Harry Houdini could escape just about anything – except publicity. Two authors believe the legendary magician was fatally poisoned 82 years ago, and want to exhume his body from a Queens cemetery to test their theory.
Union-backed protesters railed against labor and living conditions at one of the nation’s largest senior care providers’ facilities Feb. 27 on the Upper West Side. The company accused protest organizers of waging a publicity stunt to collect more union dues.
Trinidadian food is rising on Wall Street. Alvin Badall's roti truck is proving to be a big hit with the Financial District crowd.
At the South Bronx Preparatory school, the traditional "three Rs" have been joined by a fourth: rappin'. The middle school is home to the Urban Art Beat, an after-school program where students learn the history and craft of hip hop.
At first it sounds like a typical tale of gentrification: Spanish Harlem residents battle to save a community garden from being bulldozed to make way for apartments. But the gardeners are fighting neighbors, not outside developers. The 116th St. Block Association plans to build low-income housing on the garden site.
Li Feng Jun – or Master Li, as he is known on the crowded streets of Flushing – is a Chinese fortune-teller who offers advice and a purported peak into the future from his perch near the Main Street LIRR station.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson led a march to a Laurelton house surrounded by weeds after calling for a new civil rights movement to fight rising foreclosures and high-cost lending that have plagued minorities disproportionately - and southeast Queens, in particular. “This is the economic crisis of our time,†Jackson said.
A recent hate attack on two young men underscored anti-gay feelings in the Bronx, where many homosexuals hide their orientation out of fear.