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Tod A. Maitland CAS to be honored with the Cinema Audio Society’s 2025 Career Achievement Award
LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES -- The Cinema Audio Society will honor sound mixer Tod A. Maitland CAS, with its esteemed 2025 Career Achievement Award. This recognition will be presented during the 61st Annual CAS Awards on Saturday, February 22, 2025. “The Career Achievement Award remains the Society’s highest honor, and...
DSNY wants New Yorkers to report Sidewalk Slobs for its Hall of Shame
New York City's Department of Sanitation is urging residents to report so-called "Sidewalk Slobs" who violate the law by leaving trash on sidewalks.Landlords, shopkeepers and business owners are required to keep their sidewalks and gutters clean-a full 18 inches into the street. But so far this year, 311 complaints about dirty sidewalks and streets are up nearly 25%.The agency has created a new portal to submit complaints about residential and commercial property owners.Sanitation officials have already posted two offenders on the newly created online "Wall of Shame."That includes a building at 130 First Avenue in the East Village and a...
Comedian Natan Badalov performing Saturday in Ross
Jul. 23—New York-based comedian and writer Natan Badalov will be bringing his one-man show — and his unique perspective on his Jewish identity — to Sunken Bus Studios in Pittsburgh this Saturday. Badalov, an Uzbek-American, debuted his one-man show "Connect the Dots" at the New York Comedy Festival last November. Now he's taking it on the road with a stop in Pittsburgh this week. The show ...
'Good Bones' sets complete Off-Broadway cast
The New York-premiere play written by Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames and directed by Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali will play The Public Theater in September. The Public Theater has named the complete cast for its fall production of Good Bones off Broadway. Performances of the New York-premiere play run from September 19 to October 13, with opening night on October 1.
Your Stories Q&A: Can businesses refuse to take cash?
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — You ask, we answer! Viewer Question: Can businesses/venues legally refuse to accept cash? Since the pandemic, more businesses, sporting and concert venues are going cashless. It must be a popular question, because the Federal Reserve addressed the question on its website under the FAQ section: “There is no federal statute mandating […]
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute vs. Hospital for Special Surgery in Florida: How they stack up
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute have built strong footprints in the Florida market over recent years. Both of them have been leaders in orthopedic care in their respective regions. Here is how the two groups' Florida presence compare:. Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Florida. Number...
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/23/2024
POSH – $22M. POSH, a live event ticket and community platform, has raised $22M in Series A funding led by Goodwater Capital. Founded by Avante Price and Eli Taylor-Lemire in 2019, POSH has now raised a total of $31M in reported equity funding. The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress...
Morning Brew hires McGlauflin to cover HR
Morning Brew has hired Paige McGlauflin as a reporter for its HR Brew newsletter. She had been at Fortune working on the leadership desk and writing the CHRO Daily newsletter. Previously, McGlauflin was a contributing writer with Seattle Gay News and a reporter and editorial assistant with Paperwork Studios, a New York City-based media startup that produced B2B newsletters. At Paperwork, she covered diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technology space; investor relations in private equity and venture capital; and community banking.
Lucas Zelnick Headlining 30+ City Comedy Tour
Next month, rising New York comedian Lucas Zelnick (Comedy Central, Netflix is a Joke) sets out on a 30+ city stand-up tour as headliner of the first-ever Java Monster Highly-Laffeinated Comedy Tour. The tour launches in North America on August 8 in Brooklyn and hits over 30 cities before wrapping on New Year’s Eve in Buffalo, with multi-night show runs scheduled in Washington, DC, Dallas, Atlanta, and Boston.
Dr. Henry Abramson Named Dean of Touro’s Lander College for Men
Scholar and Historian with Track Record of Promoting Student Success to Lead at Lander. Dr. Henry Abramson was named dean of Touro’s Lander College for Men, Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish announced today. Most recently, Dr. Abramson served as dean at the Lander College of Arts and Sciences and the Machon L’Parnasa Institute for Professional Studies in Brooklyn and previously, he was dean of Touro’s Florida campus.
“Wolf of Airbnb” gets 4 years for rent fraud scheme
The self-proclaimed “Wolf of Airbnb” Konrad Bicher is headed to prison. The Pennsylvania native had pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, The Real Deal reported more than a year ago, after he fraudulently collected more than $1 million in rent on illegally subleased New York City apartments. He was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison, according to the New York Post.
CrowdStrike outage impacted NYC more than initially thought, mayor says
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The global technology outage caused by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike on Friday had a greater impact on New York City than initially suspected, Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday. The widespread disruptions affected computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems, impacting small independent businesses and big corporations, including banks, media companies, and hospitals. The […]
Marine Park – Blocking Sunlight to Make Creative Sunprints
Parents and children made beautiful new art pieces – using an old technique – at a fun event called “Sunprints & Shadows,” held at Playground 278, by Fillmore Avenue and Madison Place, in Marine Park, on Sunday, July 21st. Sunprints & Shadows is just one of...
Interactive Map Shows Smaller Housing Markets Have Seen the Bulk of Home Price Increases
Homes in mountain towns, resort areas, and small exurbs have grown in price since 2020. Since 2020, home prices have soared across the nation, but some areas of the U.S. have been more affected than others. The ResiClub blog put together an interactive map that shows which counties have seen the largest housing cost spikes from 2020 to 2024. That map indicates that the biggest home price increases were in smaller housing markets that many people flocked to during the pandemic housing boom, including beach towns, exurbs, and mountain towns.
Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song
The latest edition of Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway, which had originally been announced for Broadway, has delayed its Off-Broadway arrival by a week. As previously reported, the newest edition of the musical parody, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song, will play Theater 555. Previews will now begin August 30, a week later than originally scheduled. Opening night is now set for September 19. The delay has been made so that the entire cast will be available for the start of rehearsals.
Trader Joe’s new Harlem location will open this week
Harlem’s first-ever Trader Joe’s will open on Thursday, July 25, the grocery store announced. The 17,800-square-foot location can be found at 123 West 125th Street, part of a mixed-use development with office space, retail, affordable housing, the headquarters of the National Urban League, and a new museum dedicated to the civil rights movement. Trader Joe’s will open at 8 a.m. following a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Test Your Knowledge About Digital Gait Outcomes in ARSACS Study
Which of the following statements about the study on digital gait outcomes in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS), a differential diagnosis for Friedrich ataxia (FA), are correct?. Select one of the options for each question, then submit your answers to see how well you scored and how other...
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