Posts published in “New York City”

With Largest Staff Ever, New York City Reimagines How It Works Nearly every city agency has more workers now than when Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, and there’s been a surge in civilian hiring in law enforcement.

Big City: Will the Next David Dinkins Please Stand Up? The lack of an African-American challenger in the mayoral race highlights the absence of a rising generation of black politicians in New York.

Works in Progress: Essex Crossing, a Renewal Project 60 Years in the Making After years of stagnation and political wrangling, a vast new commercial and residential complex will come to the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Character Study: For the Bottle Man, Business Is (Happily) in the Toilet Scott Jordan is a digger of buried artifacts in old landfills in New York City, and in old sewage pits under old outhouses.

If Sunscreen Is Free, Will Beachgoers Use It? New York Hopes So To combat skin cancer, the city has placed sunscreen dispensers in 27 locations at nine beaches and one fishing pier.

Party Coverage: Scene City: Big Cats and a Glass House Galas were held for the Apollo Theater, Glass House, Wildlife Conservation Society and Performing Arts Hall of Fame.

Connecticut Bill Would Force Fee Disclosures for Teacher Retirement Plans Providers of 403(b) plans would have to tell customers annually about how much they were paying for their retirement investments.

Paladino Sues School Board Trying to Remove Him The Buffalo Board of Education member says he’s being targeted for racist comments about the Obamas, but the board says his speech is not the issue.

Hungry City: In Tama’s No-Frills Space, the Filipino Food Is Anything But At a new restaurant in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, every dish comes with a careful presentation, and a story.

F.Y.I.: When the Horses Stopped Coming to Belmont Park The Belmont Stakes was around eight years before the Kentucky Derby. So why does the derby boast about its longevity?

New York Today: New York Today: Brewing in Harlem Thursday: A beer with local flavor, more balmy weather, and getting great shots on Nature Photography Day.

NYC Ferry, More Popular Than Expected, Scrambles to Meet Demand Two extra boats have been chartered to try to ease weekend crowding, but City Hall officials dispute the idea that they planned poorly.

The Hunt: More Space, and More Projects, in a Place Upstate A couple discover their hidden domestic sides after buying a second home in Ulster County.

39 Members of MS-13 Are Arrested, Authorities Say The brutal gang, with roots in Central America, is thought to be responsible for 17 murders since 2016 in Suffolk County, on Long Island.