Photo: ebecca Noble/Getty Images On January 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, beginning his second term. This is a sentence that would have read as rank parody in 2015 or even early 2021, when Trump was spurring on an insurrection at the Capitol. Instead, like a […]
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On the first weekday of NYC’s new congestion-pricing era that’s already being threatened by the incoming Trump administration, Jose Martinez, THE CITY’s senior reporter covering transportation, offers some perspective on what this means for the trains and streets inside the zone and throughout the five boroughs: https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?congestion “Politicians use the words historical a lot, but
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Second time’s the charm? The city Economic Development Corporation has selected 8th Regiment Partners LLC, a joint venture between real estate firm Maddd Equities LLC and Joy Construction Corporation, to develop the 570,000 sq. ft. Kingsbridge Armory, the public-benefit corporation told THE CITY on Monday. Dubbed “El Centro Kingsbridge,” the repurposed century-old armory will include
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The city’s public hospital system has agreed to resume contract talks with nearly 1,000 of its doctors this week in hopes of averting what could be the largest doctors’ strike in city history. New York City Health + Hospitals, its staffing affiliates Mount Sinai and Physician Affiliate Group of New York and the labor union
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Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Images When it comes to Melania Trump, the perennial question is: What is she thinking? The once-and-future First Lady’s latest puzzling move was revealed on Sunday, when Amazon announced that Prime Video will release a documentary about Melania in the second half of 2025, in theaters and on the streaming service.
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“Proposals in Congress and public comments from the incoming administration give us every reason to fear that federal leaders will target programs that fight hunger for cuts.” William Alatriste/NYC Council Lunch at a NYC public school. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! I’ve been fighting child hunger in
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Photo: Cristina Matuozzi/Sipa USA/AP Images Rudy Giuliani’s legal morass has, incredibly, gotten even worse. On Monday the former New York mayor was found in contempt of court for failing to turn over assets to two Georgia election workers he defamed. Manhattan federal judge Lewis Liman said he will rule on “appropriate sanctions” against Giuliani at
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Artist Mickalene Thomas has spent the past decade redefining Black portraiture and representations of the Black female body, empowering her subjects to resist objectification while celebrating the seductive power of their presence. Her portraits, intentionally bold and vibrant, are distinguished by striking colors, intricate patterns and rhinestone embellishments that demand attention. Drawing freely from art
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A steady stream of cars and trucks cruised under toll gantries at 60th Street and Lexington Avenue early Monday afternoon, undaunted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new congestion toll on most motorists driving on to Manhattan’s busiest streets. Aside from newly-installed signage warning drivers they’re about to cross into the MTA’s Congestion Relief Zone, the
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The mayor’s ambitious zoning plan was designed to create “a little more housing” in every neighborhood. But the version passed by the Council includes several carve outs to protect single-family areas and parking requirements. Patrick Spauster Houses along 201st Street in Hollis, Queens. The final City of Yes deal included changes to protect areas made
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