Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
LISTEN: Mayor Mamdani Weathers His First Storm
The new mayor appeared to clear the bar with the city’s response to the first big snow on his watch. Meanwhile, his predecessor’s people were in the news again as Adams’ former chief of staff is reportedly the subject of a federal grand jury while his favorite deputy mayor for public safety is taking a […]
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NYC Schools to Go Remote Monday as Snow Blankets City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a remote learning day Monday for nearly a million public school students, with up to a foot of snow expected to fall on the city over the weekend. Frigid temperatures may have already contributed to the death of five people in the city. “As snowfall begins to blanket our city and […]
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LISTEN ‘The Last Confederate Widow’ of 1960s Cruising
That sense of mystery is something that a lot of my better photographs have, and The Ramble at the time exuded a kind of mysterious… 19th century romanticism of the English garden that gave you that kind of experience. I used it as a kind of leitmotif when I was creating the photos, a kind […]
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De-Icing the Third Rail: Vintage Redbirds Among MTA’s Arsenal to Prep for Storm
In its previous incarnation, Car RD340 kept straphangers moving as one of the distinctive “Redbirds” that for years made up part of the subway fleet on the numbered lines. On Sunday, the once-red but now dull-yellow car will be back to keeping riders moving in a different form — as an MTA work train spraying […]
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Construction to Start on Chinatown Jail Despite Fierce Community Opposition
During a heated Zoom meeting Thursday evening, city officials told Chinatown residents that construction on a new jail in their neighborhood would begin soon and take an estimated six years to complete. Required by law to close Rikers Island by 2027, the city plans to replace its jail facilities with smaller, modern buildings closer to […]
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