With Anti-Semitic Acts in Headlines, Cuomo Plans to Visit Israel Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo tells Orthodox Jewish students in Albany that he will make a quick weekend trip, focused on economic development. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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Mayor Picks Ex-CUNY Official for Campaign Finance Board Frederick P. Schaffer, who retired in December as CUNY’s top lawyer, will lead a board that provides matching funds to candidates and penalizes campaigns for financial improprieties. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
How Microbatch Textiles Became Cool The artisanal product of the moment is fabric made in small quantities by upstart boutiques. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
When a Bull is Loose in the City, Why Not Call on Urban Cowboys? When a wayward bull led the police on wild chase in Queens last week, what they really needed was a cowboy with a lasso. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Theater of War Director Named New York City Artist in Residence Brian Doerries, the director of Theater of War, will use classic texts to explore violence, trauma and community at free events at 60 locations around the city {$excerpt:n} Source:…
5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month March brings a set of rivalrous blue-collar workers, a resentful stoker on an ocean liner and, oh yes, one very angry barber. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Our Locals on Lent Wednesday: How your neighbors are observing Lent, a rendezvous with French film, and Women’s History Month. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Styles Q. and A.: Filmmaker Bart Freundlich on Shooting Hoops at 47 “I get to turn my mind off,” the director of “Wolves” says. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Living In: The Ironbound, Newark: Convenient, but a World Apart With its European market-town vibe and proximity to Manhattan, the neighborhood has long been attractive. Soon it will benefit from a new three-acre park and other projects. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
Healthier Cereals Snare a Spot on New York School Menus In a bite-size coup that could spread to other cities, a California upstart has replaced Kellogg products in the city’s free-breakfast program. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Gracie Mansion to Display Artifacts From World War II Era A new exhibition will focus on New York’s wartime role as a safe harbor for the displaced under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
About New York: Remembering a City Where the Smog Could Kill With the future of the E.P.A. now in doubt, it’s worth recalling what New York City was like before the agency and the movement it represented. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
A Film School Where No One Says ‘Be More Ghetto’ The Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn aims to shake up #OscarsSoWhite. Part of its mission is to admit women and minorities whose stories aren’t usually told. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Utica Greens: An Upstate New York Staple With Multiple Identities Tracing the origins of an Italian-American dish beloved in the central part of the state, but not much beyond. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Rejected Gems Are the Stars of This Manhattan Variety Show “Dead Darlings,” a monthly gathering at the Judson Memorial Church, brings together writers and artists to share what ended up on the cutting-room floor. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times