Wall Street Journal: New York: New York Main
- Unusual Alliance Leads Congestion-Pricing Movement
Thursday - 02/21/2019 - 01:44 PMThe push for congestion pricing in New York has created a coalition of strange bedfellows, and its biggest funders—major real-estate developers and Uber Technologies—are planning a final blitz as state budget negotiations intensify.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From Legal Pot to a Plastic Bags Ban, New York Budget to Cover More Than Just Money
Monday - 01/14/2019 - 07:30 PMThe coming New York state budget is going to be about more than dollars and cents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After Cuomo Swoops In, MTA Officials Face L Train Deadline Hurdles
Monday - 01/07/2019 - 05:52 PMMetropolitan Transportation Authority officials are scrambling to stick to an April deadline to begin repairs on the L train tunnel under the East River after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intervened with a new proposal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Small Businesses See Amazon's Arrival as a Curse and a Blessing
Tuesday - 11/27/2018 - 12:39 PMOne might expect Long Island City’s shopkeepers would be thrilled to welcome Amazon’s so-called HQ2. While they are expecting many new customers, it is still Amazon—their chief adversary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MTA Proposes Raising Fares on Subway, Buses and Rails
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 08:28 PMFacing a $1 billion deficit by 2022, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing increases to subway, bus and railroad fares next year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon Picks New York City, Northern Virginia for Its HQ2 Locations
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 09:45 AMAn announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday, capping public contest that started with 238 candidates and ended with a surprise split of its so-called HQ2.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Cuomo Easily Wins Re-Election
Wednesday - 11/07/2018 - 12:23 AMDemocrats led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo swept elections for statewide offices in New York as their party pushed to wrest control of the state Senate from Republicans and unseated GOP Rep.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- NJ Transit Riders Should Brace for Big Delays This Evening
Tuesday - 10/30/2018 - 06:00 PMThe Portal Bridge east of Newark, which carries all trains crossing between New Jersey and New York, failed to close properly.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After Synagogue Shooting, New Jersey Weighs Gun Restrictions
Monday - 10/29/2018 - 04:16 PMNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy proposed several measures Monday to strengthen the state’s gun laws, which are already among the strictest in the country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Jersey Lawmakers Prepare for Sexual-Assault Hearings
Sunday - 10/28/2018 - 01:00 PMNew Jersey lawmakers are gearing up for hearings into why a man accused of sexual assault was hired by Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration.
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- The Man Behind Billionaires' Row Battles to Sell the World's Tallest Condo
Thursday - 01/17/2019 - 07:13 PMExtell’s Gary Barnett remade Manhattan’s skyline and spurred a supertall-tower boom with One57. In a faltering real-estate market, he’s hoping to sell the ultra-rich on Central Park Tower.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It's Not Easy Being Andy Byford When Your Job Is to Save the NYC Subway
Sunday - 01/13/2019 - 02:32 PMNew York City’s subway chief Andy Byford has improved subway service and drawn praise for a customer-focused approach since taking the job a year ago. He says the past year has been the busiest of his life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charges Expected Over Construction in Bloomberg Buildings
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 06:59 PMA former executive at Bloomberg LP and construction-industry officials are expected to be charged for what prosecutors have alleged is a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme relating to construction work in two of the company’s buildings.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Half of Jobs at Amazon's Two New Headquarters Won't Be Tech Positions
Wednesday - 11/21/2018 - 09:42 PMNew York City officials said that of the at least 25,000 jobs, half will be in tech and the rest will be “administrative jobs, custodial staff, HR, all those things.” Virginia officials said they expect the same job breakdown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Long Island City Hub Braces for a Rider Surge
Monday - 11/12/2018 - 11:12 PMThe L train shutdown will bring thousands more riders, and an Amazon headquarters in the neighborhood could cause long-term crowding
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'El Chapo' Trial Poses Major Challenges for New York City
Monday - 11/12/2018 - 09:53 PMFrom closing down the Brooklyn Bridge to protecting jurors, New York City braces for its most high-risk trial in years, and few defendants have presented the challenges posed by Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Tight Upstate Race, Democrats Push Weekenders to Vote
Thursday - 11/01/2018 - 05:37 PMThe Hudson Valley contest is a key part of the Democrats’ nationwide effort to win control of the House
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Real Estate Group Steps Up Donations to New York Democrats
Tuesday - 10/30/2018 - 06:04 PMWith a legislative debate over rent regulations looming in New York, real estate interests are hedging their bets in the closely divided state Senate by boosting contributions to Democrats.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - University Sued Over Eating-Contest Death
Monday - 10/29/2018 - 06:19 PMThe family of a Sacred Heart University junior who died last year after participating in a charity pancake-eating contest is suing the university.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MTA Touts Decrease in Subway Delays but Victory a Long Way Off
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 05:17 PMThe New York City subway recently had its best monthly performance in years, transit officials said Monday.
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- Racist and Anti-Semitic Imagery Scrawled in Elite New York City School's Bathrooms
Thursday - 01/31/2019 - 02:39 PMThe principal of New York City’s Brooklyn Technical High School beefed up supervision of boys’ bathrooms this week after finding racist and anti-Semitic imagery inside them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - De Blasio Proposes Law Mandating Paid Vacation in NYC
Wednesday - 01/09/2019 - 07:52 PMNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed legislation that would require city businesses with more than five employees to provide paid time off. Should it pass, the measure would be the first law of its kind in a U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Cuomo Cancels Full L-Train Shutdown in New York City
Thursday - 01/03/2019 - 08:30 PMIn a surprise, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has canceled the proposed 15-month shutdown of the L subway line between Brooklyn and Manhattan that was supposed to begin at the end of April.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New York City and New Jersey Take Heat Over Response to Snowstorm
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:58 PMOfficials faced heavy criticism after a snowstorm wreaked havoc on roads, leaving schoolchildren stranded on buses, crippling commuter routes home and contributing to thousands of motor-vehicle accidents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - N.Y. Legislators Criticize Amazon Deal
Wednesday - 11/14/2018 - 08:08 PMThe elected officials complain they were given no say on the negotiations that handed the online retailer $3 billion in incentives to place a headquarters in Long Island City. The critics are further worried about gentrification in the neighborhood.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet the Christmas Tree Scout Who Spruces Up Rock Center
Wednesday - 11/07/2018 - 08:51 PMFor Erik Pauze, falling in love is a yearly ritual—with the most famous Christmas tree in the world.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WeWork Puts Four-Beer Limit on Once-Bottomless Kegs
Thursday - 11/01/2018 - 09:19 PMThe shared office-space company has begun putting daily limits on the free alcohol it offers New York City tenants.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Year After the Hudson Greenway Attack, Lives Are Altered
Tuesday - 10/30/2018 - 09:36 PMNew Yorkers adjust to added security and families cope with the loss of loved ones
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ned Lamont Touts Business Savvy in Connecticut Run
Monday - 10/29/2018 - 06:25 PMThe telecom entrepreneur, who in 2006 upset Joe Lieberman in a Senate primary, is now in a tight race for governor. He’s spelling out a pragmatic approach and says, ‘I understand small business.’
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NYPD Removes Nearly 3,000 Body Cameras After One Catches Fire
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 07:26 PMThe New York Police Department is pulling a type of body camera that its officers wear after one unit began smoking and then burst into flames, officials said on Sunday.
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