The Trump administration says refugees and asylum seekers can never get food stamps, but attorneys general from New York and nearly two dozen other states say that is unlawful. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Agriculture and Farming”
State Finds NYC’s Foie Gras Ban Violates Farmers’ Rights
By Gotham Rex on December 16, 2022
A ruling by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets may stop the city from implementing a law that prohibits the sale of the fattened livers of geese and ducks. Source: New York Times
A Bespoke Cider Made from Foraged Apples
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2022
The founders of Floral Terranes take foraging fruit to a whole new level. Source: New York Times
Why the 92nd Street Y Hired a Rabbi
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2022
With antisemitism on the rise, the cultural institution decided to more fully embrace its Jewish identity. Source: New York Times
For These New York Farmers, Harvest Time Means High Times
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2022
In fields from Sag Harbor to Ithaca, a new crop ripened this fall: cannabis plants grown for recreational marijuana. Source: New York Times
N.Y. Medical Marijuana Giants Struggle to Break Into Recreational Market
By Gotham Rex on August 25, 2022
Large operators want in on the state’s new retail industry. A potential multimillion-dollar fee stands in the way. Source: New York Times
One of the Oldest Rodeos in America Is in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2022
The country’s longest-running weekly rodeo can be found in the Garden State. That’s not as strange as it sounds. Source: New York Times
The Shakespearean Tall Tale That Shaped How We See Starlings
By Gotham Rex on April 11, 2022
Researchers debunked a long-repeated yarn that the common birds owe their North American beginnings to a 19th-century lover of the Bard. Maybe this ubiquitous bird’s story is ready for a reboot. Source: New York Times
Tonight, a Night at the Theater
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2021
The biggest Broadway shows reopen this evening, a year and a half after the pandemic closed in on New York. Source: New York Times
Why Beekeeping Is Booming in New York: ‘A Hive Is a Box of Calm’
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2021
It turns out the hobby is a great pandemic coping technique. But too many honeybees in the city could also pose an environmental threat. Source: New York Times
The $8 Billion Question: Which Towns Will Cash In on Marijuana?
By Gotham Rex on July 19, 2021
After legalization, municipalities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are deciding whether to permit cannabis businesses to open. Source: New York Times
The D.I.Y. Developers
By Gotham Rex on March 19, 2021
After a young couple sold the Catskills retreat they built themselves for a nice profit, they started thinking bigger. Source: New York Times
Infrared Drones, Search Parties and a Lasso: Chasing a Runaway Llama
By Gotham Rex on January 1, 2021
In a season of uncommon grief and worry, people far beyond the Westchester County estate from which Gizmo escaped were all too happy to fret about something else, for a change. Source: New York Times
Their Dream Was a Working Farm (but They Weren’t Farmers)
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2020
So one urban couple had a brainstorm: Why not build a house they could share with farmers just starting out, on land that could be farmed? Source: New York Times
Online Map Collection Provides a Peek at New York Over the Centuries
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2020
The Brooklyn Historical Society’s collection of nearly 1,500 digitized maps dates back to the 17th century. Source: New York Times