Turning 107, and Sipping (Brandy) From His Bronx ‘Fountain of Youth’ Joe Binder, a fixture on Arthur Avenue, celebrated his birthday early in the Italian neighborhood where he has livened up establishments by singing and telling jokes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
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New York Today: New York Today: The City and the Great War Thursday: World War I in New York, lamenting the transit problems, and a study on subway ridership. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Murder in the 4-0: In the South Bronx, Lives Marred and Erased by Firearms Two men survived shootings in the South Bronx, where violent crime is aided by an unending tide of guns. But when they ran into each other…
In Letter to Amtrak, Christie Says N.J. Transit Will Halt Payments In a separate letter, Gov. Chris Christie also asked his attorney general to consider “appropriate legal action” to recover millions that New Jersey Transit had paid to Amtrak. {$excerpt:n}…
Cuomo Hails Progress on Budget, but a Long Easter Break Beckons Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he and New York lawmakers had agreed on issues like free tuition at state schools, opioid treatment and the so-called millionaire’s tax. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Trump Weighs Infrastructure Bill but Keeps New York Up in the Air Describing the plan as a legislative sweetener, the president refused to say whether it would include two New York City projects that his budget for next year would…
Bull Markets Don’t Mean Extra Jobs for Wall Street Profits and indexes are hitting highs, but that hasn’t translated into a surge of hiring in the finance sector. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Commute Made You Late Again? Get a Note From Your Train Major transit providers will issue late notes confirming delays — a small boon amid all the frustrations of the region’s overburdened transit systems. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Eleven Madison Park Tops List of World’s 50 Best Restaurants The New York restaurant rises to first place from third in the 2017 rankings by hundreds of judges. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Another Thorny Commute Wednesday: Service changes for your trip to work, advice on escalators, and the opening of the American Museum of Natural History. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Bookshelf: ‘Gotham Rising’: Exploring the Decade When New York Grew Up Jules Stewart’s new book emphasizes that “the city as we know it today came of age” in the years leading up to World War II. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
A Public Restroom Fit for Brooke Astor Gets an Upgrade Fresh flowers and classical music help Bryant Park’s public bathrooms rank among the best in the city. A $280,000 renovation will make them even fancier. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Up Next: Cody Brown Has a Broad Vision for Virtual Reality Mr. Brown’s latest tech venture is called IRL, which seeks to exploit the technology’s social potential. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Assembly Clears a Major Obstacle in Budget Talks The Democrat-led Assembly came to terms on a bill that would raise the age of criminal responsibility in the state to 18, an issue that had helped produce the delay…
Stores Take Flight From Fifth Avenue in Manhattan Companies are finding it harder to justify the cavernous spaces and sky-high rents along the shopping strip, as tourism slows and online shopping speeds up. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times