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NYC principals union votes ‘no confidence’ in de Blasio, Carranza

NYPost.com (Metro) 9/27 7:09A Selim Algar, Aaron Feis

New York City's school principals union has issued a vote of no confidence in Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.

Chinese Americans Look to New Platforms as WeChat's Future Remains Uncertain

NBCNewYork.com (Tech) 9/26 7:12P

Back in April, when New York City was in the grips of COVID-19, Yuan Mingyue relied on WeChat to keep in touch with relatives in China, to check on their health and to share...

Health Officials Release Latest COVID-19 Infection Rates For Brooklyn, Queens Neighborhoods

CBS New York 9/26 5:18P CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) New York City health officials are monitoring several areas in Brooklyn and Queens that are seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Homecrest and Gravesend in...

New Trial Ordered for NY Millionaire in Autistic Son's Death

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 9/26 5:00P

A federal judge on Friday ordered a new trial for a self-made health care millionaire who was convicted six years ago of fatally drugging her eight-year-old developmentally...

Mitrita’s 2 Goals Help New York City Beat FC Cincinnati

CBS New York 9/26 4:20P CBS New York

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Alexandru Mitrita scored his first two goals of the season and New York City FC beat Cincinnati 4-0 on Saturday night. The game was played after FC...

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Young People Are Spreading the Virus

NYTimes.com (Education) 9/25 6:41A Amelia Nierenberg and Adam Pasic

And New York City is still struggling with the logistics of its hybrid reopening.

Outdoor dining to become permanent year-round

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 9/25 6:38A Lizeth Beltran

New York City will make the Open Restaurants initiative permanent year-round, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday morning. The program, which launched June 22, has allowed...

Taylor grand jury decision spurs city protests

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 9/24 9:42A Bloomberg

Demonstrators packed a New York City plaza Wednesday night to protest a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna...

Johnson drops out of mayoral race

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 9/24 7:13A Gwen Everett

Corey Johnson has dropped out of the race to be New York City's next mayor, citing his battle with depression. "I have made the difficult decision not to run," Johnson said in...

Virus uptick in Hasidic NYC neighborhoods causes concern

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 9/24 3:28A Associated Press

A spike in COVID-19 cases in a handful of Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations is raising alarm bells even as New York City's overall...

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Apartment Hunt, 2020

NewYorker.com (Culture) 9/27 5:00A John Rego

John Rego humorously imagines New York City apartment listings for 2020.

Plastic surgery on the rise as patients use COVID-19 masks to hide

NYPost.com (Living) 9/26 9:14A Doree Lewak

Between social distancing and continued closures, New York City can feel limiting. But there’s one group of locals who has found freedom in wearing masks. “I probably would...

Line-Free NYC: 20 Things To Do and Enjoy in NYC Right Now

Mommy Poppins 9/25 9:45A Jody Mercier

If you've trekked through Times Square lately, you likely saw as many pigeons as pedestrians. For the first time in decades, the city is deserted. Locals can enjoy all the...

Outdoor dining to become permanent year-round

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/25 6:38A Lizeth Beltran

New York City will make the Open Restaurants initiative permanent year-round, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday morning. The program, which launched June 22, has allowed...

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NYC's Only Corn Maze and More Fall Fun at the Queens Farm Museum

Mommy Poppins 9/25 4:36A Sydney Ng

There aren't many better ways to get the family excited for the fall in NYC than taking the kids for a tour through a 3-acre corn maze in the middle of Queens and letting...

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De Blasio Says Expanded Outdoor Dining Will Be ‘Permanent’ and ‘Year-round’

NYMag.com (Grub Street) 9/25 6:23A Chris Crowley

New York City’s Open Restaurants program is now “permanent and year-round,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said today on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” Many restaurateurs have called...

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Guilty pleas lead to January 2021 sentencing date in the ‘Choice’ turned into ‘Prime’ beef scheme

Food Safety News 9/24 6:05P Dan Flynn

Howard Mora and Alan Buxbaum, co-owners of Stein Meat Products Inc. in Brooklyn, NY, are scheduled to be sentenced next year after recently entering  guilty pleas for a scheme...

New York’s Restaurant Owners Finally Get Some Good News

NYMag.com (Grub Street) 9/24 7:31A Rachel Sugar

With the deadline just days away, City Council has officially extended a measure that’s been allowing restaurant and bar owners to keep the doors open during the pandemic. New...

NYC Restaurateurs Secure Temporary Landlord Protections Until April 2021

Eater NY 9/24 4:54A Luke Fortney

Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images Plus, New York’s $50 omakase strawberry has returned — and more intel City Council votes to extend a measure that protects restaurant owners who violate their leases...

The Outlook for NYC Restaurants and Workers Remains Bleak Despite Indoor Dining’s Return

Eater NY 9/24 3:05A Ryan Sutton

President Donald Trump | Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Trump’s rush to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court will likely delay a stimulus deal until after the election The...

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Fall’s swaggiest collabs: Fear of God x Zegna, North Face x MM6

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/26 2:08P Alev Aktar

What happens when American swag meets Italian suave? The result is one of the season s hottest hybrids, Fear of God Exclusively For Ermenegildo Zegna. The cutting-edge Los...

Tom Ford’s surprising lesson about looking good in quarantine

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/26 6:08A Maureen Callahan

What does it mean that New Yorkers, once residents of the world’s most fashion-forward city, have succumbed to so-called soft clothes, all day every day? When six months into...

The Thai Jeweler Loved by Supermodels

NYMag.com (The Cut) 9/25 11:57A Andrew Nguyen

Pattaraphan “Nok” Salirathavibhaga might run a global brand, but her jewelry is full of New York City edge. Her eponymous jewelry line, Pattaraphan , is influenced by her many...

Outdoor dining to become permanent year-round

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 9/25 6:38A Lizeth Beltran

New York City will make the Open Restaurants initiative permanent year-round, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday morning. The program, which launched June 22, has allowed...

1980s-style banana hair clips are making a comeback

NYPost.com (Fashion) 9/24 10:54A Suzy Weiss

Note to nostalgia hounds: The banana clip is back. Fashionistas and hypebeasts have tunneled their way through early aughts and 90s fashion trends over the past few years—...

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Outdoor dining to become permanent year-round

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 9/25 6:38A Lizeth Beltran

New York City will make the Open Restaurants initiative permanent year-round, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday morning. The program, which launched June 22, has allowed...

Taylor grand jury decision spurs city protests

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 9/24 9:42A Bloomberg

Demonstrators packed a New York City plaza Wednesday night to protest a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna...

Johnson drops out of mayoral race

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 9/24 7:13A Gwen Everett

Corey Johnson has dropped out of the race to be New York City's next mayor, citing his battle with depression. "I have made the difficult decision not to run," Johnson said in...

Virus uptick in Hasidic NYC neighborhoods causes concern

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 9/24 3:28A Associated Press

A spike in COVID-19 cases in a handful of Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations is raising alarm bells even as New York City's overall...

Crain s 20 in their 20s panelists discuss mentorship and growth

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 9/23 2:00A Brian Pascus

Some of New York City’s brightest young business professionals took time to discuss their early careers experiences and the mentors who’ve inspired them along the way.   On...

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Waterline Square’s amenities include an indoor skate park, full tennis court, and a rock-climbing...

6sqft.com 9/25 7:30A Dana Schulz

All amenity photos credit: Evan Joseph Waterline Square is often known for the starchitects who designed its three glassy towers Richard Meier & Partners ( One Waterline Square ), Kohn Pedersen Fox (...

NYC’s outdoor dining program will become permanent

The Real Deal 9/25 6:51A By Sasha Jones

UPDATED, Sept. 25 2020, 1:21 p.m.: After months of waffling on whether to continue the city’s popular Open Restaurants program, Mayor Bill de Blasio has finally decided that...

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Business owners request Open Restaurant plan for retail

The Real Deal 9/25 3:45A Staff

Businesses are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio for small retailers to get sidewalk rights like restaurants have. The New York City Business Improvement District Association, which...

The Closing: Carl Weisbrod

The Real Deal 9/25 1:30A By Kathryn Brenzel

Carl Weisbrod has been a fixture in city government for more than four decades. He joined the administration of New York City Mayor John Lindsay as an attorney with the...

Here’s how Industry City’s controversial rezoning unraveled

The Real Deal 9/25 1:00A By Kathryn Brenzel

Industry City was once set to become one of the biggest manufacturing hubs — and, with any luck, job creators — in Brooklyn. Now, it’s the latest example of a major...

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How to Keep the Coronavirus at Bay Indoors

NYTimes.com (Health) 9/27 5:58A Apoorva Mandavilli

Tips for dodging the virus as Americans retreat from colder weather: Open the windows, buy an air filter — and forget the UV lights.

In a Book About Trauma, She Hopes to Show What Survival Looks Like

NYTimes.com (Health) 9/26 11:00P Priya Arora

Fariha Róisín has been working on her debut novel, “Like a Bird,” for 18 years, a process she says has been key to her own healing.

Dr. Rebecca Shadowen, Expert in Infectious Diseases, Dies at 62

NYTimes.com (Health) 9/26 9:38A Anita Gates

Dr. Shadowen, ill with the coronavirus, continued to attend meetings from her hospital bed. She eventually died of Covid-19.

A Man Died After Eating a Bag of Black Licorice Every Day

NYTimes.com (Health) 9/26 6:58A Maria Cramer

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said the unusual case highlighted the risk of consuming too much glycyrrhizic acid, which is found in black licorice.

In Isolating Times, Can Robo-Pets Provide Comfort?

NYTimes.com (Health) 9/25 11:00P Paula Span

As seniors find themselves cut off from loved ones during the pandemic, some are turning to automated animals for company.

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