Follansbee native defied pullback at the Pentagon on 9/11, waiting for another strike
FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — A quarter-century after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks reshaped the nation, memories of that Tuesday morning in 2001 remain vivid for many Americans — including a Follansbee, West Virginia, native who helped respond at the Pentagon. The attacks unfolded on what seemed like a normal...
Divorcing couple fighting over crumbling NYC bakery business
The husband and wife team behind the super successful Thin Cookies are at war over dough. Yoseph Raja and Zohal Azimi Raja, whose marriage is in the weeds, built a cookie business with two popular stores — one on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village and the other in Hicksville, Long Island. Yoseph Raja and Zohal Azimi,
Enraged NYC tenants fight to bring back three beloved staff members allegedly axed by...
Three beloved door attendants at a luxury Brooklyn building were allegedly axed from their posts by new management — sending outraged residents on a crusade to bring them back. Nearly all of the tenants of 50 N. 5th St. in Williamsburg have signed on to a petition pressuring Rose Associates — the buildings property and
Local toddler to be seen in Times Square Down syndrome campaign
A 2-year-old boy from Aston, Pennsylvania, will be featured in Times Square this weekend as part of a campaign to raise awareness of Down syndrome.
Retired New York City workers on Medicare can claim back $15 copays from a...
A New York state court settlement now open for claims addresses $15 co-pays that the City of New York and EmblemHealth imposed on retired municipal employees enrolled in the Senior Care Medicare plan beginning January 1, 2022. The case, filed by five retirees and a retiree advocacy organization, argued the co-pays viol
Baldwin Lee waited until the streets of New York had emptied of people, then...
A new exhibition reveals how, in the 1970s, the Chinese-American photographer used a slow, tripod-bound camera to shoot the Big Apple at its quietest moments
Masked strangerrapes woman making delivery, hits her with gun in NYC attack: sources
A masked predator raped a woman in a brutal attack after striking her with a gun as she delivered a package in Staten Island this week, cops and sources said. The attacker — a “total stranger” to the 37-year-old victim — approached her as she made the delivery at Dongan Hills Avenue and Jefferson Street around 6 p.m. W
NYC Trashes Black Garbage Bags With $50 Fines
New York City has begun enforcing a trash-container requirement that requires owners of residential buildings with one to nine units to use official NYC Bins instead of leaving black garbage bags on sidewalks. The Department of Sanitation began issuing $50 summonses Sept. 8 after a summer warning period for property...
Iconic New York deli closes after more than 100 years in business
A beloved New York deli with more than a century of history has served its final sandwiches. Manor Delicatessen, a longtime fixture in Queens, has permanently closed, marking the end…
New York City’s Oldest Beer Garden Is Still A Thriving Destination (And Its Roots...
A good old beer garden takes the social element of beer culture to its fullest expression. You get long communal tables instead of cramped sidewalk seats, with chatter and merriment beneath trees. The leisurely ritual of drinking outdoors has deep roots in Queens, where Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden has been pouring frot
