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Suspension of Disbelief: Verrazzano Bridge Turns 60

Published Nov 21, 2024 10:00AM

Suspension of Disbelief: Verrazzano Bridge Turns 60

What once was the longest suspension bridge in the world has now spanned six decades of New York City history. Thursday marks 60 years since drivers first paid a 50-cent toll to drive over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the towering 13,200-foot link that connects Staten Island to Brooklyn. “Before the Verrazzano, think of Staten Island — […]
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Queens Man Pleads Guilty To Co-Leading One Of The Largest No

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALEXANDER GULKAROV pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection ... Read more

Rikers Island Shutdown Plan Progresses With Construction Fir

The city’s ambitious plan to close Rikers Island took a major step forward after the Adams administration this month tapped two construction firms to build a new lockup in lower Manhattan — one of the final major outstanding contracts. ... Read more

They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Im

When Yuxiu Zhou crossed the U.S. and Mexico border with his teenage son last October after a month-long zigzagging trip from China, he believed all his nightmares were behind him. The corrupt local government officials in his home villag ... Read more

Plan for City’s First Public Celestial Observatory Comes Crashing Down

Published Nov 18, 2024 11:18PM

A city known for producing stars just lost a project to let New Yorkers see them. The Amateur Astronomy Association, a nonprofit volunteer group, will no longer be following through on its plan, announced in January, to bring the city’s first free public observatory to Jerome Park. “It is with great regret that I inform […]
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NYC Escalates to Drought Warning as Upstate Reservoirs Fall

As historically dry conditions persisted, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday declared a drought warning and paused a years-long project to repair a leak in the Delaware Aqueduct. “While we cannot make it rain, we can take action to reduce the risk o ... Read more

CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the

CUNY chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez on Wednesday laid out a roadmap for expanding the university in the year ahead while reflecting on the enrollment growth at the 25-school system over the last year. At a state of the university address a ... Read more

City Investigators Probe Eric Adams Protege Jesse Hamilton a

The city Department of Investigation (DOI) is looking into the actions of a longtime associate of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor put in charge of city leases, including a last-minute decision to rent space from a big donor to the mayor’ ... Read more

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