vetrano's beaten body was found Aug. 2 in a marshy park in Queens.Prosecutors say Chanel Lewis confronted, attacked and strangled Vetrano while she was jogging.Lewis is charged with second-degree murder. If convicted, he could face up to 25 years to life in prison.UPDATE: Mother of Slain NYC Runner Stares Down Alleged Killer, Says He Should BurnA Brooklyn man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in the strangling of Karina Vetrano, whose death while jogging in Queens s..>> view original'Miserable' Phil needs to end this drama and back off Carmelo
After last season’s Super Bowl Sunday loss put the Knicks eight games below .500, Phil Jackson fired his coach, Derek Fisher. A year later on Super Sunday, the Knicks stood eight games under .500 again. The Knicks president can no longer in good conscience use another coach as scapegoat. Instead, Jackson tries to fire his best player — by far his best scorer, Carmelo Anthony, even though he is violating the contract terms. Jackson, according to a source, is in “miserable’’ spirits because of th..>> view originalSneaky snow may disrupt travel from DC to New York City and ...
Sneaky snow may disrupt travel from DC to New York City and Boston Thursday February 06, 2017, 10:55:27 AM EST Topic driven playlist A quick change to colder weather could be accompanied by accumulating snow from the southern Appalachians to southeastern New England spanning late Wednesday night into Thursday.Just hours after record-challenging warmth occurs, temperatures will plunge 15 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit from the interior South to the northeastern United States during W..>> view originalTrump and Staff Rethink Tactics After Stumbles
“We are moving big and we are moving fast,” Mr. Bannon said, when asked about the upheaval of the first two weeks. “We didn’t come here to do small things.” But one thing has become apparent to both his allies and his opponents: When it comes to governing, speed does not always guarantee success.The bungled rollout of his executive order barring immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a flurry of other miscues and embarrassments, and an approval rating lower than that of any compa..>> view originalDonald Trump Says 'Negative Polls Are Fake News'
A CNN poll released over the weekend said that 55 percent of Americans viewed Mr. Trump’s travel order as an attempt to keep Muslims out of the country. Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Feb. 6, 2017 The president also seemed angry about the Mr. Bannon-in-charge story line, which was featured in a Time magazine ar..>> view originalDefying uncaring image, New York subway riders erase swastikas ...
By David Ingram | NEW YORK NEW YORK The tale of the strangers aboard a New York subway car who teamed up this weekend to scrub away neo-Nazi graffiti went viral on Sunday, in an incident that highlighted a recent rise in hate and bias crimes reported around the country. Passengers said on social media that when they boarded a subway car on Saturday night they found someone had drawn messages in black marker targeting Jews and Muslims and praising Adolf Hitler, the German leader responsible ..>> view originalPatriots Mount a Comeback for the Ages to Win a Fifth Super Bowl
The Falcons traded Brett Favre and had a coach, Bobby Petrino, notify players that he was quitting by leaving notes at their lockers. The only other time Atlanta reached the Super Bowl, in January 1999, one of its best defensive players, Eugene Robinson, was arrested for soliciting a prostitute the night before.They have lost far more than they won, endured more agony than ecstasy and been lampooned for everything from their attendance to their uniforms, and for all those reasons — and more — a..>> view originalTrump Clashes Early With Courts, Portending Years of Legal Battles
“Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril,” Mr. Trump wrote, a day after referring to the “so-called judge” in the case. “If something happens blame him and court system.” Even before the latest post, Republicans joined Democrats in chiding him. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said it was “best not to single out judges.”“We all get disappointed from time to time,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think it is best to avoid criticizing jud..>> view originalNew York Today: A Makeshift Law Office Closes at Kennedy
Within days, the group had set up servers, Google spreadsheets and a steering committee. Sprawled across crowded tables and the terminal’s polished floors, they used their laptops and cellphones to write manuals on how to help travelers. Photo Signs for volunteer attorneys at Kennedy Airport on Saturday. Credit Alex Wroblewski for The New York Times And things moved quickly at Terminal 4.Chris Hennessy, 24, a volunteer from Harlem, stumbled upon the group and began picki..>> view original
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