Dining With Tablets
Technology will change the way you dine at your favorite Applebees. The restaurant chain plans to add 100,000 tablets for customers to use when they …[read more]
Day Laborers Wait for Rescue From Low Wages and Abuse
[Photo: Ligia Guallpa speaking at meeting with day laborer/members of Bay Parkway Community Job Center.] By Rebeca Ibarra Despite the rain, the meeting began promptly …[read more]
Superheroes from All Walks of Life
By JOANIE MARTINEZ The Canyon of Heroes may be in Lower Manhattan but the so-called Military Island in Times Square was the venue Tuesday for …[read more]
Musicians Vie to Soothe Savage Straphangers
By KATIE MILANI Under the gold Beaux Arts chandeliers, hanging from the 48-foot ceilings in Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall, a cast of colorful musicians pursued …[read more]
Crooked Investment Guru Sent to Prison
BY MELISSA WALKER & CONNOR SYRACUSE The party is over for the charming Vero Beach bartender and former Manhattan investment advisor Glenn Schwarzkopf as he …[read more]
Downtown Activists Vs. Luxury Housing on Public Land
By LYRIXS RICKETTS Local activists in Chinatown and the Lower East Side proposed on Tuesday rezoning their neighborhoods to limit luxury development and promote the …[read more]
Hook-Handed Terror Defendant Fences with Prosecutor
By KIRAN SURY The defense rested after hours of verbal fencing Tuesday in the trial of the Egyptian-born cleric allegedly behind the 1998 Yemen kidnapping …[read more]
Another Step Toward ‘Vision Zero’ Unveiled on 96th St.
By TIFFANY THOMAS City officials unveiled on Tuesday the redesigned 96th Street and Broadway intersection in Manhattan with increased pedestrian crossing time and reduced speed …[read more]
Mixed Verdict for L.I. Ponzi Schemer
By LAURA D’ANGELO & MICHELLE MARUS The Long Island attorney indicted for his role in a $4.6 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded his own relatives …[read more]
Survey Shows Anti-Semitism Rampant in Eastern Europe
By MACKENSIE GANTER The Anti-Defamation League released the results of a worldwide survey Tuesday that showed over 25 percent of those polled had anti-Jewish attitudes, …[read more]