Newyork
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Why New York City Keeps Flooding
All drainage systems have their limitations and New York City’s is 1.75 inches of rainfall per hour. Unfortunately for many…
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Underground Art: A Show Celebrates Subway Posters
A Chelsea gallery is displaying works that were originally created as advertisements for the School of Visual Arts.
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Court Sides With Catholic School That Fired Unmarried Pregnant Teacher
The New Jersey court found that the school, as a religious employer, was exempt from a state law prohibiting employment…
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3 Die in N.Y. Area From Infection Spread Through Seawater and Oysters
The bacteria is found in raw seafood, like oysters, and warm, brackish waters. Climate change may increase the risk of…
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It Took $1.7 Billion to Fix Fire Island’s Beaches. One Storm Wrecked Them.
Just a few years ago, the beach at Fire Island Pines was almost as wide as a football field, the…
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An Attack Over Vogueing Resonates Painfully With a Renowned Drag Performer
On a Saturday night in high summer, O’Shae Sibley paid the highest possible price for a visibility that, as a…
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How Christian Cooper, the Central Park Birder, Spends His Sundays
The author and host of “Extraordinary Birder” enjoys a meditative moment, complete with lute music, among the native plants in…
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A Former Weed Dealer Built the ‘Budega’ Brand. Then Copycats Moved In.
Alex Norman’s fight to protect the brand he created is part of a trend that industry lawyers say threatens small…
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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Writer Who Gets a Speeding Ticket
David Simon, creator of “The Wire,” was livid that he got a $50 ticket for going 36 miles per hour…
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De Blasio’s Security Chief Admits Hindering Corruption Investigation
Howard Redmond pleaded guilty to deleting messages to keep them from investigators looking into whether the former mayor used his…