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This summer is the end of outdoor dining in NYC as we know it
Le Dive, a restaurant and wine bar at 37 Canal St., currently enjoys all three forms of outdoor dining: Open Streets seating (foreground), sidewalk seating (background), and a roadway dining shed (back left). New outdoor dining rules will change the economics of running an NYC restaurant, again [ more › ]
List of America's Dirtiest Cities Revealed — NYC Surprisingly isn't the Worst
A recent study ranked cities to determine the dirtiest places to live. New York City — Years ago family members from the South visited me. Initially, they were stoked about being in the Big Apple. Of course, the second a football-sized rat scuttled across my mother's path on a sidewalk, she nearly fainted.
Rain, thunderstorms wash out some NYC Memorial Day events
Morning fog gave way to scattered showers as afternoon and evening thunderstorms beset the New York City area Monday, delaying air traffic and washing out some events. The National Weather Service (NWS) had forecast potential localized flash flooding and some severe thunderstorms, and for the most part, the day lived up to that assessment. Storms snarled plane traffic Monday as flights at ...
Are more bus lanes and busways coming to NYC?
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Getting around New York City can be a challenge. Some riders want the city to consider a busway along one of the busiest crosstown corridors. Manhattan’s 42nd Street is known as both a popular destination and also a place to avoid, depending on the plans. While it connects to the busiest […]
Rare magnitude 2.9 earthquake strikes the heart of New Jersey; Shaking felt in parts of New York
Early Friday morning, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor occurred at 3:50 a.m., with the epicenter located approximately 4.3 miles from Gladstone.
NYC’s ‘Hot Dog King’ and disabled Vietnam vet has cart shut down again, claims city out to get him
The city’s “Hot Dog King’’ has been banned from peddling franks from his sidewalk cart because he allegedly lacks the proper permit — but he says it’s just part of a nonsense campaign to harass him out of business. Beloved Manhattan street vendor Dan Rossi, 73, was ordered to close up his cart outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 23 after a city Department of Health inspector cited him for selling without the Disabled Veteran Vendor permit required for that location. But Rossi, a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, told The Post he’s had that permit for decades — and...
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