Author: Gothamist
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NYC subway celebrates 120 years with nostalgic vintage rides
It was a blast from the past as the MTA celebrated the New York City subway’s 120th birthday with two vintage train rides on century-old Lo-V subway cars. Departing from the decommissioned Old South Ferry Station, the nostalgic rides whisked riders up the 1/2/3 line to the Bronx, then looped back via Lexington Avenue’s 4/5/6…
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Queens judge puts hold on plan for new Long Island City bike lanes
A state judge has put a project to add bike lanes through an industrial section of Long Island City on pause after businesses along the stretch claimed the process to redesign the roads went through illegally. The judge said before the project can move forward, it’ll need to go through a city environmental review process…
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Poll: Most NYC Democrats want Adams to resign — James, Cuomo most popular replacements
A majority of registered voters in New York City want Mayor Eric Adams to resign, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College — with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Tish James considered the most popular politicians to replace him. Fifty-three percent of registered voters said they would…
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Here’s your guide to the November 2024 election
Are you reading this on your phone, hunched behind the white privacy panels of your voting booth, realizing you’re woefully unprepared to do your civic duty and darken various bubbles? Are you studying before you vote, and realizing your knowledge might have a gap or two? Or are you simply an electoral politics freak who…
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An LA local’s guide to Dodger Stadium for New Yorkers who need help
Note: This story was written and edited by LAist staff and first appeared on LAist.com. It is written from the point of view of a Los Angeles journalist. For the first time in 43 years, the classic rivalry between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees will resume on baseball’s biggest stage: The…
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With the World Series underway, a guide to Brooklyn Dodgers history in NYC
In a sense, there are two New York City teams in the World Series. As the New York Yankees prepare to face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, it’s clear that one team represents the Big Apple. But long before the Yankees were formed in 1903, there was another New York City…
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Brooklyn baseball coach indicted for alleged sexual abuse of teen players, DA says
A Brooklyn baseball coach was indicted for allegedly sexually abusing seven players ranging from 12 to 14 years old, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said on Thursday. Nicolas Morton, 31, was charged in a 20-count indictment with sexual conduct against a child, sexual abuse, forcible touching, unlawful imprisonment and 13 counts of endangering the welfare…
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Former Abercrombie CEO and 2 others charged with sex trafficking and interstate prostitution in NY
Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was indicted on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges in New York, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday. Jeffries, 80, his partner Matthew Smith, 61 and recruiter James Jacobson, 71, were accused of using “force, fraud and coercion” to traffic men, many of whom were aspiring models,…
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Attention NYC public school students: You can win cash for telling cars to slow down
New York City transportation officials hope public school students can help convince drivers to slow down. The Department of Transportation is calling on students to create public service announcements about street safety as part of an annual contest called “We’re Walking Here.” Judges are asking students to track the number of blocks they walk over…
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You have less than 2 weeks to visit the Elizabeth Street Garden one last time
New Yorkers may have just 12 days left to visit the Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan. City officials — who are pushing ahead with plans to build affordable housing for seniors on the site — issued the garden a two-week eviction notice earlier this week. The notice could augur the end of a battle…