NYU Grad Workers Demand Raise
By SAMAIRAH KHAN The Union for Graduate Employees at New York University protested in Washington Square Park on Tuesday, demanding a “fair contract” for graduate …[read more]
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NYC Complaint Line Goes Mobile
By MICHEL PEDROSO Guess what time of day New Yorkers call NYC311 to file a non-emergency complaint. If you guessed Monday morning at 11 a.m., …[read more]
Epileptic Charged with Manslaughter ‘Blacked Out’
By JOHN MORRIS & SANDRA ALMONTE Vincent Zanfardino, an epileptic on trial for killing a 25-year-old motorist in a fatal car crash on Interstate 95 …[read more]
Pastors and Prof Demand That Bratton Quit
By JOHN MORRIS Author and activist Cornel West and a group of local preachers on Tuesday called for the resignation of police commissioner, Bill Bratton …[read more]
Possible Hike in Subway Fare Causes Hike in Blood Pressure
By MEGAN MESSANA Recent reports that the MTA was considering raising subway and bus fares by a quarter next year had some riders fuming like …[read more]
‘Adam’ Is the Apple of Museumgoers’ Eye
By JENNIFER SZULMAN New life was breathed into Tullio Lombardo’s 15th century sculpture, Adam, on Tuesday as crowds gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art …[read more]
‘Hope’ Sails into New York Harbor
By JULIAN CANTRES Oceans of Hope, a sailboat manned by people with multiple sclerosis, anchored in Manhattan on Tuesday. The 67-foot-long vesselHo departed from Copenhagen, …[read more]
‘Underdog’ Hopkins to Face Russian in Ring
By MICHEL PEDROSO Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalez held an open workout at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn Tuesday before their upcoming light heavyweight title fight …[read more]
Pols Say Metro North Safety Has Fallen Off the Rails
By ELIZABETH KELLY Three prominent regional senators and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday joined a chorus of criticism, lambasting Metro …[read more]