A closeup view of oldest Stegosaurus fossil ever found. ( Photo: Nicholas Liu) Paleontologists Probe ‘Apex’ the Stegosaurus for Its Secrets There are no apparent predators in sight, but the 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus fossil now on display in the American... News 10 Feb 2025 | 12:30
Sniff, sniff ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) City May Soon Try to Sterilize Rat Problem with Birth Control Tablets Rats are among the world’s most prolific mammal breeders, with a single female able to spawn 15,000 descendants in a single... News 18 Apr 2024 | 06:58
NYC DOT pedal-assist e-cargo bicycle, “Cargi B” ( Source: NYCDOT ) City Supports Expansion of Electric Cargo Bikes In an effort to reduce the number of unwieldy, high-polluting trucks on the streets of New York City, the city’s Department... News 01 Apr 2024 | 12:47
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Protestors against the congestion pricing toll gathered at City Hall Park on Feb. 27th. “What is going to happen when the FDR Drive turns into a parking lot?” one lower east sider asked. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Deep Divisions in Hearings Over Congestion Pricing as Opponents and Boosters Battle Deep divisions between boosters and bashers were seen Feb. 29 as the MTA kicked off the first of its four public hearings... News 04 Mar 2024 | 05:18
Cyclists and residents living along 10th Avenue have been sending photos of horse-drawn carriages on bike lanes to CM Bottcher’s office. ( Source: Office of Council Member Eric Bottcher) Complaints Over Bike Lane Takeovers and Animal Dung Put Horse-Drawn Carriages Under More Scrutiny Horse-drawn carriages, a popular tourist attraction evocative of bygone, quaint romanticism, are not so popular among frustrated... News 27 Feb 2024 | 11:47
Kristina Puzyreva and Nikolay Goltsev, pictured in happier times before prosecutors charged them with partaking in a money laundering scheme to send military equipment to Russian military entities. ( Source: Facebook) Couple Behind Russian Gun Running Plot Nabbed in Manhattan Hotel Room Kristina Puzyreva, a 32-year old Russian-Canadian woman, pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to money laundering,... News 16 Feb 2024 | 06:23
Meta first leased space at 770 Broadway in 2019. Now it is cutting one third of its footprint there. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Meta Drops 275,000 sq ft of Workspace at 770 Broadway Meta Platforms, the social media giant that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is abandoning 275,000 square feet out... News 15 Feb 2024 | 10:53
Festive costumes such as this one depicting the Lion, will be on display at the annual parade on the final day of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown later this month. Photo: Bob Jagendorf/Wikimedia Commons A Guide to Lunar New Year Festivities Across Manhattan On Feb. 10, the Year of the Rabbit will give way to the Year of the Dragon, the fifth of 12 animals that comprise the Chinese... News 04 Feb 2024 | 05:06
St. Patrick’s Cathedral just sold its air rights to hedge fund billionaire and a real estate developer, who plan to use the rights to erect a new office skyscraper. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Hedge Fund Billionaire and Developer to Buy St. Patrick’s Air Rights for up to $164 Million Citadel CEO and billionaire Ken Griffin wants a new skyscraper, and to clear the way he is paying the Archdiocese of New... News 22 Dec 2023 | 04:13
New York County Courthouse ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) New York City Makes “Judicial Hellholes” List, but Critics Call the Report a Tool of Big Business New York City has once again landed on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) annual “Judicial Hellholes” list, ranking... News 22 Dec 2023 | 02:09
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has made a reputation as an involved philanthropist but has been shifting emphasis from journalistic ventures to veterans of late. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Craigslist Founder Pledges $100M to Vets’ Causes, but Pulls $$$s from THE CITY News Site Craigslist is not the only thing named after its founder Craig Newmark. There’s also the Craig Newmark Graduate School of... News 15 Dec 2023 | 08:12
On the same day WeWork struck a deal with 18 landlords in bankruptcy court, they also renegotiated a favorable lease on 1440 Broadway, where Amazon uses WeWork office space. ( Source: Google Satellite) WeWork Catches Its Breath After Reaching Bankruptcy Agreement with 18 Landlords After months of impasse, office space retailer WeWork has finally come to a resolution with a group of 18 landlords who have... News 14 Dec 2023 | 05:53
1 Union Square West is one of over 30 locations in Manhattan where WeWork is attempting to cancel their leases as they work the company works through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ( Source: Google Satellite) WeWork, Mired in Bankruptcy, Abandons Nearly 40 Office Spaces Across Manhattan WeWork, a company that once struck gold by renting and then subletting sleek, amenity-filled office spaces, is filing for... News 01 Dec 2023 | 05:51
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal sponsored the bill’s passage in the upper house. A similar passed the NYS Assembly and now all eyes turn to Governor Hochul to see if she will sign or veto the bill. ( Source: New York State Senate Media Services) City Joins Business, Medical Groups in Lobbying Against Grieving Families Act Backed by Hoylman-Sigal New York City has joined an expanding chorus of local governments, businesses, and medical groups urging Governor Kathy Hochul... News 24 Nov 2023 | 04:21
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