De Blasio Appoints Fred Dixon Head of City’s Tourism Office
Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Fred Dixon to serve as the next president and CEO of NYC & Company, the city’s tourism office, the mayor announced this afternoon at the group’s annual meeting....
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Parched: One57 Park Hyatt Denied Liquor License
Will suit-and-ties sip on Suit-and-Ties? So much for boozy business lunches. On Thursday night, Community Board 5 blocked the pending liquor license of the Park Hyatt Hotel, which is slated to open...
View ArticlePublic School Advocates Protest ‘Quid Pro Cuomo’
Step aside, “Status Cuomo.” Hello, “Quid Pro Cuomo.” A small crowd of public school parents and advocates stormed the lobby of midtown building where Gov. Andrew Cuomo was believed to have a meeting...
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King of Queens: $2.15 M. Townhouse Sets Local Long Island City Record
Get regal in Queens. For years now, rumor has suggested that Long Island City will, before long, finally "arrive." It is a phenomenon—that of the persistent but long-unrealized rumor—to which we've...
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To Do Saturday: Prison Reform with Piper Kerman
Piper Kerman Orange is the New Black, the fictional version of Piper Kerman’s prison experience, has captivated millions of Netflix users, but the real version of life in a women’s jail may be even...
View ArticleDe Blasio Names Kathryn Garcia Next Sanitation Commissioner
With most of the winter season now behind him, Mayor Bill de Blasio today named Kathryn Garcia to lead the city’s Department of Sanitation. Read More
View ArticleBill de Blasio Has ‘Zen’ Perspective on Snow Criticism
When it comes to New Yorkers kvetching about unplowed streets, Bill de Blasio is a zen master–well, at least a little bit. Asked today about how he handles the city’s occasionally insatiable demand for...
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To Do Sunday: Feel the Power of Mother
“Mother: Power” at LABALive Tonight, explore the “the possibilities and limits of maternal power” at an evening of theater and art inspired by ancient Jewish texts. LABALive, a series of original...
View ArticleSpeaker Pleads With Press to Give Space to East Harlem Victims
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito wants the media, when it comes to last week’s East Harlem gas explosion, to back off a little bit. Ms. Mark-Viverito, who represents the neighborhood, today told...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Visits Two Churches Blocks From East Harlem Explosion
Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed two churches just blocks from last week’s East Harlem gas explosion, attempting to offer comfort to a community still reeling from the sudden deaths of eight locals. Mr....
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On the Market: One57′s Loading Dock Catches on Fire; Silverstein Seeks More...
Walmart poised to make its initial foray into NYC with Queens store. [Crain's] Back to the future: building post-millennial pre-wars. [NYT] Fire breaks out at loading dock of accursed One57. [WSJ] LPC...
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Morning Media Mix
It’s like the more money Business Insider comes across, the more problems with the digital advertising model it sees. (USA Today) What did you do this weekend? Savannah Gutherie had a secret wedding....
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‘Lindsay’ Part 2: The Birth of an Entourage
Lindsay in a hat. (OWN) I watched part of OWN’s Lindsay docu-series last night with my head in my hands, fingers splayed out just enough to catch some of the action on-screen. I don’t know if this...
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Nikki Finke Really Has No Comment on New York Post Story
Nikki Finke Nikki Finke wants to make sure that everyone knows that she isn’t going to comment on today New York Post‘s story. “This is not something I’m going to discuss with you,” Finke said when...
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Five Essay Prompts for ‘GIRLS’ 3×11: ‘I Saw You’
Illustration by Alex Bedder These questions regard last night’s episodes of HBO’s GIRLS. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though supplementary material will...
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Designer and Stylist L’Wren Scott Dead at 49
L’Wren Scott. (Getty Images) Mick Jagger’s girlfriend L’Wren Scott was found dead in her New York apartment, New York Post reports. A former model, the stylist and designer’s death is being presumed a...
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U.S. Attorney Sues the Related Companies, Robert A.M. Stern and Ismael Leyva,...
Tribeca Green, one of the Related Developments that is at the center of a federal lawsuit. The U.S. Attorney’s office has hit one of New York’s biggest developers with a lawsuit claiming that two of...
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John Updike’s New York
John Updike in Massachusetts in the mid-1960s. (Photo by Susan Wood/Getty Images) When one thinks of New York writers, John Updike isn’t the first to come to mind. He was raised in the small town of...
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Best/Worst Mailman Caught Throwing Away Thousands of Letters
All the well-behaved postmen have gone out the window! (Photo by Mark Ralston/Getty Images). How does that Elvis song go again? I gave a letter to the postman/he put it his sack/Bright in early next...
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Spring Arts Preview: Visual Arts
For Andrew Russeth’s feature on MoMA’s Sigmar Polke exhibition, Zoe Lescaze’s list of the top 10 upcoming museum shows and Andrew Russeth’s list of the most important gallery shows, jump over to...
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