The Grape Juice Wars of Passover During the holiday, Orthodox Jews consume a lot of the beverage, mostly from the kosher titan Kedem. Now Welch’s has gotten into game. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York City”
Pet City: Dogs Do Their Duty for Science Researchers are collecting the microbial life of New York’s pets and pests as part of a larger project to map tiny organisms throughout the city. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers At a time when wigs are increasingly popular, the artisans who make them by hand are a vanishing breed. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Big City: Without Rikers, Learning to Love the Jail Next Door Closing New York’s main jail complex to put correctional facilities around the city is a tough sell politically. But it could be an improvement for criminal justice and no…
Hungry City: Simple Taiwanese Food, Full of Secrets, at Mama Lee in Queens Mei Lee, the owner of the small, plain-spoken restaurant, extracts magic from a simple turnip, while making art of homey dishes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Coup, a New Manhattan Bar, Aims to Serve Up an Antidote to Trump As happy hour gives way to angry politics, the business plans to donate proceeds to groups like Planned Parenthood. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Full Train Service Will Return at Penn Station on Friday An Amtrak official said the entire station’s infrastructure would be inspected after acknowledging that two recent derailments were caused by track flaws. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Show Us Your Wall: Arnold Lehman, Former Museum Chief, Finally Gets to Talk About Art The former director of the Brooklyn Museum said people called one work his “autobiography” — when it’s viewed from different angles, words like “neurotic” appear.…
Turning 107, and Sipping (Brandy) From His Bronx ‘Fountain of Youth’ Joe Binder, a fixture on Arthur Avenue, celebrated his birthday early in the Italian neighborhood where he has livened up establishments by singing and telling jokes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
New York Today: New York Today: The City and the Great War Thursday: World War I in New York, lamenting the transit problems, and a study on subway ridership. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Murder in the 4-0: In the South Bronx, Lives Marred and Erased by Firearms Two men survived shootings in the South Bronx, where violent crime is aided by an unending tide of guns. But when they ran into each other…
In Letter to Amtrak, Christie Says N.J. Transit Will Halt Payments In a separate letter, Gov. Chris Christie also asked his attorney general to consider “appropriate legal action” to recover millions that New Jersey Transit had paid to Amtrak. {$excerpt:n}…
Cuomo Hails Progress on Budget, but a Long Easter Break Beckons Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he and New York lawmakers had agreed on issues like free tuition at state schools, opioid treatment and the so-called millionaire’s tax. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Trump Weighs Infrastructure Bill but Keeps New York Up in the Air Describing the plan as a legislative sweetener, the president refused to say whether it would include two New York City projects that his budget for next year would…
Bull Markets Don’t Mean Extra Jobs for Wall Street Profits and indexes are hitting highs, but that hasn’t translated into a surge of hiring in the finance sector. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times