Evolution| More...
 

Local

Fireworks Light Skies Over Hudson As New York Celebrates July 4

AP | Posted 08.04.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Fireworks, July 4 New York Fireworks, New York Fireworks Hudson, July 4 New York Fireworks Hudson River, July 4 New York, New York Fireworks East Side, Slideshow, New York News

New York City's Fourth of July fireworks along the Hudson River lit the sky with a kaleidoscope of fiery colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air. It ...

Read Whole Story

Senate Rascals Need Turning Out, But it Won't Be Easy

Gabe Pressman | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Albany, NY State Senate, New York State Senate, Gabe Pressman, New York, Nbc, New York News
Gabe Pressman

There's a time-honored battle cry in politics: turn the rascals out! In history, these words usually applied to the politicians the reformers wanted to oust. But that isn't always the easiest thing to do.

Read Post

Coney Island Redevelopment Plan Up In Air

brooklyneagle.com | Linda Collins | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Zoning Subcommittee, Land Use Committee, Coney Island, City Council, Coney Island Redevelopment, New York, Coney Island Redevelopment Plan, New York City Council, New York News

The City Council may not approve the Coney Island Redevelopment Plan. At Wednesday's public hearing, Council members had many questions and concerns....

Read Whole Story

New York State Pension Fund To Pull $86M From Companies Tied to Iran, Sudan

WNYC | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Thomas DiNapoli, World, Sudan, Nys Pension Fund, Iran, New York State Pension Fund, Business, New York, New York News

The New York State pension fund says it's divesting $86 million from companies conducting business in Iran and Sudan....

Read Whole Story

Len Berman's Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Len Berman Sports, Sports, New York Sports, Len Berman, New York, New York News
Len Berman

Happy Thursday everyone, here's my Top 5 for July 2, 2009.

Read Post

21 Reasons to LOVE The Rain

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Lenore Skenazy, New York, New York News
Lenore Skenazy

Times Square tourists hogging fewer chairs is just one of the reasons to love the rain.

Read Post

Medical Waste Washes Up On Jersey Beaches

NBC New York | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Medical Waste Jersey, Jersey Beach, New Jersey Beach, Medical Waste New Jersey, Medical Waste, New Jersey, New York, Medical Waste Beach, New York News

Medical waste began washing up along an 8-mile stretch of beach in New Jersey on Sunday. The waste included syringes, medical tubing, catheters, speci...

Read Whole Story

Jim Leyritz, Ex-Yankee, Charged With Slugging Former Wife

NBC New York | BRIAN HAMACHER | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Jim Leyritz Wife, Jim Leyritz Beat Wife, Jim Leyritz Yankees, Jim Leyritz Arrested, Jim Leyritz South Florida, Jim Leyritz Crime, Jim Leyritz, New York, New York News

Former Yankee Jim Leyritz has had another run-in with the law in South Florida. In his latest stunt, Leyritz allegedly beat his wife Karrie. The ex-ya...

Read Whole Story

A Distressing Disconnect

David Jones | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Disconnected Youth, New York, David Jones, Jobless Youths, New York News
David Jones

New York City has nearly 200,000 "disconnected youth," young people 16 to 24, who are out of work and not in school.

Read Post

Senate Stalemate Begins To Hurt Towns Around New York State

New York Times | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: GOP Democrats Paterson, Governor Senate, State Senate Albany Dems GOP, State Senate Stalemate, New York, Towns, Senate Stalemate, Deadline State Senate Municipalites, New York News

As the stalemate in the State Senate stuttered through its fourth week, a crucial deadline came and went: June 30. It was the expiration date of more ...

Read Whole Story

State Senate Stalemate: GOP Negotiating Session Flops

New York Observer | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Ny State Senate Coup, Albany, State Senate, NY State Senate, New York State Senate, New York City, New York, New York State Senate Coup, New York News

Reporters were seated in a gigantic auditorium, with movie-theater-style seating and oak-paneled walls, a room normally used for legislative hearings....

Read Whole Story

New Yorkers Work Like Crazy And Are Highly Neurotic

Crain's New York Business | Elizabeth MacBride | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Crain's New York, New York City Recession, New York City, Economy, New York Recession, Financial Crisis, Recession Statistics, Recessions Stats, New York, Recession, New York News

New York workers are the most productive in the nation by a wide margin: 37% more productive than the average American worker, as measured by dollars ...

Read Whole Story

Thousands Throng Michael Jackson Tribute At Harlem's Apollo Theater (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Michael Jackson Tribute Apollo, Michael Jackson Apollo Theater Fans, Michael Jackson Fans New York, Michael Jackson Apollo, Michael Jackson Apollo Tribute, New York News

(AP) Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Harlem's famed Apollo Theater on Tuesday for a public tribute to the performer, clutching photogra...

Read Whole Story

Time Warner Penthouse Pad Sells For $37.5M (Marked Down From $65M)

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Gehard Andlinger, Gerhard Andlinger Apartment Sale, Investor Gerhard Andlinger, Economic Crisis, New York City, Time Warner Center Apartment Sale, Gerhard Andlinger Apartment Deal, Time Warner Center, Gerhard Andlinger Apartment, Apartment Deal, Recession, New York, Apartment Sale, New York News

With the real estate market down during the recession, investor Gerhard Andlinger sold his penthouse apartment for $37.5 million, despite it being wor...

Read Whole Story

Brooke Astor Took 2 Dozen Medications Daily: Court Papers

nydailynews.com | Melissa Grace and Corky Siemaszko | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooke Astor Death, Brooke Astor Diet, Brooke Astor Medicine, Brooke Astor, Brooke Astor Pills, New York, Brooke Astor Meds, New York News

A 2003 list compiled by family doctors revealed that socialite Brooke Astor took two dozen pills every day, and that was before she broke her hip....

Read Whole Story

Atlantic Yards Faces More Uncertainty With Court Of Appeals Decision

The New York Observer | Eliot Brown | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Atlantic Yards Nets, Nets, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, New York City, Brooklyn, New Jersey Nets, Nets Basketball, Court of Appeals, New York, Atlantic Yards, New York News

The Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, has agreed to hear an eminent domain case over Atlantic Yards, the new arena being built in Brooklyn f...

Read Whole Story

New Wall Street Hotel To Use Solar Technology

The New York Observer | Dana Rubinstein | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Hotel Solar Technology, New York City, Mstudio, Solar Technology, 100 Varick, Wall Street Hotel, New York, Shalimar Management, New York News

The plans for a new hotel on Wall Street include the use of a more versatile kind of solar technology that is said to be unprecedented for New York Ci...

Read Whole Story

Toxic Fumes Kill 3 Workers At Queens Sewage Plant

nydailynews.com | By Jonathan Lemire and Bill Hutchinson | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Toxic Fumes Kill 3 Workers Queens Sewage Plant, Toxic Fumes Workers Sewage Plant, Queens Sewage Plant, Toxic Chemicals Sweage Plant, New York, Toxic Fumes Kill 3 Workers, New York News

Three workers died Monday after apparently being overcome by toxins while in an 18-foot-deep sewage hole at a Queens plant, officials said....

Read Whole Story

Subway Fare Hike Irks Straphangers

nydailynews.com | By Irving Dejohn and Stephanie Gaskell | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Subway Fare Increase, New York City Subway, Economic Crisis, Subway Fare, New York City, Subway, New York City Subway Fare, Bad Economy, Recession, New York, Fare Increase, New York News

The price to ride the subway in New York City has been raised again, now from $2 to $2.25. New Yorkers feel they are being taken advantage of in this ...

Read Whole Story

New York Stadiums Duke It Out

nytimes.com | CHARLES V. BAGLI | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New Jersey Sports, New York City, Citi Field, New York, Yankee Stadium, Prudential Center Arena, New York Arenas, Sports, Barclays Center, Nassau Coliseum, New York Sports, Meadowlands, Izod Center, New York Stadiums, Madison Square Garden, New York News

Television broadcasts have embarrassed the owners of new ballparks in New York, showing large areas of empty seats. Those who study sports facilities ...

Read Whole Story

Catholic Schools Outperform Public Schools In Reading, Math

New York Post | YOAV GONEN | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Archdiocese, Catholic School Pulblic School, Catholic School Test Score, Cathoic School, New York, Public School Test Score, Public School, New York News

Despite the drop in enrollment at New York's catholic schools, their test scores outperform those of public schools in both reading and math....

Read Whole Story

All About Party Food

Thu Tran | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Ifc, Thu Tran Ifc, Thu Tran Ifc Food Party, Food Party, Thu Tran Food Party, Ifc Food Party, New York, Thu Tran, New York-New York, New York News
Thu Tran

Food Party was an attempt to hybrid a couple projects that I had already done while in art school--a body of work comprised of building very colorful food-based fantasy installation sculpture, and very bootleg cooking videos I would make with my roommate in our apartment.

Read Post

Bloomberg Brings Back "Summer Streets"

New York Post | SALLY GOLDENBERG | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Wiliamsburg Walks New York City, Summer Streets New York City, Summer Streets, Summer Streets New York, Williamsburg Walks, Williamsburg Walks New York, New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York News

"Summer Streets", New York City's largest block party, is coming back to Manhattan for three consecutive Saturdays in August. Mayor Bloomberg will cle...

Read Whole Story

Ruth Madoff Can't Find New Apartment: Report

New York Post | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Ruth Madoff, Madoff, New York City, Bernard Madoff, Bernard Madoff Apartment, Madoff Apartment, Wall Street, Bernie Madoff, New York, Ruth Madoff Apartment, New York News

Ruth Madoff, wife of Wall Street scam artist Bernard Madoff, is having trouble finding a new home after being forced to give her $7.5 million 64th str...

Read Whole Story

Religion in the Public Schools: A Story about Civics in the Bronx and Queens

Matthew Weiner | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Interfaith Interaction, Religion Public School, Matthew Weiner Religion Public Schools, Matthew Weiner, Matthew Weiner Religion, New York, New York News
Matthew Weiner

What happens when 50 students at a predominantly Latino public high school in the South Bronx take a field trip to visit Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims in Queens? As it turns out, the result is a mixture of controlled chaos, curiosity, and civic engagement.

Read Post