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Orange Subway Seats Will Soon Kick the Bucket. This Museum is Hosting a Memorial.
One day, New Yorkers will talk about sunset-colored, bucket-shaped subway seats the same way they do the 9 train, $2.50 bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches, and MetroCards. But on Wednesday, commuters’ amber-toned reprieve will be celebrated with artwork — from oil paintings to tattoos — at the New York Transit Museum in its “Ode to […]
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Mamdani Makes World-Cup Stop at Shelter Plagued by Complaints About Bed Bugs, Poor Food
As France and Senegal faced off at a much-anticipated World Cup game, Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a brief stop at the city’s last remaining large-scale migrant shelter Tuesday afternoon to join residents watching the game. The mayor was greeted with fanfare at the South Bronx shelter on Bruckner Boulevard, where staff hung flags and balloons. […]
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Who Killed Deniz? Yew’s to Blame, Union Sez After Central Park Horse Drops Dead
The union that represents Central Park carriage horse drivers charged Tuesday that a horse who dropped dead last week may have been doomed after chomping on toxic plants in the park. But the Central Park Conservancy quickly countered that a park rule bars horses from causing “any damage” to shrubbery and eating any vegetation in […]
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LISTEN: A Knicks Win to Kick Off Summer
Is the Knicks win after more than 50 years a good omen for summer? Co-host Katie Honan talks with Rachel Holliday Smith, the managing editor of The City Reporter, about summer 2026 and our weekly (and free!) summer newsletter. Then she speaks with Janet Fash, a longtime New York City lifeguard whose memoir “Lifeguard: A […]
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French Montana Backs Fund Set Up for Cabbie Bashed After Knicks Game
The New York cabbie who was drummed out of driving for a living after rowdies trashed his cab following a Knicks win in the NBA Finals is getting a lift from boosters that include a rap superstar and a Canadian influencer. After being yanked out by his neck and punched at the corner of 36th […]
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