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CNBC
April 12, 2018
New York City is known for many things — Broadway shows, yellow cabs, Wall Street power brokers. But the most delicious thing it's famous for is its bread. "We're known for our pizza, our bagels," Ron Montana, a serial entrepreneur, hustler and lifelong New Yorker tells CNBC. "New York has the bestÃâà...
Curbed NY
April 12, 2018
It's been 50 years since the Fair Housing Act of 1968 went into effect, but New York City remains sharply segregated to this day. A new report titled Desegregating NYC: 12 Steps Toward a More Inclusive City delves into the housing, education, and infrastructure policies that have allowed the city to remainÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
April 12, 2018
New York City is the Egg House's first stop. Occupying a 3,300 square-foot, two-story space, the installation is all about eggs. Fluffy clouds attached to the walls evoke whipped egg whites, and visitors receive glasses of eggnog. Selfie-seeking guests can crawl among the giant eggs in a massive carton,Ãâà...
CityLab
April 12, 2018
When I was growing up in Brooklyn in the 1980s, it was a watchword for urban decay, notorious for its high levels of violent crime and joblessness. Most of our family friends fled the city as soon as they could cobble together a down payment for a house in the suburbs, and it was hard to blame them. But the Salams toughedÃâà...
WABC-TV
April 12, 2018
Josh Einiger reports on the rally organized by NYC apartment workers pushing for a new contract. SHARE. share Ãâ÷ tweet Ãâ÷ share Ãâ÷ email. WABC. Eyewitness News. Wednesday, April 11, 2018 08:10PM. UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) --. Workers at New York City apartment buildings held a rally Wednesday as theyÃâà...
Vulture
April 12, 2018
There are so few things that we can rely on in this world, but Countess Luann de Lesseps D'Agostino Crackerjacks lovably making an ass of herself on national television week in and week out is certainly one of them. This episode starts with all of the Housewives debating just how tasteless her dressing upÃâà...
NBC New York
April 11, 2018
Food & Wine has released its annual "Restaurants of the Year" list for 2018 and a popular New York City spot has made the cut. According to the report, the top restaurants were the ones that “delivered a rich portrait of the people who made them.” The top spots spread from the East Coast to the West Coast,Ãâà...
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
Apartment sales prices are plunging as new luxury construction floods the market, according to a new report. The median sales price for a New York apartment for the first quarter of 2018 was $1.0 million, down 1.3% from the first quarter of 2017. The average sales price was $2.02 million, down from $2.21Ãâà...
Vanity Fair
April 3, 2018
How has The Real Housewives of New York managed to survive ten seasons of cat fights, wine swigging, backstabbing, and man sharing? To executive ... “A lot of people have said these women don't represent New York City, and they don't,” Cohen says. ... “That doesn't usually happen in other cities.
NBC New York
April 3, 2018
Wages in New York City increased above the national average according to Glassdoor. The online job site published its most recent Local Pay Reports, which looked into the wage growth of metropolitan areas in the country for the month of March. The data determined that workers in New York City saw aÃâà...
NY1
April 3, 2018
When a magnitude 5.8 earthquake cracked the soil near Mineral, Virginia that day, the energy traveled through the Northeast. Some New Yorkers watched their homes tremor, while others felt nothing. Researchers say New York City is due for a significant earthquake originating near the five boroughs,Ãâà...
HuffPost
April 3, 2018
The order also requires the creation of an independent manager to oversee the remediation. That manager will be unanimously selected by the city's mayor, the speaker of the City Council and the president of NYCHA within 60 days. If they are unable to make a selection, the city's comptroller will have twoÃâà...
The Drive
April 3, 2018
Other U.S. cities have enacted surcharges for ride-hailing services, notes Engadget, but the fees tend to be lower than in New York. ... The surcharges aren't insignificant (the Uber/Lyft surcharge equals the cost of one subway ride), and they make getting into New York City's busiest borough that much moreÃâà...
New York Times
April 2, 2018
Updated, 9:20 a.m.. Good morning on this suddenly snowy Monday. Surprise! Outside your window, a small spring snowstorm is busy blanketing our region. The fast-moving storm blew in last night and could drop three to five inches of heavy, wet snow on the city by this afternoon. The snowfall is predictedÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 1, 2018
Easter Parade Brings Out Fun, Fanciful Hats in New York City ... The event, more of a promenade than a parade, is a take on a New York City tradition that dates back to the late 1800s. In those days, the city's richer residents would wear their best clothes and walk along after attending church services.
BBC News
April 1, 2018
A spike in violent crime in London saw more murders committed in the city in February and March than there were in New York, figures show. ... Police, reported in the Sunday Times and obtained by the BBC, highlight narrowing murder rates between the two cities which have similar population sizes.
New York Times
March 31, 2018
“There are significant problems in New York City that need significant help,” Mr. Cuomo said during an Easter event at the Executive Mansion in Albany, ... The budget requires districts located in cities with populations of more than one million to submit a detailed, school-by-school accounting of how theyÃâà...
ABC News
March 30, 2018
New York City is now home to the largest Chick-fil-A in the world. The five-story restaurant, complete with a rooftop terrace, officially opened in New York City's Financial District on Thursday. Over 12,000 square feet, the Fulton Street Chick-fil-A is nearly twice the size of any existing Chick-fil-A restaurant.
New York Times
March 30, 2018
Buying a home in New York City isn't easy. And not surprisingly, the less money you have to spend, the more difficult it is. According to a study by StreetEasy, buyers searching for homes priced under $1 million face the most competition for those listings, which therefore spend the shortest time on theÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Updated, 9:30 a.m.. Good morning on this gray Wednesday. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is again making our country's capital blush. Which got us wondering — is there an official flower for New York City? The state flower has long been the rose. A decade ago, Mayor Michael R. BloombergÃâà...
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