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The food situation this week in NYC . . . got a key for the ice cream freezer?
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Call it post-traumatic stress disorder or deja vu. But I’m beginning to feel a lot like I did in 2020 watching others hoard toilet paper with news of the port strike last week — and, well, hoarding food just for the sake of hoarding.
BOO! 'Trick-or-Streets' returns for 3rd year to provide safe, car-free NYC Halloween experiences
It’s spooky season, and for the third year in a row, there will be more than 100 car-free events across the five boroughs throughout October as part of the New York City Department of Transportation’s “Trick-or-Streets” program.
Everyday Veterans: A Life of Service in the NYPD and Army Reserves
At 26, Tristan Isoldi is committed to serving both his community and country as a police officer with the NYPD and a sergeant in the Army Reserve. Balancing these demanding roles requires dedication and sacrifice, a path he has pursued since starting his law enforcement career at the early age of 21. Read More ...
Achievement First unveils new Linden Middle School building in East New York
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Achievement First celebrated a significant milestone on Sept. 27 with the grand opening of its new Linden Middle School building in East New York. The event, held outside of the...
Indicted Mayor Eric Adams gets warm welcome at NYC events while deflecting federal probe questions: ‘We love you!’
Indicted Mayor Eric Adams received a warm reception at events around the city Saturday — even while deflecting questions about a sweeping federal corruption probe and the upheaval it has sparked in his administration. Hizzoner was joined by over half-dozen other New York-based elected officials, including Reps. Grace Meng and Tom Suozzi and Councilmembers Keith Powers and Linda Lee, while marching with organizers of the 40th annual Korean American Parade along Sixth Avenue in Midtown. Some onlookers screamed, “We love you” and “We support you” to Adams, the first sitting NYC mayor to be indicted. Scandal-plagued Deputy Mayor Phil Banks, close Adams friend, resigns When...
Listen up NYC: this state has turned off most of its speed cameras (opinion)
Not everybody is as enamored of speed cameras as New York City. Some cities in Iowa recently had to turn off most of their fixed-location speed cameras because the state Department of Transportation began implementing a new law. According to Iowa Public Radio, the law requires local governments with automated...
Student OMNY Cards Boost Public Transit Use
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. This year’s switch to OMNY cards for New York City students set off a wave of excitement for hundreds of thousands of kids whose public transit options suddenly multiplied. Under the new system, kids get up to four free trips a day on […] The post Student OMNY Cards Boost Public Transit Use appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Everything you need to know about New York City's annual Biketober celebration
A big push is underway to encourage safe bicycling in New York through the city's Biketober initiative.The annual celebration, which takes place in October, will feature 15 events across the five boroughs this year.The initiative is an important one in New York City, which averages 22 cycling deaths per year.The series of programs is designed to encourage safe cycling and fun, sustainable, healthy activities."Biketober is a reminder that cycling is a sustainable, healthy, and fun way to get around-and it can also be the fastest," said New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez.The agency is organizing street closures...
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