Restaurant Yuu, an Omakase With a French Approach, Opens in Brooklyn
Multicourse, high-priced omakase counters with limited seating continue to proliferate.Is it because New York's intimate sushi counters can't meet the demand?Whatever the reason, the latest example in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with 18 seats at a black marble counter facing an impressive open kitchen, follows a playbook that's as French as it is Japanese.
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.
Uber Doesn't Have to Raise New York City Drivers' Pay, Judge Rules
A New York State judge on Friday blocked regulators from raising the pay of ride-hail drivers, saying that the Taxi and Limousine Commission had not sufficiently justified the increase.Uber sued the commission, a New York City agency, last month and argued that the increase, approved in November, was too high and could require the company to spend an additional $21 million to $23 million per month to pay its drivers.
Green-Wood Cemetery's newest memorial honors the victims of COVID-19
"The Many Losses from COVID-19" is on view all month.In the past three years, more than 1.1 million Americans have died of COVID-19, including 79,000 in New York City, and countless others continue to suffer from long COVID.To remember those who have died and honor all who have suffered the pains of the pandemic, a new memorial called "The Many Losses from COVID-19" is on view this month at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Queens resident discusses breaking barriers throughout her career as Pakistani-American news anchor - QNS.com
Cheddar News anchor Hena Doba is about as familiar with Queens as she is with reporting.A first-generation Pakistani-American, she has lived in Jamaica, Elmhurst, College Point, Rosedale and Jackson Heights.She initially thought she would become a psychologist when she started college.It was when she started writing for the school newspaper at SUNY Buffalo that she discovered her love for journalism.
VISION ZERO 2022: More Dead Kids, More Crashes in Known Danger Zones
Cyclist Sarah Schick was killed in an area known to the DOT to be dangerous.Photo: Henry Beers Shenk More children died in crashes last year than in another other year in the Vision Zero era and crashes remain concentrated in areas that are known to be treacherous, according to a new report that crunches the numbers on the bloody 12 months of 2022.
Vendedores ambulantes del sur del Bronx fueron los mas inspeccionados por el DCWP en los ultimos meses
En el primer trimestre de este año, el Departamento de Protección al Consumidor y al Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés) de la ciudad emitió 414 multas a vendedores ambulantes en la ciudad.Desde el 1 de abril el Departamento de Sanidad (DSNY por sus siglas en inglés) empezó a hacerse cargo de estas funciones.
Man Killed by Subway Train When He Falls Onto Tracks During Fight
A man was fatally struck by an oncoming subway train in Queens on Monday after he fell onto the tracks during a fistfight on the platform at rush hour, the police said.
Vendedores ambulantes de la ciudad recibieron el doble de multas este ano en comparacion con los niveles pre-pandemia
En 2019, cuando la policía de Nueva York era el único encargado, emitió 1.812 multas frente a 2.499 en los primeros nueve meses de este año, con casi la mitad (48.6 por ciento) repartidas en el último trimestre.En solo nueve meses, la policía de Nueva York y el Departamento de Protección al Consumidor y al Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés) emitieron 3.884 multas a vendedores, más del doble de la cantidad de multas emitidas en 2019.
Familias inmigrantes de la ciudad sufrieron mayores tasas de carga financiera excesiva del alquiler y hacinamiento en sus hogares en 2021
En los hogares encabezados por inmigrantes con niños, el 52 por ciento experimentó una carga financiera excesiva del alquiler en 2021, según un nuevo estudio, en comparación con el 48 por ciento de los hogares de ciudadanos con niños.Corte de vivienda del condado del Bronx el 14 de enero de 2022.
Nearly 100 NYC Streets Will Go Car-Free To Celebrate Halloween
Mayor Eric Adams andNYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced yesterday, Monday October 24, that for the first time ever nearly 100 NYC streets will go car-free on Monday, October 31 to provide NYers a safe way to spend their night trick-or-treating.Aptly being called "Trick-or-Streets," NYC's original Open Streets program will expand on its hours this coming Monday from 4p.m. - 8p.m.
Borough-based Pride events planned throughout June
From the Bronx to Brooklyn, Pride events are scheduled to take place across different boroughs of the city during the early weeks of June leading up to the NYC Pride March and Queer Liberation March on the final Sunday of the month.
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Police have arrested a suspect in the brazen subway shoving at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues subway station on Friday, with the alleged perp being hit with an attempted murder charge.Lamale McRae, 41, of Bushwick, was arrested Monday morning in Brooklyn, and faces assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment charges in addition to the attempted murder rap.
Rainbow Flags lined the streets and marchers danced down 37 th Avenue in style as Queens Pride stormed back to life in Jackson Heights on June 5, marking the borough's first in-person Pride March since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pride month is upon us and there are countless celebrations across all boroughs.Queens Pride will kick off the month's borough-based Pride events (more details below).
Sorry in advance for the frequent use of the phrase "finger foods" in this newsletter.As a society, we have got to come up with something more appealing.Hand cuisine?Digit diet?