The field is narrowing for purveyors of NYC casino gambling projects
The purveyors of lavish, multibillion-dollar casino projects proposed for the New York City area are nearing the end of a process that will determine which of the bets will pay off. In coming days, powerful community advisory committees will cast votes on the last of eight projects up for consideration. Projects winning committee approvals will More...
MTA revises some of its proposed fare hikes following public outcry
The MTA is walking back some of its proposed fare increases that are set to take effect in January, after it said it received over 1,300 comments over six weeks from riders, advocates and elected officials. The More...
NY, NJ sue as Trump administration tries to strip ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed programs
New York and more than a dozen other states are accusing the federal Department of Health and Human Services of illegally pressuring them to censor references to gender identity in federally funded sexual education More...
See inside the last Ellis Island ferry at Open House NY. It could be yours for $1.25M.
The good ship Yankee has had many names in her 118 years: Machigonne, Dida, Hook Mountain and League Island. She served in the Navy during both world wars, and has been a tour boat for Lady Liberty. She’s More...
Figurative Paintings By Russian Artist Anastasia Vostrezova
Anastasia was born in a family of artists in June 1981. She spent all of her childhood in Moscow and in Pereslavl-Zalesski where her family had a summer house. She graduated from I.D Shadr Art College in More...
Secret Service dismantles server-network threat amid UN meeting in NYC, officials say
The Secret Service said Tuesday it dismantled a network of hundreds of servers capable of interrupting telecommunications across the tristate area during the United Nations General Assembly this week. Agents More...
NYC Council to vote on Bronx housing plan for ex-Rikers detainees in break from custom
The New York City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to build 58 specialized apartments for former Rikers detainees with severe medical problems on the campus of a Bronx hospital, despite intense More...
Man shot inside Penn Station on LIRR platform, NYPD says
A 32-year-old man was shot inside Penn Station around 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD. The shooting happened on a Long Island Rail Road platform, and the man was hit in the arm, authorities said. He More...
Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody
At least 20 immigrants have been taken into ICE custody at Penn Station since June, law enforcement officials said, as part of an aggressive crackdown by the federally-run Amtrak Police Department on anonymous More...
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | French Painter
Pierre Auguste was born in France and was very much in love with female figures and loved to paint and draw female figures. Thus most of his art subjects ended up as female. Many times his art subject i.e. More...
