Bike Riders Vie to Join the Work Cycle
City streets are more bike friendly these days -- but many would-be two-wheel commuters have nowhere to park. Now the City Council wants to make building owners open their doors to bicycles.
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City Promotes Calorie Counting Rule
The city is aggressively advertising its regulation forcing restaurant chains to post calorie information on menu boards.
via New York Daily News
Off-Broadway Show Plays Prison
Several hundred prisoners watched intently as four of their own sat on stag…
Hungry Flock To Turkey Giveaway
The Yorkville Common Pantry handed out 2,200 turkeys in the days before Thanksgiving – but that wasn’t enough to meet the demand.
'Obama' Hate Attack Victim Speaks Out
The Black Muslim teen beaten on Staten Island after Barack Obama's historic election victory vowed the suspected hate attack wouldn't deter him from his goal of becoming a pediatrician.
FBI Kept Tabs on NY Reporter Halberstam
The FBI amassed a dossier on the late journalist David Halberstam for more than two decades – keeping tabs on his reporting, tracking his marriage to a Polish actress and preparing background reports on the Pulitzer Prize winner for other federal agencies, documents show.
New York Cheers Obama Victory
From the streets of Harlem to Times Square to Bedford-Stuyvesant, to living rooms to church basements to bars around the the city, New York marked the election of the country's first African-American president with reactions ranging from horn-honking and cheering to prayers of thanks and tears of joy.
Work? Not on Election Day!
Many employees took off on Election Day to promote their candidate and/or watch the race, with or without their employers' blessing.