Posts published in “New York City”

4 G.O.P. Senators in New York Also Got False Titles That Carry Extra Pay The Republican senators, like three of their Democratic colleagues, were awarded stipends meant for committee chairmen, although they do not hold those positions. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…

The Look: Amy Arbus Returns to Shooting Style, This Time Focusing on Headwear “I decided to focus on headwear because I had gone to the Women’s March, and there was a crazy number of pussycat hats,” said Amy Arbus, a…

Engineer in Philadelphia Amtrak Crash Is Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter Brandon Bostian was charged exactly two years after the crash, which killed eight people. Lawyers for some of the victims’ families took advantage of an obscure law that forced officials…

Departing City Jails Chief: ‘They Just Want to Hammer Somebody Forever’ Joseph Ponte acknowledged making mistakes during his three-year tenure in New York, but cited achievements like reducing the use of solitary confinement. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

After Protests, Harlem Elementary School Principal Gets New Supervisor For more than a year, a group of parents has demanded the removal of the principal of Central Park East 1. A new official will oversee the school, but the principal…

Brearley, Manhattan Girls’ School, Pursuing Allegations of Past Abuse Officials at the Upper East Side school told families of current students that a law firm had been hired to investigate sexual misconduct accusations from the “distant past.” {$excerpt:n} Source: New…

Muslims and Jews Break Bread, and Build Bonds A series of intimate Jewish-Muslim dinners took place last weekend around Manhattan and Brooklyn to build interfaith understanding. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Listen to ‘Ten Thousand Birds’ and Its Warbling, Chirping Inspirations We went bird-watching with the Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams, whose latest composition has its premiere in a Manhattan park on Sunday. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Some Wedding Gifts Go in the Closet. Normandie Relics Go on the Block. Eight panels, from the luxury liner that sank in New York in 1942, were Malcolm Forbes’s wedding gift to his son Robert. Sotheby’s will sell them on…

Album: Far Rockaway: City, Sea and Wilderness Rob Stephenson’s photographs capture the contrasting environments and moods of a Queens neighborhood. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Exclusive: Loft in Former Artists’ Community for Sale for Million The painter and sculptor Matthew Ritchie is selling his loftlike apartment in a TriBeCa building that once served as a live-work artist community. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

A Home for Artists The former warehouse at 16 Desbrosses Street in TriBeCa, center, was converted into an artists’ community about 16 years ago. Matthew Ritchie and his wife, Garland Hunter, who were among the original owners, are selling their…

In Tight Quarters? Look Up Apartment ceilings are often ignored, but New Yorkers are finding both practical and decorative uses for them. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Pet City: The Doctor Will See Your Iguana Now At an exotic-animal hospital on the Upper West Side, a day’s worth of cases includes a duck with egg problems and a reptile with a troubled nose. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…