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Celeb portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz sells industrial-chic NYC loft for $8M

Annie Leibovitz sold her West Village loft for $8 million, featuring iconic architecture and spacious interiors.
The residence represents a trend of downsizing in luxury real estate. It highlights Leibovitz's successful year in property sales.

Man's body found weighed down by stones in Hudson River off NYC park

A body weighted with stones was found in the Hudson River, prompting a suspicious death investigation.
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This 3-hour NYC Cruise Lets You Enjoy Fall Foliage Without Going to Upstate New York

City Experiences offers a three-hour New York Fall Foliage Lunch Cruise showcasing colorful leaves along the Hudson River.

Fall Foliage Cruises Near NYC To Hop Aboard This Autumn

Fall foliage cruises provide a unique way to experience New York's autumn beauty along the Hudson River.
Seastreak and Circle Line Cruises offer distinct seasonal experiences combining nature and culinary delights.

This 3-hour NYC Cruise Lets You Enjoy Fall Foliage Without Going to Upstate New York

City Experiences offers a three-hour New York Fall Foliage Lunch Cruise showcasing colorful leaves along the Hudson River.

Fall Foliage Cruises Near NYC To Hop Aboard This Autumn

Fall foliage cruises provide a unique way to experience New York's autumn beauty along the Hudson River.
Seastreak and Circle Line Cruises offer distinct seasonal experiences combining nature and culinary delights.
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Browse Handmade Wares at the Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst Show

Lyndhurst Mansion hosts an autumn craft fair featuring artisan goods and scenic views from September 13-15.
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N.J. bridge is demolished after being buried for over a decade

The demolition of a symbolic unfinished bridge marks a new chapter in the Gateway Tunnel project, aimed at improving rail infrastructure.

Who is Fairleigh Dickinson, the No. 16 Seed That Beat Purdue?

The men's basketball team at Fairleigh Dickinson University, a private commuter school with a campus in Teaneck, N.J., went 4-22 last season.Three of its best players and its coach were competing in Division II.And the Knights, playing in the Northeast Conference, didn't even win their conference tournament, a title they normally would have needed to make the N.C.A.A. tournament.

It's Divine: Listed for $2.8M, Former NY Church Is Ready for Its Next Congregants

MLS via Realtor.comA once-hallowed building in New York's Hudson Valley has served an array of purposes since it was constructed nearly a century ago-and it's ready for another.Constructed in 1933, the red brick structure began its life as a church and has been born again as a yoga space, photo studio, chocolate factory, and events venue.

N.J. bridge is demolished after being buried for over a decade

The demolition of a symbolic unfinished bridge marks a new chapter in the Gateway Tunnel project, aimed at improving rail infrastructure.

Who is Fairleigh Dickinson, the No. 16 Seed That Beat Purdue?

The men's basketball team at Fairleigh Dickinson University, a private commuter school with a campus in Teaneck, N.J., went 4-22 last season.Three of its best players and its coach were competing in Division II.And the Knights, playing in the Northeast Conference, didn't even win their conference tournament, a title they normally would have needed to make the N.C.A.A. tournament.

It's Divine: Listed for $2.8M, Former NY Church Is Ready for Its Next Congregants

MLS via Realtor.comA once-hallowed building in New York's Hudson Valley has served an array of purposes since it was constructed nearly a century ago-and it's ready for another.Constructed in 1933, the red brick structure began its life as a church and has been born again as a yoga space, photo studio, chocolate factory, and events venue.
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Hundreds to plunge into Hudson River on Saturday for Navy SEAL swim and patriotic run

Military veterans and civilians swim in the Hudson River for Navy SEAL Foundation on August 10th.

Homeless migrant busted for taking historic NYC fireboat on wild joyride: cops

A 22-year-old migrant from Ecuador took a historic fireboat on a wild journey down the Hudson River before getting stuck and hopping onto a sailboat in Manhattan.
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Albert K. Butzel, Lawyer and Protector of the Hudson, Dies at 85

Albert K. Butzel was known for his work as a lawyer in defeating public works projects that threatened the environment.
He successfully blocked the Westway landfill and highway project along the Hudson River and helped stop the plan to build a hydroelectric plant in Storm King Mountain.

Albert K. Butzel, Lawyer and Protector of the Hudson, Dies at 85

Albert K. Butzel was a lawyer who fought to protect the environment and benefited New York City subway riders and the Hudson River ecosystem.
He successfully blocked the Westway landfill and highway project and a plan for a hydroelectric plant in Storm King Mountain.

Albert K. Butzel, Lawyer and Protector of the Hudson, Dies at 85

Albert K. Butzel was known for his work as a lawyer in defeating public works projects that threatened the environment.
He successfully blocked the Westway landfill and highway project along the Hudson River and helped stop the plan to build a hydroelectric plant in Storm King Mountain.

Albert K. Butzel, Lawyer and Protector of the Hudson, Dies at 85

Albert K. Butzel was a lawyer who fought to protect the environment and benefited New York City subway riders and the Hudson River ecosystem.
He successfully blocked the Westway landfill and highway project and a plan for a hydroelectric plant in Storm King Mountain.
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Cops stumped as mystery car disappears into Hudson River

A mysterious car pulled up to a pier in Rockland County and rolled into the Hudson River, with the car and driver still missing.
Authorities have been conducting a search but have been unable to locate the car or identify the driver.

NY's $17 billion 'Gateway' tunnel project already years behind schedule, audit reveals

The Gateway project to build new tunnels under the Hudson River is already running two years behind schedule.
The project is facing challenges in staffing up and awarding contracts, which could result in significant delays and increased costs.
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Radical by Xiaolu Guo review a woman of character

An obsession with language, and how it simultaneously frees and limits thought, has been a consistent thread in Xiaolu Guo's work since her 2007 debut, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers.Like that book, her marvellous new memoir, Radical, is organised around short chapters with disparate words and phrases as titles.

Cryptic Aaron Rodgers tweet only raises more questions

An Aaron Rodgers tweet on Monday night didn't provide any clarity as the Jets and Packers both await a decision from the quarterback.All day on Monday, fans in the NFL wanted to hear from Aaron Rodgers.When he finally spoke, he just confused and infuriated people more.Here's what the Packers quarterback tweeted at 10:43 p.m. ET: "SULLLLLL."

The Beauty of Expiration-Date Dating

So as a neurology nurse, Finbar said, what's one thing you'll never do?Nobody had ever asked me that question.Ride a bike without a helmet, I said.Or take cocaine.This was last June at a bar in Burlington, Vt., where I was in nurse practitioner school, and Finbar was well, I wasn't sure exactly what he was doing.

How a Spotify Storyteller Spends Her Sundays

Mimi O'Donnell is the head of scripted fiction at the streaming company Spotify, where she has directed audio series like Case 63 with Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac, and Quiet Part Loud, starring Tracy Letts and co-produced with Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions.Podcasts used to be mostly investigative reporting or talk show, the fiction space is new, she said.

Bike Path Attacker's Father Testifies to Save Son: He Ruined Their Lives'

Habibulloh Saipov saw his son for the first time in 13 years this week.He said Thursday that he expected that he would never see him again.The son, Sayfullo Saipov, was convicted last month in Manhattan federal court of using a truck to kill eight people on the West Side bike path on Halloween Day 2017 and to injure many others.

Capt. 'Sully' Sullenberger: Safety in the skies is paramount. Don't cheapen pilot training and experience.

In backrooms and dark corners, airline lobbyists, particularly the Regional Airline Association, are scurrying all over Washington, still trying to undo all the hard work that has been done to make air travel the safest form of transportation in human history.They're doing this for the usual reasons.

Radical by Xiaolu Guo review a woman of character

An obsession with language, and how it simultaneously frees and limits thought, has been a consistent thread in Xiaolu Guo's work since her 2007 debut, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers.Like that book, her marvellous new memoir, Radical, is organised around short chapters with disparate words and phrases as titles.

Cryptic Aaron Rodgers tweet only raises more questions

An Aaron Rodgers tweet on Monday night didn't provide any clarity as the Jets and Packers both await a decision from the quarterback.All day on Monday, fans in the NFL wanted to hear from Aaron Rodgers.When he finally spoke, he just confused and infuriated people more.Here's what the Packers quarterback tweeted at 10:43 p.m. ET: "SULLLLLL."

The Beauty of Expiration-Date Dating

So as a neurology nurse, Finbar said, what's one thing you'll never do?Nobody had ever asked me that question.Ride a bike without a helmet, I said.Or take cocaine.This was last June at a bar in Burlington, Vt., where I was in nurse practitioner school, and Finbar was well, I wasn't sure exactly what he was doing.

How a Spotify Storyteller Spends Her Sundays

Mimi O'Donnell is the head of scripted fiction at the streaming company Spotify, where she has directed audio series like Case 63 with Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac, and Quiet Part Loud, starring Tracy Letts and co-produced with Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions.Podcasts used to be mostly investigative reporting or talk show, the fiction space is new, she said.

Bike Path Attacker's Father Testifies to Save Son: He Ruined Their Lives'

Habibulloh Saipov saw his son for the first time in 13 years this week.He said Thursday that he expected that he would never see him again.The son, Sayfullo Saipov, was convicted last month in Manhattan federal court of using a truck to kill eight people on the West Side bike path on Halloween Day 2017 and to injure many others.

Capt. 'Sully' Sullenberger: Safety in the skies is paramount. Don't cheapen pilot training and experience.

In backrooms and dark corners, airline lobbyists, particularly the Regional Airline Association, are scurrying all over Washington, still trying to undo all the hard work that has been done to make air travel the safest form of transportation in human history.They're doing this for the usual reasons.
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A Penthouse 'Farm' at NYC Tower With Unique History Listed for $12.5 Million

A farmhouse-style residence on Manhattan's Upper West Side has hit the market for $12.5 million.No, that's not a typo: A penthouse at the Opera building on Broadway between West 76th and West 77th streets has been reimagined in the modern farmhouse style, according to listing agent Pat Lehman of The Fabrikant Bond Team at Compass.
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The Robots Can't Take Taxi-Whistling Away From Me

When I was a kid, I spent my summers at a sleep-away camp in the Berkshires.The activities on offer included baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, swimming, sailing, fishing, water polo, archery, arts and crafts (my 92-year-old mother still has a faux-opal necklace I made for her), photo lab (I took a lot of bad pictures of elm trees) and electronics shop (I have Proustian memories of the smell of solder: gross yet intoxicating!).

As U.S. Argued for Death Penalty, Bike Path Victims Gave Voice to Pain

A little girl standing on her toes to place her palm on her deceased father's image on a television screen.A mother who has left her son's bedroom exactly as it was on Halloween 2017.A man married to a woman who lost her legs who clutches a pair of her socks in bed every night, yearning for the contact of her feet.

Bike-Path Attacker's Mother Says She Wanted Tired' Son to Leave U.S.

One day in 2017, Mukaddas Saipova, of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, saw her son whom she knew as helpful, loving and kind on a television news broadcast.She fainted, an ambulance came and she stayed in a hospital for a week.Her son, Sayfullo Saipov, had just committed the deadliest terrorist attack in New York City since 9/11.

As Bike-Path Trial Nears Its End, Lawyers Argue Over Attacker's Life

A federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people in a 2017 truck attack on a Manhattan bike path, was a proud terrorist whose actions merit the most severe punishment the law provides the death penalty.He chose to come to this country and then fight for an enemy, the prosecutor, Amanda Houle, said during the closing arguments of the penalty phase of Mr. Saipov's trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

A Pigeon Was Dyed. Then It Died. Now the Police Are Investigating.

The New York City Police Department's Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad said Thursday it was investigating how a white king pigeon, nicknamed Flamingo, ended up dyed completely pink before being found by rescuers.The bird, which was taken to a wildlife rehabilitation organization last week, died earlier this week.

Bike-Path Terror Trial Is Wrapping Up in Federal Court

The case of Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek immigrant who has been charged with driving a truck onto a Manhattan bike path and killing eight people on Halloween Day in 2017, is likely to go to the jury on Wednesday.The attack was the deadliest in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001, the authorities have said.

The Robots Can't Take Taxi-Whistling Away From Me

When I was a kid, I spent my summers at a sleep-away camp in the Berkshires.The activities on offer included baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, swimming, sailing, fishing, water polo, archery, arts and crafts (my 92-year-old mother still has a faux-opal necklace I made for her), photo lab (I took a lot of bad pictures of elm trees) and electronics shop (I have Proustian memories of the smell of solder: gross yet intoxicating!).

As U.S. Argued for Death Penalty, Bike Path Victims Gave Voice to Pain

A little girl standing on her toes to place her palm on her deceased father's image on a television screen.A mother who has left her son's bedroom exactly as it was on Halloween 2017.A man married to a woman who lost her legs who clutches a pair of her socks in bed every night, yearning for the contact of her feet.

Bike-Path Attacker's Mother Says She Wanted Tired' Son to Leave U.S.

One day in 2017, Mukaddas Saipova, of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, saw her son whom she knew as helpful, loving and kind on a television news broadcast.She fainted, an ambulance came and she stayed in a hospital for a week.Her son, Sayfullo Saipov, had just committed the deadliest terrorist attack in New York City since 9/11.

As Bike-Path Trial Nears Its End, Lawyers Argue Over Attacker's Life

A federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people in a 2017 truck attack on a Manhattan bike path, was a proud terrorist whose actions merit the most severe punishment the law provides the death penalty.He chose to come to this country and then fight for an enemy, the prosecutor, Amanda Houle, said during the closing arguments of the penalty phase of Mr. Saipov's trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

A Pigeon Was Dyed. Then It Died. Now the Police Are Investigating.

The New York City Police Department's Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad said Thursday it was investigating how a white king pigeon, nicknamed Flamingo, ended up dyed completely pink before being found by rescuers.The bird, which was taken to a wildlife rehabilitation organization last week, died earlier this week.

Bike-Path Terror Trial Is Wrapping Up in Federal Court

The case of Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek immigrant who has been charged with driving a truck onto a Manhattan bike path and killing eight people on Halloween Day in 2017, is likely to go to the jury on Wednesday.The attack was the deadliest in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001, the authorities have said.
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Fairleigh Dickinson, Barely in the N.C.A.A. Tournament, Topples Purdue in a Shocker

COLUMBUS, Ohio Fairleigh Dickinson, a No. 16 seed in the N.C.A.A. men's tournament, on Friday night outclassed Purdue, a mighty No. 1 seed that boasted arguably the top player in college basketball, delivering the most shocking upset in the sport in half a decade.I can't even explain it.I'm shocked right now, Sean Moore, a junior forward who led Fairleigh Dickinson with 19 points, said after the game went final, his team on top, 63-58.
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Shipping Wine? Send It By Boat

The schooner Apollonia has become a part of business-as-usual for Nika Carlson, owner of Greenpoint Cidery, who makes farmhouse-style cider at her Hudson, New York facility.The bottles are loaded aboard the sailboatabout two weeks later, they arrive at the dock in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where locals can pick up a boat box.

Biden Budget Routes $1.2 Billion to Big Transit Projects in New York

President Biden's budget plan, released on Thursday, routes about $1.2 billion to two of the biggest transit projects in New York City: the Second Avenue Subway extension and new train tunnels under the Hudson River.Because the funding was already allocated in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that was signed into law in 2021, it does not require additional congressional approval, said Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader.

Drummer Anton Fig's Airy NYC Apartment on the River Hits the Market for $2.9M

Getty Images / Realtor.comAnd the beat goes on.Longtime drummer Anton Fig, who played in Paul Shaffer's house band for the "Late Show With David Letterman," is ready to make a move.The musician recently listed his posh, loft-like apartment on Manhattan's West Side for $2,995,000.He paid $2,404,000 for it in 2015.

New Condos and Old Townhouses Lead the Pack in February Sales

Mickey Drexler, the veteran retail executive who ran J. Crew and the Gap for many years, finally sold his TriBeCa townhouse, a former coffee-roasting plant built in the 1890s that he transformed into a fashionable single-family home.The sale price was $23.5 million, which was a sizable discount from the nearly $30 million he had sought when the house, at 464 Greenwich Street, first hit the market almost seven years ago.

10 Most Beautiful And Best Libraries In NYC To Spend A Day At

Believe it or not, NYC's libraries are some of the most prestigious around the country (and world for that matter).Whether you're looking for somewhere to curl up with your new book, or want somewhere lesser known to admire architecture, there's plenty of places to do it!From the famous New York Public Library in Midtown to lesser known (but equally beautiful) spots, you're sure to be in awe when you see the detailing and book collections these places have to offer.

Rutgers Men's Basketball Turns the Garden Red for One Day

The bundled masses, dressed in Rutgers red, crossed the Hudson River something that any true Jerseyite does begrudgingly, even when the temperature isn't hovering in the single digits.They filed into Madison Square Garden on Saturday morning, filling the arena nearly up to the Harry Styles banner in the rafters.

Shipping Wine? Send It By Boat

The schooner Apollonia has become a part of business-as-usual for Nika Carlson, owner of Greenpoint Cidery, who makes farmhouse-style cider at her Hudson, New York facility.The bottles are loaded aboard the sailboatabout two weeks later, they arrive at the dock in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where locals can pick up a boat box.

Biden Budget Routes $1.2 Billion to Big Transit Projects in New York

President Biden's budget plan, released on Thursday, routes about $1.2 billion to two of the biggest transit projects in New York City: the Second Avenue Subway extension and new train tunnels under the Hudson River.Because the funding was already allocated in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that was signed into law in 2021, it does not require additional congressional approval, said Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader.

Drummer Anton Fig's Airy NYC Apartment on the River Hits the Market for $2.9M

Getty Images / Realtor.comAnd the beat goes on.Longtime drummer Anton Fig, who played in Paul Shaffer's house band for the "Late Show With David Letterman," is ready to make a move.The musician recently listed his posh, loft-like apartment on Manhattan's West Side for $2,995,000.He paid $2,404,000 for it in 2015.

New Condos and Old Townhouses Lead the Pack in February Sales

Mickey Drexler, the veteran retail executive who ran J. Crew and the Gap for many years, finally sold his TriBeCa townhouse, a former coffee-roasting plant built in the 1890s that he transformed into a fashionable single-family home.The sale price was $23.5 million, which was a sizable discount from the nearly $30 million he had sought when the house, at 464 Greenwich Street, first hit the market almost seven years ago.

10 Most Beautiful And Best Libraries In NYC To Spend A Day At

Believe it or not, NYC's libraries are some of the most prestigious around the country (and world for that matter).Whether you're looking for somewhere to curl up with your new book, or want somewhere lesser known to admire architecture, there's plenty of places to do it!From the famous New York Public Library in Midtown to lesser known (but equally beautiful) spots, you're sure to be in awe when you see the detailing and book collections these places have to offer.

Rutgers Men's Basketball Turns the Garden Red for One Day

The bundled masses, dressed in Rutgers red, crossed the Hudson River something that any true Jerseyite does begrudgingly, even when the temperature isn't hovering in the single digits.They filed into Madison Square Garden on Saturday morning, filling the arena nearly up to the Harry Styles banner in the rafters.
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The Top Inexpensive New York Restaurants of 2022

I loved a lot of restaurants in 2022.Here are some where a normal person can eat an astoundingly good meal for about $10.An abnormal person, by which I mean anyone who orders the way I do, might spent twice as much.It will be worth it.As you wander through Chinatown's first Flushing-style food court, your eye may be caught by the signs hawking Sanmiwago's Taiwanese noodle soups and fried chicken.

Gov. Hochul touts start of construction on transmission line bringing clean energy to NYC

ALBANY - Gov. Hochul celebrated the start of construction Wednesday on a 339-mile transmission line that will carry clean energy from Canada to New York City.The project, known as the Champlain Hudson Power Express, will transport hydroelectric power from Quebec to the city and produce about 10.4 million kilowatt-hours per year.

No Architecture inserts "garden folly" into New York duplex apartment

Wooden structures supporting net hammocks rise up through the two-storey interior of this apartment in New York's West Village, designed by No Architecture.The Urban Tree House residence comprises two units in a skyscraper overlooking the Hudson River called 165 Charles Street, designed by Richard Meier & Partners and completed in 2005.

The real black hole' in the UK's finances is HS2 let's kill off this monstrosity for good | Simon Jenkins

In April 2020, the then chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his approval to a new railway to Birmingham, expected to cost 44bn.Contracts were promptly signed.The overall HS2 project is estimated at 100bn.An infuriated Whitehall official told me at the time: Never let that man say he cannot afford any item of public expenditure.
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