City shuts child-care program for violating measles order
The city’s Health Department has shut down the child-care program at United Talmudical Academy in Williamsburg for violating an order that the health commissioner issued to curb a measles outbreak.The...
View ArticleBrooklyn parents sue city to stop vaccine order aimed at curbing measles
A group of Brooklyn parents has sued the city Health Department to stop an emergency order aimed at slowing an outbreak of measles.The order requires people living in certain ZIP codes, including the...
View ArticleStealth pay fattening CEOs' wallets
Steven Roth is the king of New York real estate. His company, Vornado Realty Trust, is the city's largest commercial landlord, controlling nearly 30 million square feet of property.Roth is also a...
View ArticleWhen 4 in 10 New Yorkers can't make it on their own
The federal poverty line is an all but useless figure by which to judge the economic security of New Yorkers. A family of four earning $25,000 is above that national threshold but in this city is...
View ArticleA former chef calculates the economic worth of food waste
In the hours after service ends at city restaurants, two trucks from Matt Jozwiak's nonprofit, Rethink Food NYC, crawl through the dark streets, picking up a half-ton of unsold food from 13 restaurants...
View ArticleCity shuts child-care program for violating measles order
The city's Health Department has shut down the child-care program at United Talmudical Academy in Williamsburg for violating an order that the health commissioner issued to curb a measles outbreak.The...
View ArticleAT&T sells back Hulu stake
Bank of America’s consumer bankers outdid their colleagues in trading for the second quarter in a row as the company leaned on retail lending to generate record profit…; Net interest income at the...
View ArticleBank of America posts record profit as higher rates fuel consumer unit
Bank of America’s consumer bankers outdid their colleagues in trading for the second quarter in a row as the company leaned on retail lending to generate record profit…; Net interest income at the...
View ArticleCity launches $88M Housing Authority lead-testing plan
The city says it has started an $88 million initiative to X-ray test between 5,000 and 7,000 apartments each month that are managed by the troubled New York City Housing Authority.The plan calls for...
View ArticleDiller's Expedia Group buys Liberty Expedia in deal to simplify corporate...
Expedia Group Inc. agreed to acquire Liberty Expedia Holdings in an all-stock deal that will simplify the online travel company’s ownership model and boost its value.Expedia’s super-voting stock...
View ArticlePoll: Voters back plastic bag ban but want to nix Cuomo's raise
A new poll finds most registered voters in New York support the Gov. Andrew Cuomo.The Siena College poll released Tuesday found that 62% of those surveyed said the ban on single-use plastic bags will...
View ArticleNotre Dame's age, design fueled fire and foiled firefighters
Is there anything firefighters could have done to control the blaze that tore through Paris' historic Notre Dame Cathedral sooner?Experts say the combination of a structure that's more than 850 years...
View ArticleMuseum of Natural History won't host event honoring Brazilian president
The American Museum of Natural History in New York will not be hosting a scheduled gala dinner honoring the president of Brazil.The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce had rented space at the museum...
View ArticleMount Sinai plans $10M surgical center on Upper West Side
ambulatory surgical center on the Upper West Side.The freestanding, single-specialty center for gastroenterology will be located in leased space in an existing building at 2101-2115 Broadway, according...
View ArticleTrump Organization urges judge to toss Cohen suit for legal fees
The Trump Organization asked a judge to throw out The organization said in a filing Monday that it had no contract with Cohen, who suddenly claims a “self-serving” agreement requires his former...
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