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The Hunt: From Perth to the Upper East Side

The Hunt: From Perth to the Upper East Side An Australian discovers doorman buildings in New York City and decides he has to live in one. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies

White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies The review is being pushed by President Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and would be led by Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire private equity…

New York Today: New York Today: Winter Health Watch

New York Today: New York Today: Winter Health Watch Wednesday: Keeping up with the cold, a verdict in the Etan Patz case, and the 5-cent plastic bag fee. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Neighborhood Joint: In Chinatown, a Go-To Thai Grocery

Neighborhood Joint: In Chinatown, a Go-To Thai Grocery For those passionate about Thai cooking, Bangkok Center Grocery offers hard-to-find ingredients like fresh kaffir lime leaves, year-round. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Feature: The Compost King of New York

Feature: The Compost King of New York What happens to food scraps after the city takes them? Soon a large fraction will wind up on Long Island, where Charles Vigliotti hopes to turn them into profit. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…

Skating, and Scoring, for God’s Glory

Skating, and Scoring, for God’s Glory Out of Yeshiva University, an Orthodox Jewish college in Upper Manhattan, comes an unlikely squad of religious roller hockey players. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

All-Jewish Hockey Team Dominates

All-Jewish Hockey Team Dominates Yeshiva University is now a top team in Division II of the Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association, after winning the Division IV championships last year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Op-Ed Contributors: Sanctuary Cities in Name Only

Op-Ed Contributors: Sanctuary Cities in Name Only “Zero tolerance” policing simply furthers Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Editorial: A Housing Solution: Lawyers for Tenants

Editorial: A Housing Solution: Lawyers for Tenants New York City is planning a wise investment by increasing funding for legal services to help tenants facing eviction. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Rare Rat-Related Disease Kills a Bronx Victim, the City Says

Rare Rat-Related Disease Kills a Bronx Victim, the City Says Three people in the Grand Concourse area were infected with leptospirosis, making it the first reported cluster of the disease in New York, health officials said. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…

Mets’ David Wright Exercising Caution About Returning to Throwing

Mets’ David Wright Exercising Caution About Returning to Throwing Wright, a third baseman who had season-ending disk surgery in June and continues to deal with spinal stenosis, has been in training camp for weeks but has not thrown a baseball…

Album: What Cats Think of the Dog Show

Album: What Cats Think of the Dog Show Cats at Westminster? While some fur may have been ruffled and human hackles raised, the felines don’t seem to care. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Pedro Hernandez Found Guilty of Kidnapping and Killing Etan Patz in 1979

Pedro Hernandez Found Guilty of Kidnapping and Killing Etan Patz in 1979 The verdict is a long-awaited step in solving the mystery that bedeviled investigators and forever changed the way parents watched over their children. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times