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Men's Soccer to Open 2024 Season on the Road Against Yeshiva on Sunday
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – The SUNY Old Westbury men's soccer team will open their season on Sunday against Skyline Conference rival, Yeshiva on the road. The Panthers enter this season looking to turn a page after going an overall 4-9-2 last year. The Panthers went 2-7-2 against the Skyline Conference in the 2023 campaign.
Brooklyn Paper: Brownsville Community Unveils Vibrant Mural Celebrating Local Voices and Culture
“New York Foundling and residents of Vital Brookdale in Brownsville celebrated the unveiling of a new mural titled “Colors of My City” by muralist Layqa Nuna Yawar on Aug. 23,” reports Brooklyn Paper. Read the full story, which features quotes from Foundling staff, the mural artist, and Vital Brookdale residents who are depicted in the artwork.
Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Twenty-One
Week: 6 G, 22 AB, .546/.615/.955, 12 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 2 K, 0/0 SB (Single-A) 2024 Season: 19 G, 63 AB, .254/.422/.571, 16 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 19 BB, 22 K, 5/6 SB, .297 BABIP (Rookie) / 62 G, 218 AB, .234/.344/.367, 51 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 36 BB, 81 K, 5/10 SB, .341 BABIP (Single-A)
‘Help’: Woman strangled in building lobby near Prospect Park
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Police are searching for a man who strangled a woman in the lobby of her Brooklyn building near Prospect Park last week, police said. The suspect snuck up on the 25-year-old woman and wrapped his arm around her neck in the building near Ocean and Parkside avenues at the southeast corner […]
Raging fire sweeps across multiple Brooklyn buildings; 9 injured: FDNY
BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – At least nine people were injured in a four-alarm fire that swept across a cluster of buildings in Brooklyn late Monday night, according to the FDNY. The fire broke out at a building on Dean Street between Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sackman Street around 10:40 p.m. Over 160 firefighters and EMS […]
Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83
Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83.
Council Grills Adams Corp Counsel Nominee Mastro Over Giuliani Ties, Suits Against City
Corporation counsel nominee Randy Mastro made an impassioned case for himself in a confirmation hearing Tuesday, rattling off his work taking on the Mafia and defending thousands of indigent clients in pro bono cases. But a skeptical City Council seemed unmoved, questioning him on his record as a top aide to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani […] The post Council Grills Adams Corp Counsel Nominee Mastro Over Giuliani Ties, Suits Against City appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
$18 Million Tesla Supercharger Station Is Coming To New York City
A Tesla Supercharger station worth a whopping $18 million is coming to the Queens borough in New York City. Tesla paid real-estate developer Wildflower for the lot in Queens' Maspeth neighborhood, public records show. NYC's existing charging infrastructure has been overwhelmed by increasing number of electric rideshare drivers. Tesla has...
Suspect busted for burglary of St. John’s hoop coach Rick Pitino’s office: NYPD
Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A resident from a city-run shelter in Long Island City was arrested Friday and booked at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for stealing personal items belonging to St. John’s University basketball coach Rick Pitino from his office at Carnesecca Arena during the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 20.
Dublin-NYC Portal connects with two more international locations
The Dublin-NYC Portal has been connected with Vilnius in Lithuania and Lublin in Poland, Dublin City Council announced today, Tuesday, August 27. The Portal's live streams rotate every 180 seconds, forming a global network, beginning from 1 pm today Irish time. The Dublin Portal is located on O'Connell Street while...
Rochester kids play tennis on US Open court
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A group of young tennis players with the Midtown Athletic Club got the chance to play in the spotlight of the US Open Monday. They played for crowds on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center court in New York City between US Open matches, and helped with the day’s […]
Walter Reed Celebrates Women’s Equality Day
AUGUST 27, 2024 – Walter Reed joins the rest of the nation in celebrating Women’s Equality Day on Aug. 26 and every day. Women’s Equality Day celebrates the day American women gained the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. “One Piece at a...
Where to Find the Best Tickets to See Broadway Hit ‘Oh, Mary!’ at the Lyceum Theatre
Earlier this year, the comedy Oh, Mary! was an off-Broadway hit taking in several awards, including Best New Play at the Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. Now that it has moved to Broadway, the dark comedy is a massive hit with sold-out shows for larger audiences.Hollywood Flashback: 'The Best Man' Took On Cutthroat Campaigning Directed by Sam Pinkleton, Oh Mary! is set in the days leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and stars Cole Escola as “a miserable, suffocated” Mary Todd Lincoln and Conrad Ricamora as her husband and 16th U.S. president. The one-act play runs at the Lyceum Theatre in New York...
Broadway Grosses Analysis: Best Musical Winner
2024 Best Musical Tony winner The Outsiders has been staying golden all summer, riding a gradual upwardly pointed wave until last week, when it finally arrived in Broadway's top five. The musical beat this season's other big hit, Hell's Kitchen, for the fifth spot, with mainstays Wicked, The Lion King, Hamilton, and Cabaret filling in the first four.
New York City offers hundreds of affordable housing options for seniors
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City is home to nearly 2 million people over the age of 60, and these older adults are more likely to live below the poverty line, according to data from the NYC Department of Aging. The New York City Housing Connect website has hundreds of units open for seniors […]
From the YSU President’s Desk: What We Can Accomplish Together
My name is Sam Weinberg, and I’m grateful to have been elected Yeshiva Student Union (YSU) President for the 2024-2025 school year. The question of what this job entails is one that I have been grappling with and working on answering, both to myself and to the broader YU community. I believe that I can explain the job and, by extension, what I wish to accomplish with this column.
The Madison Avenue Business Improvement District Is Collaborating With the CFDA for the First Time
STREET SMARTS: Madison Avenue is preparing to “Step Up for Fashion.”Nancy Reagan's Designer Style as First Lady Was Copied and Controversial That’s the name of an upcoming event organized by the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) along with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, to spotlight the avenue’s high-fashion retailers and raise money for the CFDA’s scholarship fund. Retailers participating in Step Up for Fashion, scheduled for Sept. 21, will donate 10 percent of their sales on the day to the CFDA scholarship fund, which supports the next generation of fashion designers. The retailers will also be installing temporary outdoor...
‘The Art of Solitude’ exhibition to feature diverse, underrepresented artists at The Local in LIC this September
Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in Queens for more local events — or submit your own!. ART BreakOUT, a platform for artists from underrepresented backgrounds, will host a month-long exhibition at the Local NY next month, showcasing dozens of marginalized and predominately self-taught artists. “The Art...
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