Apr. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
The city’s Health Department is warning New Yorkers about the rising spread of a potentially serious illness linked to rats.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses
NYPD transit brass said Tuesday that “Operation Fare Play” was a winning move for public safety, resulting in 175 arrests of dangerous criminals during a concentrated effort to combat fare evasion.
Apr. 16, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Belmont Park saw Secretariat move “like a tremendous machine” around its massive oval more than five decades ago when “Big Red” won the 1973 Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown in record-setting glory before tens of thousands of fans who packed the massive, quarter-mile grandstand.
Apr. 16, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Antisemitic incidents in New York state reached troubling historic levels last year, a new report released on Tuesday from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows. In its annual audit on antisemitic incidents in New York and across the U.S., the anti-hate organization reported a massive 110% surge in antisemitic…
Apr. 11, 2024 Stephanie Waddle
Tax time is when procrastinators like me feel the very real pinch of their procrastination. Why did I wait so long? For me, it’s the time of year where my poor time-management skills really come to the forefront. I often feel less overwhelmed when I read some last-minute tax tips:
Apr. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD Transit Bureau Citywide Vandals Task Force entered the bowels of the city on Tuesday afternoon, following the glint of the rails as they searched for trespassers who use the off-limits subway lines as their personal graffiti playground.
Apr. 8, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Through calculations based on knowledge gleaned by astronomers through the generations, NASA has been able to track every time a major solar eclipse has appeared (or will appear) over New York City and other geographic points around the world, from the recorded birth of Christ up to the year 3000.
Apr. 8, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld New York City is serving up out new parking meters that will allow drivers to “pay-by-plate.” The new meters, which will first be rolled out in Upper Manhattan on May 8 before a gradual rollout to the rest of the city, will allow New Yorkers to pay for…
Apr. 5, 2024 By Barbara Russo
Omer Shemtov is 21 years old and loves music — both listening to it and playing it. Doubly talented in piano and guitar, he has even considered a career in the music industry.
Apr. 4, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
May the odds be ever on your favor.