The Weather Was Perfect for Outrage
Every year when the General Assembly meets at the United Nations, people show up to show their opposition to world leaders. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mary J. Blige is on a soul-stirring crusade while on tour
Her records are filled with intense moments of pain and joy, but when she is just sitting there without a microphone or spotlight in front of her, Mary J. Blige is cool and a lot of fun. feeds.nydailynews.com |
City Room: Car Wash to Pay Workers $1.7 Million in Owed Wages
At Broadway Bridge Wash & Lube, sub-minimum wages for a 72-hour week. feeds.nytimes.com |
Returning 'Angels' reveals changing face of AIDS
It has been 25 years since Joel Grey starred in "The Normal Heart" at the Public Theatre. On Monday, he directed an anniversary reading of the drama, unleashing playwright Larry Kramer's war cry on a changed city. A lot looks different after 2½ decades. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Quinn Touts the Benefits Of Tenants Protection Law
Battling opposition to a new city law giving tenants the power to sue landlords on grounds of harassment, the City Council speaker, Christine Quinn, is pointing to a group of Brooklyn tenants who are among the first to file suit. The tenants of 64 Troutman St. in Bushwick claim in the suit that their landlord, Heskel 1 LLC, tore up the stairwells, left trash throughout the halls, and even dropped a sack of dead cats in a vacant apartment to rot for weeks. All, they claim, was an attempt to... nysun.com |