Fourth Candidate Seeks Republican Nomination for New York Mayor Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who represents parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn, has filed paperwork with the state to run in the election. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York City”
Day Trip: Walking Over the Hudson: Lofty Valley Views Where Trains Once Rumbled After visiting the world’s longest elevated pedestrian bridge, explore the industrial architecture in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and pause for a craft beer. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: An Ella Fitzgerald Centennial Tuesday: Remembering the “First Lady of Song,” soggy weather, and narrating Brooklyn’s past. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York City Will Offer Free Preschool for All 3-Year-Olds The plan would expand Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature prekindergarten program slowly, starting in two districts, in the Bronx and Brooklyn, next year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Never Mind the Students; Homework Divides Parents At some city public schools, worksheets are out, passion projects are in, but some say the push against homework favors families with money and time. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Robin Hood, Favorite Charity on Wall Street, Gets New Leader Wes Moore, an author, combat veteran and entrepreneur, will lead the foundation, which distributed $130 million to organizations in New York City last year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Toast Ale, From Recycled Bread, Is Now Brewed in New York Fighting food waste, a British team enlists a Bronx brewery, and plans to sell the beer in stores, restaurants and bars. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Police Identify 5 Killed in House Fire in Queens A group of family and friends, all under the age of 21, died in the fire, which is still under investigation. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Front Burner: A Creative Chef Sets His Sights on Doughnuts At Du’s Donuts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Wylie Dufresne specializes in cake doughnuts. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Front Burner: New Danish Cheeses Make Their American Debut Murray’s Cheese is importing a dozen cheeses from small organic producers in Denmark. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
De Blasio Proposes Expanding Public Pre-K to 3-Year-Olds The plan would expand Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature program slowly, starting in two districts, in the Bronx and Brooklyn, next year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
An Early Look at the Grill, in the Former Four Seasons Space The first of two new restaurants in the Seagram Building opens May 2, with dishes and décor that evoke 1958. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Our State Poet, Yusef Komunyakaa Monday: The state poet laureate, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and a neighbor’s poem. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
El Chapo Complains About Conditions at Manhattan Jail The drug lord and serial prison escapee has been protesting issues including the tap water, visitor restrictions and the television programming in the rec room. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Amtrak at a Junction: Invest in Improvements, or Risk Worsening Problems Accidents and congestion at Penn Station and maintenance issues plague Amtrak. It needs a new Hudson River tunnel. But it could face major funding cuts. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…