Northeast Snowstorm: How Much Are We Getting? A late-winter nor’easter could break some snowfall record for March. A blizzard warning is in effect for much of the New York City region. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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New York Today: New York Today: Changes for Preet Bharara Monday: Saying farewell to a fixture, preparing for a possible blizzard, and applying for city jobs. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Manhattan’s Other Bus Terminal, Running Years Late A sign near the George Washington Bridge Bus Station warns passers-by that construction is underway. It also offers an anticipated completion date: “Winter 2015.” {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
City Report Looks at Local Business Improvement Districts New York City’s network of 73 BIDs is the largest in the nation and increasingly takes the lead in addressing quality-of-life issues in neighborhoods. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
A Push to Restrict Child Marriages in New York Legislation backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would revise current law that allows children as young as 14 to marry in New York. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Preet Bharara’s Dismissal Has a Nixon-Era Parallel Robert M. Morgenthau, a United States attorney in Manhattan in the 1960s, was given an ultimatum by President Richard M. Nixon but stayed in his post for nearly a year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
White House Addresses Trump’s Unorthodox Call to Preet Bharara Despite being asked repeatedly on Saturday about the nature of the call, the White House was silent until Sunday, when it said the president was trying to extend his good wishes…
An Incisive Play About Hasidism, With Actors Who Lived It Five performers who separated from strict Hasidic enclaves are drawing on their pasts in the New Yiddish Repertory’s production of a 1907 work, “God of Vengeance.” {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
We Sprang Forward, but Winter Is Springing Back Just when many thought they had avoided a harsh winter, the National Weather Service forecast snow and blizzard conditions from Washington to Boston. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
A Financial Lifeline for Owners of Historic Homes The Landmarks Conservancy offers loans to homeowners who need to do work that will pass muster with New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
He Didn’t Like the Show. Now He’s Advising It. A lawyer who defends Muslim-Americans has become a consultant to “Homeland,’’ a popular television show about terrorism involving Islamic extremists. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired After Refusing to Quit The Manhattan federal prosecutor was among 46 United States attorneys who had been ordered to submit their resignations. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Anne Friedman Glauber, Champion of Social Causes, Dies at 63 Mr. Glauber, who worked as a public relations executive in New York, co-founded an initiative to reduce domestic violence and a council to help women in Rwanda and Afghanistan. {$excerpt:n}…
With Preet Bharara’s Dismissal, Storied Office Loses Its Top Fighter Under his leadership, the Southern District of New York, known for its fierce independence, took on Wall Street power players, politicians and terrorists. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Daniel Arnold’s Tongue-in-Cheek Take on New York Style The photographer has a fascination with Midtown Manhattan: “It’s kind of a time capsule of New York.” {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times