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This Memorial Day, watch ‘The Blue Angels’ for free on Prime Video
Those ditching the city for Long Island’s beaches this Memorial Day weekend will be in for a treat: the annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is celebrating its 20th anniversary with none other than the Navy’s elite flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels. It’s been a big week for the Blues — not only are they returning to New York’s airspace, but they’re making headlines in a big way thanks to a new Prime Video documentary that followed the squad during the 2022 season. “The Blue Angels,” which hit Amazon’s streaming service on May 23 after a weeklong run in...
Quality of Life A Factor: 4 NY Cities Make 100 Best To Live In U.S.
Have you ever wondered how cities in New York rank regarding the best places to live? A new survey is out from US News & World Report that lists the country's Top 150 Best Places to Live. Four cities in Upstate New York finished in the Top 100 and one of those landed in the Top 50.
Teaneck civil rights activist Lacey receives award from Museum of the City of New York
TEANECK — Resident and civil rights activist Theodora Smiley Lacey has received the Clara Lemlich Award from The Museum of the City of New York. The award celebrates the lives of women with decades of social activism who have enabled "real and lasting world change." Lacey, 92, has been...
Queens tenants claim rent-stabilization laws violated by Zara Realty
NEW YORK -- Some tenants in Queens are fed up with their rent and are suing the state to try to fix it. The tenants say their landlord abused rent-stabilization laws and a state agency allowed it to happen. They told their story on Friday to CBS News Investigates. They live on not just any street in Jamaica. They rallied in that spot because it's right outside the entrance to the state's Division of Homes and Community Renewal. They want the agency to hear their message, as do state lawmakers. "They have allowed this landlord to continue to jack up...
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