Front Burner: Browse Cookbooks in the Lobby of a NoMad Hotel Kitchen Arts & Letters has opened a showroom of sorts in the Park South Hotel. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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New York Moves to Require Uber to Provide Tipping Option in Its App The proposal follows a push by Uber drivers who say they are losing thousands of dollars without a way for passengers to leave a tip through the…
New York Today: New York Today: Easter Monday in Little Poland Monday: A tradition in Brooklyn, April the Giraffe gives birth, and Duchamp’s “Fountain” turns 100. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Chris Christie Heads for the Door, Minus the Earlier Throngs With a 20 percent approval rating, the final months of the Christie administration reflect the dimming twilight of New Jersey’s governor. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Sparky Lyle in Monument Park? Fans Say Yes, but He Disagrees Lyle insists he doesn’t belong with those honored at Yankee Stadium. But on the 40th anniversary of his Cy Young season, and a Yankees title, many say he does.…
Metropolitan Diary: Memories of a Modest Jackpot Still talking about the rewards of sifting through a pile of scratched-off lottery tickets on a Manhattan-bound F train. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Inside the Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb Newly obtained documents show how the American Hotel and Lodging Association is taking steps to curb the online short-term rental company. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Civil Rights Lawyers Plan to Challenge New York’s Body-Camera Program Police unions also have objections to the guidelines for the pilot program, which was to begin this month but continues to face roadblocks. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
On Easter, Chic in Everything but Black Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists thronged Fifth Avenue in Manhattan from 47th to 57th Streets as church services let out around the city. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Ode to a Milkman, Killed 60 Years Ago, Soothes His Family A man haunted since boyhood by a fatal accident in Queens wrote a poem that found its way to, and touched, a victim’s family. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Living by the Girl Scout Law, Even Without a Home Troop 6000 is the first in New York City composed solely of homeless girls. A reflection of the state of homelessness in the city, it is also a source of…
Bill Seeks to Enlist New York Hotels to Help Fight Sex Trafficking The legislation would require hotels to train employees to spot victims and common trafficking activity. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Grace Notes: Donated Slides From the Met Get a Second Life, and Showing The Metropolitan Museum of Art had thousands of 35-millimeter slides it no longer needed. Material for the Arts knew just what to do with them. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Man Arrested in Killing of a New York Woman Jogging in Massachusetts The police said that DNA collected from Vanessa Marcotte’s hands helped lead to an arrest in her death. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Turkey Investigating 17, Some Americans, Accused in Failed Coup The inquiry, which targets many prominent Americans, was announced a day before a national referendum to expand the powers of Turkey’s president. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times