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Beyoncé Bumped Her Ass Off There. You Can, Too.
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MTA Seeks AI Subway ‘Track Intrusion’ Tech
The MTA is taking another swipe at tapping into technology that can detect when a person, object or animal is about to end up on the subway tracks. The transportation authority is seeking a provider to design, build and test an artificial intelligence-supported track intrusion detection system, according to a contract notice it posted in […]
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15,700 Zombie Storefronts Sit Empty Across NYC, New Report Says
Six years after the pandemic shuttered businesses across New York, the city’s commercial corridors have not quite recovered, reflected in persistent storefront vacancies. That’s according to a new report by the city comptroller’s office, which for the first time tracked ground-level data — indexing every visible storefront in New York City — and found that […]
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New Yorkers, Electricity Will Now Come to You From Dams in Canada
You get home, flick your lights on, run your air conditioner, charge your phone. As of this month, there’s a chance the electricity you’re using is generated from dams in Quebec, Canada, and arrived at your apartment via a line that snakes more than 330 miles long. A massive transmission line called the Champlain Hudson […]
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‘Not Doing Enough’: NY Maternal Mortality Reforms Haven’t Closed Racial Gap
Eight years after New York State launched a high-profile task force to confront maternal deaths and racial disparities in childbirth outcomes, state auditors say health officials are only now making “significant” progress implementing reforms — even as Black women continue dying at disproportionately high rates. For Bruce McIntyre, whose longtime partner Amber Isaac died during […]
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