January 2025

Vans Vs. Buses: Swarm of Unlicensed Operators Battles MTA for Street Space and Commuters

New York Today

Even as licensed “dollar vans” all but vanish from city streets, unregulated commuter carriers remain obstacles to MTA buses in parts of Brooklyn and Queens. The number of Taxi and Limousine Commission–affiliated commuter vans in service has shrunk by 93% since 2015, TLC data shows, with just 39 such vehicles still licensed to operate as […]

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On Family, Faith and Ensemble Work: Incandescent Soprano Angel Blue Opens Up

Arts & Entertainment

Soprano Angel Blue is fresh off a widely acclaimed run as Margarita Xirgu in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, in the opera’s first run at the Metropolitan Opera. On New Year’s Eve, she starred in the title role of Verdi’s Aida—the first new production of that opera at the Met in decades. Until this year, Blue was

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Melania Trump Doesn’t Know the Real ‘Y.M.C.A.’ Dance Either

Discussions

Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images Group dances don’t get any simpler than the movements that traditionally accompany the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” You don’t need anyone to tell you which way you’re sliding. There’s no hip twisting required. You don’t even need to be able to get low to the floor as you “Shout!” a little

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What’s in Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Playbook?

Arts & Entertainment

In November, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund investor, as his pick for Treasury secretary, a role that will advise the incoming President on key economic policies. Bessent stood out from a roster of high-profile Wall Street contenders including Apollo CEO Marc Rowan, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick and JPMorgan Chase’s

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City doctors plan strike amid stalled negotiations to improve pay, benefits

Latest News

Nearly 1,000 doctors within the city’s public hospital system are planning to strike later this month amid what they say are stalled negotiations to improve their pay and benefits. The labor union Doctors Council SEIU delivered a 10-day strike notice on Thursday to four public hospitals, including Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, Queens

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City’s first commercial waste zone up and running after years of delays

Latest News

City-assigned trash haulers are now picking up refuse from businesses in Central Queens, a milestone in New York’s yearslong quest to tame its chaotic and unsafe private waste industry. As of Thursday, the city’s first commercial waste zone has been fully implemented in Queens Central — a zone that includes Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst and

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