Sunday Routine: How David McInerney, a FreshDirect Founder, Spends His Sundays A founder of the food delivery service spends much of his day cooking for friends and taking his 4-year-old son to Central Park. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York City”
New York Can Destroy Documents, Judge Rules in Municipal ID Case The ruling came in a Staten Island court where lawmakers had sought to force the city to keep documents they said could help in terror investigations. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
Character Study: Preaching the Gospel, Jazz Riffs and All On Sunday mornings, the Rev. Nathaniel Dixon’s pulpit is also his bandstand. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
The Grape Juice Wars of Passover During the holiday, Orthodox Jews consume a lot of the beverage, mostly from the kosher titan Kedem. Now Welch’s has gotten into game. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Pet City: Dogs Do Their Duty for Science Researchers are collecting the microbial life of New York’s pets and pests as part of a larger project to map tiny organisms throughout the city. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers At a time when wigs are increasingly popular, the artisans who make them by hand are a vanishing breed. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Big City: Without Rikers, Learning to Love the Jail Next Door Closing New York’s main jail complex to put correctional facilities around the city is a tough sell politically. But it could be an improvement for criminal justice and no…
Hungry City: Simple Taiwanese Food, Full of Secrets, at Mama Lee in Queens Mei Lee, the owner of the small, plain-spoken restaurant, extracts magic from a simple turnip, while making art of homey dishes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Coup, a New Manhattan Bar, Aims to Serve Up an Antidote to Trump As happy hour gives way to angry politics, the business plans to donate proceeds to groups like Planned Parenthood. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Full Train Service Will Return at Penn Station on Friday An Amtrak official said the entire station’s infrastructure would be inspected after acknowledging that two recent derailments were caused by track flaws. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Show Us Your Wall: Arnold Lehman, Former Museum Chief, Finally Gets to Talk About Art The former director of the Brooklyn Museum said people called one work his “autobiography” — when it’s viewed from different angles, words like “neurotic” appear.…
Turning 107, and Sipping (Brandy) From His Bronx ‘Fountain of Youth’ Joe Binder, a fixture on Arthur Avenue, celebrated his birthday early in the Italian neighborhood where he has livened up establishments by singing and telling jokes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
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}…