Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Casinos for NYC Will Be Chosen By Year’s End. Here’s How.
Eight players are in, the cards are down — and now we wait. The final-round game to secure a highly lucrative license to open a casino in the New York City area begins now. By the end of this year, a specially-created state board will give the go-ahead to three proposals for commercial casinos in […]
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Heated Staten Island Amazon Warehouse Workers Rally for Better Conditions
The Amazon Labor Union held a rally outside the JFK8 Fulfilmment Center in Staten Island Wednesday evening — in the midst of the retail giant’s “Prime Day” promotion — to protest what they say are unsafe working conditions that have persisted for years. Workers from other Amazon sites in the Hudson Valley, the International Brotherhood […]
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Meet the Brit Mapping NYC, One Story, Block and Bike Ride at a Time
This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Dan Ryder knows he can’t visit all 470 square miles and meet all 8 million-plus people of New York City during his 17-day trip […]
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From Convicted Killer to Magazine Writer: One Prisoner’s Bid for Mercy
John J. Lennon is trying to write his way to freedom. Lennon, who is serving a 28 years-to-life sentence for the 2001 murder of his former friend Alex Lawson, has evolved from a hard-charging drug addict and dealer into a prolific writer, chronicling prison life and the shortcomings of our criminal justice system with bylines […]
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The Last City-Run Walk-In COVID Test Center to Close
The city’s last public walk-in rapid COVID-19 testing clinic will close on July 18. The clinic, run by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, offered free PCR testing and returned results in 24 hours. It also tested for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu. Its closure represents […]
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