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N.Y. Lottery: 2 winners get $14K in jackpot TAKE 5 prizes, both sold in same NYC borough
Two jackpot-winning tickets won more than $14,000 on a recent TAKE 5 drawing in New York state — with both tickets sold in the same New York City borough, according to lottery officials. The New York Lottery announced that two winning tickets worth $14,766 were sold for the July...
Developer Brandon Miller dies at 43
Miller was managing partner and son of founder of Real Estate Equities Corporation. Brandon Miller, principal of Real Estate Equity Corporation, has died. Miller, 43, a second-generation developer who has done substantial projects in New York City, died Wednesday, according to online records of the New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon. Miller was hospitalized in Southampton last week, as erroneous obituaries began to circulate online.
These U.S. cities have the best public transit
ConsumerAffairs conducted a comprehensive analysis of the public transit systems in U.S. metropolitan areas to determine which cities had the best public transit systems. Originally published on consumeraffairs.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
#NYCtech Week in Review: 6/30/24 – 7/6/24
With so much going on in the city’s thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 7/6 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for K Health, GovWelI, and much, much more.
Shifting the Comp Kid Stigma
When Kamille Upshaw arrived at The Juilliard School in 2007, she’d been a competition dancer for a decade. “There was still a bit of a stigma about competition dancers,” says Upshaw, who attended Baltimore School for the Arts and trained at Spotlight Studio of Dance in Millersville, Maryland. “We were seen as being all about legs and turns—and that wasn’t necessarily true! I had to fight against that stereotype. Yes, I can do the leg thing, but I also have something deeper to offer.” Casting directors agreed: Since graduation, Upshaw has performed in three Broadway shows.
New York’s First Permanent Immersive Art Center Is Pivoting to Puppy Yoga and Other Activations
When the Hall des Lumières opened in 2022 with an inaugural installation on Gustav Klimt, it was heralded as a major step forward for the immersive art industry. However, as of February, the Hall has quietly “taken a pause” on showing art exhibitions to “curate the next series,” according to its website, “embarking on a new chapter.”Canadian Company Behind Immersive Van Gogh Exhibition Restructures Operations After Filing for Bankruptcy Located at the historic Emigrant Savings Bank building in Manhattan’s Financial District, the HdL has begun hosting non-art events, including puppy yoga, pilates, and an immersive whiskey tasting with Irish storytellers. It...
Summer hours are a perk small businesses can offer to workers to boost morale
NEW YORK — With summer having gotten off to a scorching start, workers across the country may be dreaming of a seaside escape or cutting out early to watch a movie in an air-conditioned theater.
“We’re Not Playing” — Community Outcry as Hell’s Kitchen Playground Faces Another Summer Without Basketball
One of Hell’s Kitchen’s few open spaces for children to play in will likely see another summer pass by without its basketball court, and parents and community activists are losing patience. It’s been six years since scaffolding was erected on a wall bordering Mathews-Palmer Playground (W45th/46th St bw 9th/10th Ave) to fix a building’s crumbling […] The post “We’re Not Playing” — Community Outcry as Hell’s Kitchen Playground Faces Another Summer Without Basketball appeared first on W42ST.
Court Rejects Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them
From Lax v. CUNY, decided Friday by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi:. Plaintiffs are observant Jewish professors at Kingsborough Community College (Kingsborough), which is part of CUNY [City University of New York]. Defendant Professional Staff Congress (the Union) is the labor union for the faculty. Defendant the New Caucus of the Professional Staff Congress (New Caucus) is a political party of the Union. [Defendants] Wetzel and Perea were professors at Kingsborough and members of the New Caucus.
Old Pfizer Headquarters To Be NYC’s Largest Office-To-Residential Conversion To Date
The former Pfizer headquarters located on 42nd Street off of 2nd Avenue will be converted into 1,500 apartments in what’s to be NYC’s largest office-to-residential conversion in history. The old headquarters became vacant following Pfizer’s move to a new Hudson Yards office in 2023. Manhattan Borough President, Mark Levine, announced the conversion project to X earlier in June adding that the city “[needs] many, many more of these. (And have to make sure they include affordable units.)” Transforming Pfizer’s former headquarters into residential apartments will join the growing list of office-to-residential conversions occurring in the city, primarily in the Financial District. By creating 1,500 residential apartments, the Pfizer project will surpass the 1,300 apartments expected from the old Daily News and JPMorgan Chase building conversion. According to Pix11, crews have already begun the process of clearing out the 42nd St former headquarters and will begin construction with a “gut renovation” this summer.
2024 Columbia Football Season Tickets Now On Sale
NEW YORK - The 2024 Columbia Football season tickets are now on sale! Click here to purchase season tickets or call 888-LIONS-11 to order by phone. "The excitement among myself, the coaching staff and the student-athletes is high for what's to come in the 2024 season, notes Patricia & Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football Jon Poppe.
Heat wave continues with soaring temps Monday
Heat wave continuesA Heat Advisory is in effect for most of the New York City area from noon on Monday until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Temperatures will feel like 95-104 degrees. This is our second heat wave of 2024. Monday forecastA warm, sticky morning followed by hot and very humid conditions in the afternoon. A stray shower or rumble of thunder is possible. Highs will be in the low 90s, but it will feel more like 95. Tonight, a stray shower or rumble is possible. It will be warm and very humid with lows in the 70s and 60s. TuesdayHot and vert humid with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs will be around 90, but it will feel like 95+. WednesdayHot and very humid again with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s, but feeling like 95. ThursdayVery humid again with scattered thunderstorms and downpours. Highs in the mid to upper 80s, but feeling like the low 90s.FridayVery humid with a continued chance of storms. Highs in the mid 80s.First Alert Weather mapsLive Tri-State Area radarLive Long Island radarLive NYC northern suburbs radarLive Jersey Shore radarTri-State temperatures
An Intergalactic Roller Rink Nightclub Hybrid Has Opened In Bushwick
Things are getting groovy down in Bushwick as Xanadu Roller Arts, a psychedelic roller rink and nightclub, has officially opened its doors to New Yorkers! The 16,000-square-foot space touched down in Bushwick on Friday, June 28, bringing with it a one-of-a-kind experience–they refer to themselves as an “intergalactic cruise ship” on their Instagram. It only makes sense considering Varun Kataria, the founder of Bushwick’s over-the-top Turk’s Inn and Sultan Room, is also the one behind this new venue. And not only is Xanadu Roller Arts NYC’s only year-round indoor roller rink, it’s also a full entertainment hub that doubles as a 1,000-capacity nightclub and music venue. Kataria stated:
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