"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers on Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war." ...
UPDATE: 6:15PM EST - Saturday August 16There was no tornado in New York yesterday, but there was some strong winds." There were plenty of damaging winds but no twisters in a storm that spawned a rare tornado...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1738 views | 28 recommendations | 19 comments
Today is National HIV Testing Day. Across the US there will be thousands of testing sites and counseling provided by local health departments. In the Bronx, the city authorities are offering free...
created by poolparty | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 276 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
" ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere will be recognized in New York in response to a state court ruling this year, Gov. David Paterson's spokeswoman said Wednesday. State...
created by greg1usa | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 320 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
Though there had been specualtion that New York mayor Mike Bloomberg might try to find a way to run for a third term, the mayor's office has killed the speculation."Some New Yorkers wouldn't mind seeing Mayor Bloomberg stick around for another four years in City Hall - but...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 231 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Protests by Serbs around the world continue to protest Kosovo's independence, which the US and most of Western Europe has backed while Russia and China have opposed."A march more than five blocks long went from...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 474 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In a world gone mad one man is trying to bring the semicolon, a reminder to slow down and take stock, back into the public eye. It's nice to see some discussion around getting back to basics when it comes to...
created by James Chutter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 655 views | 12 recommendations | 6 comments
Soon the days of frantically searching for a bar, Barnes and Noble or Starbucks may be coming to an end -- the first public pay toilet was unveiled in NYC today. The following is quite long but very interesting."Few toilets — if any — have ever received the level of...
With transit hikes set to roll out this week, New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is facing increased media and public scrutiny on its spending habits. Today the New York Daily News released a...
created by Kaitlin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 976 views | 0 recommendations | 8 comments
After all the years of enduring the MTA and those long boring rides home maybe a little entertainment is not that bad. "The N train may need to be changed to the NC-17 and the L could be dubbed the lap...
created by mpress | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 4434 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Some awesome news out of Manhattan today. CBS Corporation has announced today that it will "light up" midtown Manhattan with the creation of the "CBS Mobile Zone," a wireless high-speed network enabling New Yorkers with Wi-Fi-enabled cell phones, laptops or other devices to...
created by comoms | 1 year ago 609 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
It is well documented that looking for love andcompanionship in cyberspace & the real world can be interesting,rewarding and dangerous. A significant differencebetween these two dimensions is that the...
"A grandmother attempting to run around the world is expected to reach Manhattan on Wednesday, four years after leaving her west Wales home.
Rosie Swale Pope has arrived in New York after running across Europe, Russia, Asia and north America.
She will be passing some of the...
created by liamssoft | 2 years ago 308 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
" Researchers have long known New Yorkers walk faster than anyone else in the country. But epidemiologist Simonsick wondered, does walking speed affect health?She decided to conduct an experiment to find out. She and a group of scientists assembled 3,075...
created by nk | 2 years ago 304 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
AdAge usually doesn't get political but their review of MoveOn's attempt to stand between Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal is weirdly ferocious. What gives?"MoveOn, not content with beclowning itself by...
created by mtippett | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 811 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments