Budget Deal Comes Together in Albany, After Delay and Frustration The $153 billion includes tuition-free education at state colleges, along with changes to workers’ compensation and the juvenile justice system. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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Three Brooklyn Clinics, 6.3 Million Oxycodone Pills and 13 Indictments Several physicians and a former Brooklyn assemblyman are among those accused in a $24 million drug conspiracy and Medicaid fraud. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Glenn O’Brien, Writer and Editor Who Gained Fame With Warhol, Dies at 70 After being invited by Andy Warhol to work on his magazine, Mr. O’Brien’s 15 minutes in the New York spotlight lasted more than 40 years. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Anger Over Principal Prompts Parents to Occupy East Harlem School Overnight The refusal of a group of Central Park East I parents to leave the building after a meeting Thursday night is the latest chapter in a dispute that raises…
Carmine Marino, a Former CUNY Official, Is Accused of Stealing ,000 From Tuition Accounts Marino, who held several positions at the City University of New York, has been charged with embezzlement and fraud, federal and state investigators said. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Retail Payrolls Sustain a New Blow as Shopping Habits Shift General merchandise stores shed 34,700 jobs in March, a new sign of the challenges facing brick-and-mortar merchants with the rise of online commerce. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Masha Leon, Society Columnist and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 86 Ms. Leon survived harrowing childhood escapes from grim pre-ghetto Warsaw and Communist Siberia to mingle years later with New York’s glitterati as a writer for the world’s oldest Yiddish newspaper.…
On the Runway: Missing Hood by Air The New York streetwear label, which has announced it will go on hiatus, brought a unique showmanship to fashion week. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Hillary Clinton to Give Commencement Address at Medgar Evers College She will become the second first lady to speak to City University of New York graduates in two years. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Album: New York’s Street Ballet, Full of Repetition and Chaos The pictures Elizabeth Bick, a former dancer, takes of New York City turn photography into choreography. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Does Uber Really Prevent Drunken Driving? It Depends on the Study The ride-hailing company says its services can prevent alcohol-related car accidents, and some researchers agree — but not all. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Job Growth Loses Steam as U.S. Adds 98,000 in March The showing was the weakest in nearly a year and followed two robust increases. But unemployment fell to 4.5 percent, the lowest in almost a decade. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
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. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Can Destroy Documents, Judge Rules in Municipal ID Case The ruling came in a Staten Island court where lawmakers had sought to force the city to keep documents they said could help in terror investigations. {$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