News on New York City

chloe premiere 2

2010-03-16T17:32:52Z

Atom Egoyan, Director at the premiere of 'Chloe' shown at the Landmark's Sunshine Cinema New York City, USA - 15.03.10

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chloe premiere

2010-03-16T17:32:44Z

Amanda Seyfried at the premiere of 'Chloe' shown at the Landmark's Sunshine Cinema New York City, USA - 15.03.10

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aniston letterman

2010-03-16T17:19:21Z

Jennifer Aniston outside Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA - 15.03.10

late show 2

2010-03-16T17:19:13Z

Jennifer Aniston outside Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA - 15.03.10

Northeast slowly dries out from wind-whipped storm

2010-03-16T14:04:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Northeast slowly dries out from wind-whipped storm; some residents hope to return soon</div><div><p>The powerful nor'easter had moved out at sea, but flooding lingered Tuesday in many Northeast communities.</p><p>Many places from the mid-Atlantic to New England were still inundated with water, with tens of thousands of people lacking electricity and hundreds still in emergen...

Urban Beekeeping

2010-03-16T13:46:41Z

FILE - In this April 18, 2009 photo file photo, a beekeeper, who did not want to be identifed, pulls out panels from her rooftop beehive to check on the condition of her bees in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Urban beekeepers in New York City no longer have to keep the honey of their labors a secret. The city's Board of Health has decided on Tuesday, March ...

NYC abuzz: Sweet deal makes bees legal

2010-03-16T13:45:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Sweet news for the colonies: NYC legalizes honeybees in a boon for keepers of rooftop hives</div><div><p>Urban beekeepers in New York City no longer have to keep the honey of their labors a secret.</p><p>The city's health board voted Tuesday to overturn a longtime ban on beekeeping within city limits.</p><p>Previously, the city's health code had placed honeybees in the sam...

Federal Reserve Keeps Interest Rates Near Zero

2010-03-16T13:35:57Z

NEW YORK - MARCH 16: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the Federal Reserve announcement on interest rates March 16, 2010 in New York City. The Fed held interest rates at record lows near zero in an attempt ...

Stormy Weather

2010-03-16T13:06:57Z

A toppled obelisk lays on the ground alongside the remnants of a tree that fell on it at the Greenwood cemetery, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A three-day rainstorm that flooded basements and roadways and ripped trees out of the soaking wet ground was among the most devastating ever to the electrical grid in some parts of the No...

NYC restaurants must now show their report cards

2010-03-16T11:00:11Z

<div><p>New York City's 24,000 restaurants — from its internationally known eateries on down to its most modest pizza counters — will have to display large letter grades near their entrances indicating how clean they are under a system approved Tuesday.</p><p>The best will get an A, according to the system approved by the city Board of Health.</p><p>Officials say the grading system is designed to give p...

NY restaurants to get review -- for hygiene

2010-03-16T10:18:03Z

<div><p>New York restaurants proudly display reviews in the window about the taste of their cuisine. Now they'll have to have one saying whether the food's also clean.</p><p>The city's health board on Tuesday approved the regulation requiring all the approximately 24,000 eateries to display letter grades in the entranceway -- anything less than A meaning not fully hygienic.</p><p>"New York City restaura...

NYC restaurants must show health inspection grades

2010-03-16T09:15:43Z

<div id="subtitle">NYC restaurants must display cleanliness 'grades' from health dept, visible at doorway</div><div><p>The New York City Board of Health has voted to require restaurants to tell the public what inspectors think of their cleanliness by displaying large letter grades near their entrances.</p><p...

Gay Entertainment Report: Gay Socialites Invade Logo

2010-03-16T08:00:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Gay cabler Logo is preparing for an invasion of gay power couples</div><div><p> <p>Gay cabler Logo is preparing for an invasion of gay power couples.</p> <p>The MTV-owned network has set a production date for its upcoming all-gay spinoff of Bravo's 'NEW YORK - MARCH 15: Inductees Steve Mackay (2nd from L), James Williamson, Scott Asheton and Mike Watt pose with Iggy Pop (Front) of The Stooges at the 25th Annua...

Alicia Keys Hosts Gotham Magazine Annual Gala Presented By Bing

2010-03-15T20:32:19Z

NEW YORK - MARCH 15: Designer Catherine Malandrino and recording artist Alicia Keys attends the Gotham Magazine annual gala presented by Bing at Capitale on March 15, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Bryan Batt attending the opening night after party for 'Looped' held at Sardi's. New York City, USA - 14.03.10

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NYC partners with Citi to modernize public housing

2010-03-15T16:01:07Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will renovate 21 public housing projects, home to thousands of people, through two deals that allow it to for the first time tap federal funds for them, the city and state said on Monday.</p><p>Many of the projects have become dilapidated because the NYC hoping to get money back to some passengers who were ripped off in taxi meter scam</div><div><p>Thousands of people ripped off in a widespread scam by New York City taxi drivers who illegally doubled the rate of their rides could get some money back, but that is less likely to happen for those who paid with cash and didn't keep their receipts, the city said Monday.</p><p>

NY horse breeders warn of risk if OTB funds cut

2010-03-15T11:30:30Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and the state's horse breeding industry will be destroyed if the funding provided by New York City's bankrupt Off-Track Betting Corp<...

Post-snow, Northeast mops up from wind-driven rain

2010-03-14T17:00:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Northeast copes with flooding, power outages as rain takes up where blizzards left off; 6 dead</div><div><p>Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.</p><p>The region mopped up Sunday following a bout with high wind and heavy rains that uprooted trees, downed power lines and flooded creeks and rivers. Six people died in storm-rela...