De Blasio Stymied in Attempt to Pay Legal Fees With Donations A city agency capped donations to the mayor’s planned legal defense fund to cover legal bills he incurred during inquiries into his fund-raising practices. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York City”
Christie Ally Is Sentenced to 2 Years in George Washington Bridge Scandal ‘I was wrong and I am truly sorry,’ Bill Baroni, a former Port Authority official, says of closing lanes in Fort Lee, N.J., in 2013. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
No Deal Between Kushners and Chinese Company Over Fifth Avenue Skyscraper A $4-billion deal to invest in a Manhattan building owned by the family of Trump’s son-in-law has fallen apart. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Much Ado About Tattoos Wednesday: Tracing tattoo history, tap dancing through Midtown and commemorating women’s suffrage. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Day Trip: All About Oysters in Greenport on Long Island New Yorkers can take the train from Penn Station to a North Fork village to learn about oyster farming (and to taste a few, too). {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Pursuing Tax, Bill de Blasio Embraces Snowball’s Chance in Albany For almost two years, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been arguing that Albany should allow New York City to levy a new tax on home sales above $2 million. It…
In School Nurse’s Room: Tylenol, Bandages and an Antidote to Heroin As communities face a rise in deaths from heroin and pills, many educators are deciding that they should have naloxone, a drug to treat overdoses, on hand. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Disability: New York Has a Great Subway, if You’re Not in a Wheelchair After my accident, I learned firsthand how civic dysfunction can disenfranchise the vulnerable. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
As Federal Cuts Loom, New York State Aims to Protect Itself From Washington The state deadline is April 1, but Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has suggested that lawmakers could pass an extension to freeze spending until Washington outlines its proposed…
Judge Seeks to Clarify Rudy Giuliani’s Role on Gold Trader’s Team The hiring of Mr. Giuliani and Michael B. Mukasey has added intrigue to a case that had already emerged as a sharp point of dispute between Turkey and the…
Metropolitan Diary: It’s Darwin, Not Stalin A dog named for one historical figure is called by the name of another. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Smack in the Middle of the Track: An Errant Basketball Hiding in plain sight, a dusty, orange orb evaded subway cars, sweepers and even commuters in Manhattan for weeks. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Pressure Builds for City’s Renewal Schools as State Tests Begin In the final year of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s initiative, students and teachers at struggling schools have been urgently preparing for exams to avoid closure. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: We’ll Always Have Paris, at Augustine Like Keith McNally’s other French restaurants, this new one is a lovely realm of nostalgia and unfussy food. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Paul Novograd, Who Owned Manhattan’s Last Public Livery, Dies at 73 Mr. Novograd reluctantly closed his family’s Claremont Riding Academy in 2007. Opened in 1892, it was billed as the oldest continuously operating stable in New York City. {$excerpt:n} Source:…