Tens of thousands of people whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Sandy could soon need housing as cold weather closes in, New York’s political leaders have warned. Homes without heat would become uninhabitable as temperatures fell, state Governor Andrew Cuomo said. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg put the figure at 30,000-40,000 people. At least [...]
Millions of New Yorkers will still be without power for another 10 days as city’s power supplier ConEd continues to fix overhead power wires. Electricity is expected to be restored to the main island of Manhattan by Saturday, however, since the area is largely run by an underground power network that is easier to fix [...]
As crews work to restore transportation services in your area, check here latest information on the status of the area’s transportation systems. WNYC Transit Tracker | Status of Regional Transportation Systems Snow Storm batters New York and New Jersey leaving FEMA offices closed due to bad weather US National Transportation Board wants to ban [...]
President Barack Obama declared that a “major disaster” exists in New York state following Superstorm Sandy, freeing up federal aid for victims. The declaration came after the massive storm battered the east coast of the United States, flooding lower Manhattan and leaving a half million people in New York City without power. Hurricane Sandy swept [...]
New York City looks like the set of a disaster movie this morning after a night of being battered by Superstorm Sandy. It hit the mainland at 6:30 p.m. local time last night having laid waste to large parts of the coast during the day. The US city shut its mass transit system, schools, the [...]
Labor Day is one of the oldest holidays in the United States, and is a part of the “big six” federal holidays. Here you can find some ideas on how to spend your Labor Day weekend in New York: Concerts: • Journey – 9/2 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs • Bela Fleck [...]
The 11th edition of the annual No Pants Subway Ride event took place on Sunday in New York and other major cities and the males got the chance to show if they are boxer or Y-front guys. People throughout New York City stripped to their underwear as part of a worldwide practical joke organized by prankster group Improv Everywhere. [...]
The 85th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took the streets of Manhattan in its spectacular style in front of 3 million spectators who watched the fourteen giant helium balloons, including Buzz Lightyear and SpongeBob SquarePants. The US biggest singing stars also came to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2011 to entertain the crowds, including award-winning singers [...]
Many of New York’ Starbucks stores employees are in open revolt after being forced to clean messes in bathrooms that have become the city’s de-facto public toilets. An angry Starbucks employee wrote on the StarbucksGossip blog: “I have personally cleaned up almost every humanly fluid and plenty that didn’t seem human.” As a result, managers [...]
Apple is opening its next New York City store today – which is believed to be the tech giant’s biggest store in the world – in Manhattan’s Grand Central Station. According to new reports, a 23,000-square-foot space in Grand Central Station will top the corporation’s 25,000-square-foot Regent Street location in London. An online video appears [...]
New York City is facing now major disruption as tens of thousands of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are expected to flood into Manhattan as the movement celebrates its two-month anniversary. Occupy Wall Street activists began amassing in lower Manhattan shortly after 7:00 a.m. on Thursday to begin a “day of action” in which they are [...]
Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City remained in their tents overnight despite snowstorm and low temperatures which plunged below 40 degrees F. In the footage from thermal imaging cameras taken late on Friday night in New York, the presence of body heat from humans is represented by yellow and red inside the tents. [...]
Forecasts for north eastern US have changed in the last couple of days and the prospect of a snow-free Halloween weekend have now gone. October has been relatively mild so far but now north eastern states are suddenly braced for snow this weekend. Low pressure will track up the East Coast on Saturday possibly bringing [...]
An apparently healthy Central Park carriage horse collapsed and died in the street of New York yesterday. The beautiful white horse collapsed during the early morning commute, from its stables in western Manhattan to Central Park, to begin its shift yesterday morning. The horse death will fuel the argument for the carriage animals to be [...]
Earlier this month it was claimed Demi Moore’s weight had plummeted to around 100 lbs (45 kg) after allegations emerged that her husband Ashton Kutcher had been unfaithful with Texan Sara Leal. Last night, it appears Demi Moore has lost even more weight in the last weeks, when the actress has showed her skinny figure [...]
Rayon McIntosh, a New York McDonald’s cashier used a metal rod to viciously beat two women, who were restaurant customers, during an argument on Thursday morning. Rayon McIntosh is said that was freed from prison after being jailed for killing a school classmate. The terrifying attack, which took place at McDonald’s restaurant in Greenwich Village, [...]
Brooklyn Labor Day Parade 2011: 7 deaths among 49 gunshot victims at West Indian Carnival. During the Labor Day weekend in New York the number of shot people has risen to 43, after violence started at the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. In the 24 hours, from Saturday 6 a.m. to Sunday [...]
Hurricane Irene: death toll more than 15 and 6 million power outages. Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? North Carolina: hurricane Irene hit Atlantic beach and killed one person. New York: 370,000 residents get evacuation order ahead of Irene. Hurricane Irene killed last night at least ten people, including [...]
Hurricane Irene: 10 deaths and millions of power outages. Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? New York: 370,000 residents get evacuation order ahead of Irene. Hurricane Irene hit Atlantic beach of North Carolina and one man was killed outside his home this morning. The man was hit by a [...]
Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? North Carolina: hurricane Irene hit Atlantic beach and killed one person. New York City authorities issued an unprecedented order on Friday for the evacuation of about 370,000 residents of low-lying areas at the city’s edges ahead of hurricane Irene. New York residents will be [...]
Hurricane Irene: 10 deaths and millions of power outages. Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? At least 7 states – North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Connecticut – declared emergencies as Hurricane Irene massively advances toward US Eastern Seaboard. North Carolina is likely to take the first [...]
New York: Verizon strike update The end of the two-week strike was announced Saturday by Verizon Communications Inc. and union leaders. According to Verizon press release, the 45,000 unionized employees will return to work Monday night, although the two parties have not yet agreed to a contract. Verizon’s Striking Union-Represented Employees to Return to Work [...]
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