New York City

Courtesy of Kaye Blegvad A flooded subway entrance stopped Brooklyn commuters in their tracks yesterday. For four hours on Wednesday, the staircase leading down to Broadway Station in Williamsburg was blocked off and completely submerged. The sight was even s…

Because by May of 2020, they must submit their latest annual energy-use data, which comes from the utility companies that service them, to an online tool created by the Environmental Protection Agency. The tool will calculate greenhouse emissions and take int…

Approximately 23.5 million people in the US live in food deserts -- areas that lack affordable and healthy food -- according to Lyft, and 2.5 million live in low-income, rural areas that are more than 10 miles from a supermarket. So far, the company has provi…

Not everyone is pleased with the citys final report New York City has released its long-awaited report on government algorithms, but not everyone is happy with the result. In 2017, the city passed a local law to national fanfare. The legislation, Local Law…

At the same time, the city, for the first time, permitted parking on streets overnight. The city also considered, and rejected, a $60-a-month fee for overnight parking on the streets (equivalent to about $640 now). Samuel I. Schwartz, who was the citys tr…

Ashley Graham is bringing one of the biggest fashion trends back from the early 2000s. On Monday, the mom-to-be visited the SiriusXM Studios in New York City wearing a stunning maternity look. She wore a brown cardigan over a matching knit dress, which had a…

An M.T.A. bus dispatcher approached me and asked where I was going. Up Sixth Avenue toward the fifties, I said. Follow me, he said. He led me to an empty bus that was idling nearby. My driver is late and he will drive you to your destination without any s…

There was more upheaval in the 2020 race this week. Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, officially entered the presidential race, and Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, has filed paperwork in two states. Heres how they could a…

They did not have to explain themselves. They did not have to worry about which locker room to use, which is often a source of contention. They all used the same one. As soon as you put the jersey on, nothing underneath it matters, said Alexander LeFebvre, 2…

Back in February, the digital media feasted on the Brunt Ice Shelf, touting that a massive slab of ice some two times the size of New York City was supposedlypoised to snap off into Antarctic waters. An informative NASA press release with perhaps an overly-e…