He escaped death on 9/11 by chance. Now he’s the last one left at...
On September 11, 2001 , New York City firefighter Sal Argano benefited from a stroke of luck. Rather than working at his regular station—a small Manhattan firehouse situated directly across an intersection from the Twin Towers —he was on temporary loan to another unit in Brooklyn when hijacked planes struck the World T
13 American Bridges Carrying Far More Than Designed
You’ve probably driven across at least one of these bridges assuming the engineers who built it planned for today’s traffic. They didn’t. Nearly every major American river, bay, and canal crossing was designed around the traffic patterns of its own era – not the sprawling metro areas, freight corridors, and vacation bo
New York City icon Carnegie Deli reopening in Midtown 10 years after closing
It's official -- the Carnegie Deli is coming back to life 10 years after it closed.
N.J. priest who ministered to detainees at ICE’s Delaney Hall drowns in El Salvador
Alex Gaitan, a Catholic priest who led the immigration ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark and volunteered as a chaplain at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility, died on Sunday in an accidental drowning in El Salvador, according to his parish, the archdiocese, and others. “We thank God for the gift...
CNN viewers mock Mamdani for playing blame game with 9/11 records ‘cover-up’
On Tuesday, September 8, CNN reported that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released previously undisclosed 9/11 records showing officials misled the public about Ground Zero
NYC Councilwoman Says Mamdani Is Sending ‘A Message To Osama bin Laden’ – Who...
NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino criticized Mayor Zohrani Mamdani for signing executive orders related to the Sept. 11 attacks and planning to attend a commemoration event. New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R) slammed Mayor Zohrani Mamdani on Tuesday, hours after he signed a pair of executive orders regarding
Coney Island Parking Lot Sells for $20 Million, Nearly Doubling in Two Years
A surface parking lot along the Coney Island boardwalk just sold for $20 million, nearly double what it fetched only two years earlier. The 69,530-square-foot property at 2015 Boardwalk West traded hands in a deal brokered by TerraCRG, with developers Nalcorp and Clipper Equity emerging as the buyers of an oceanfront d
9/11 anniversary: Air quality records released, air more dangerous than admitted 25 years ago
New documents reveal NYC officials knew of hazardous air quality following the 9/11 attacks.
Artist and downtown darling, Lucien Smith, dead at 37
Artist Lucien Smith, the downtown darling whose meteoric rise helped define New York’s early-2010s art scene, has died at 37. Bill Powers, whose Half Gallery presented Smith’s first solo gallery exhibition, “Good Vibrations,” in 2012, remembered the artist as an important figure whose influence will endure. “When peopl
Outrage as Former Al-Qaeda Defense Lawyer Takes 9/11 Pen in Mamdani’s New York Signing...
It’s only just a few more days to go before the 25th 9/11 anniversary, but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing yet another wave of criticism after a ceremonial pen used to sign 9/11-related executive orders was handed to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem. Kassem is a lawyer who previously represented a Guantánam
