The New Math of Parking Placards With 10,000 spots for cars at schools, Mayor de Blasio gave 50,000 new permits to teachers and others. Critics say that will equal abuse of the privilege. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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Democrats in Congress Urge Democrats in Albany to Return to the Party In a letter on Friday, the 18 Democratic members of Congress from New York State joined a push for the State Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference to vote with…
Party Coverage: Scene City: Ballerinas and Top Cops Benefits took place recently for the American Ballet Theater, the Whitney Museum, the New York City Police Foundation and the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
What I Love: Beowulf Boritt, Set Designer, Renovates His Home When Beowulf Boritt and his wife bought a prewar fixer-upper, he used all the tricks he learned in the theater to redo it. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
A Right to Bingo, but Not Clean Water, in New York’s Constitution Environmentalists want to amend the state Constitution to guarantee clean water and air, and a healthful environment. Critics say the language is too vague. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
A Mural Designed by Carmen Herrera Will Be Painted by Bronx School Students Through the program Publicolor, students at P.S. 244 will paint a mural based on the artist’s 1952 work “Untitled.” {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
The High End: Rental Building Rises on Domino Sugar Site The first building to open on the former industrial site on the Williamsburg waterfront will be a 522-unit rental building. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
El Museo del Barrio Fires Executive as New Director Faces More Challenges Berta Colón, who had been the deputy director of institutional advancement, was dismissed; she has written to the board over concerns about finances. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Design Notebook: A Garden Oasis in the Lobby For many of New York’s luxury buildings, green walls and interior gardens are the latest way to make residents feel at home. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Sunday Routine: How Jo Miller of ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ Spends Her Sundays During the week, Ms. Miller, 50, lives with her cat, Sammy, in Harlem, but on Friday nights, they drive to her 650-square-foot house in the Catskills.…
360 View: Work for Audible, Live Rent-Free? The company has its headquarters in Newark and is encouraging employees to help in the struggling city’s revival by offering incentives to live there. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
The night it happened he was outdoors. It was a syrupy thick summer evening in Brooklyn, abundant with promise. Bernard Sowells lingered near the front stoop of his rental home on Van Siclen Avenue in the East New York neighborhood.…
Big City: Even in Liberal Cities, Budgets Push Austerity Into Starvation Territory Proposed cuts in President Trump’s budget to food assistance programs would make the country’s hunger problem even worse. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Album: On Long Island, Veterans Fly Vintage Aircraft, and Reminisce The Bayport Aerodrome, a grass airfield, has become a gathering spot for those who restore and fly antique planes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Jim Johnson Delves Into His Personal History as Candidate for Governor Mr. Johnson says he has built his campaign for governor of New Jersey on the core values of the civil rights movement — justice and equality. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…