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The City College of New York, one of the City University of New York’s senior colleges, is facing a $14.6 million budget gap. “There’s no other way to say this: Students are doomed,” argues Tammie David, a City College junior who serves as the Vice-President of Public Affairs for the Undergraduate Student Government. “There are…
There are certain phrases that conjure the very truth of an era: “England expects that every man will do his duty,” Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson signaled at the Battle of Trafalgar. And this, from Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson when he was asked by a doctor what was the best way to engage the overwhelming number of Federalists:…
The plight of the single New Yorker View Full Caption MANHATTAN — If you’re planning to live alone and rent a one-bedroom in Manhattan, you’ll have to earn roughly $130,800 a year. That’s 40 times the amount of September’s median monthly asking rent, which was a record $3,271, according to real estate search…
The 109th Precinct’s Deputy Inspector Thomas Conforti stands with elected officials in Flushing Monday to announce a new enforcement for pedestrians following the death of a woman last week. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Katie Honan FLUSHING — NYPD officers plan to increase ticketing against jaywalkers — a move supported by local politicians who say pedestrians who…
BRUSSELSThe euro zone will release the next tranche of loans for Greece as well as money for bank recapitalization only after Athens implements agreed reforms, euro zone finance ministers said, noting a Greek pledge the conditions would be met this week. A European Central Bank Stress test showed at the end of October that…
Back in June of 2014, YIMBY reported on new building applications filed by JDS Development for a tower coming to 340 Flatbush Avenue Ext., on the southeastern edge of Downtown Brooklyn. Now, we have the first rendering and actual details for the SHoP-designed tower, which will rise 1,000 feet tall, claiming the title of New York…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code fullscreen [UPDATE BELOW] One man was killed and two others were injured during a shooting in Midtown Manhattan this morning. According to the NYPD, the shooting took place around around 6:14 a.m., at 8th Avenue and 35th Street. A 43-year-old man was pronounced dead at the…
Some American radio listeners might have been surprised last year to hear a news account explaining how pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong “failed without the support of the people of Hong Kong.” In fact, a large percentage of local residents joined the demonstrations until they were forcibly suppressed under orders from Beijing. Listeners would have…
The record high for today is 74 degrees set in 1948. As of 11 a.m. it was 71 in Central Park. Whether we warm four more degrees to set a new record it entirely up to the clouds at this point. A few breaks of sun would do the trick but the latest forecasts have…
The mayor joined elected and city officials and the developers for a ceremonial dirt toss at the Beach Channel Senior Apartments site. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Katie Honan FAR ROCKAWAY — More than two thirds of the new affordable housing planned for Queens will be built on the Rockaway peninsula, a flood zone still…