New York

'The Big Fella' Highlights Babe Ruth's Spot As First Celebrity Sports Star

3:48pm October 18, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Jane Leavy tells the story of Ruth as the first baseball superstar — but also of his roles as movie star, vaudeville performer, barnstormer, pitchman for every conceivable product, and columnist.

The shells are trucked over to Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood and once a month are brought en masse to Governors Island in the heart of the New York Harbor. Billion Oyster Project has collected more than 1 million pounds of oyster shells so far.

Oysters On The Half Shell Are Actually Saving New York's Eroding Harbor

8:02am October 10, 2018

by Andrea Strong

More than 70 New York City restaurants are pouring their discarded shells into the Billion Oyster Project, through which students recycle and transform them into healthy reefs in once-toxic waters.

National

Amid #MeToo, New York Employers Face Strict New Sexual Harassment Laws

7:40pm October 09, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi and Shane McKeon

In response to the transformation of views on sexual harassment, New York state and New York City passed laws requiring training of all workers. Now, business owners are scrambling to comply.

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The Reverend David K. Brawley is one of the leaders of East Brooklyn Congregations, which put together the Nehemiah housing plan. They continue to build houses today.

Economy

The American Dream: One Block Can Make All The Difference

11:25pm October 04, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

Is geography destiny? It goes against the core idea of the American dream, but a new online data tool says where you were born and raised actually makes a huge difference — down to the very block.

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Donald Trump, accompanied by Donald Trump Jr. (from left), Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump at an event in 2016. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood says the younger Trumps had exercised no real control over the Trump Foundation's activities, despite b

New York AG Presses Forward With Suit Against Trump's Charitable Foundation

8:45pm October 04, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

The state Attorney General's office sued the Donald J. Trump Foundation in June, accusing it of repeatedly violating state and federal laws, but the foundation says the suit it politically motivated.

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., walks out of a New York courthouse on Aug. 8 after being charged with insider trading. Collins suspended his congressional campaign after the indictment but has decided to resume his re-election bid.

Indicted Congressman Reverses Course, Says He Will Campaign For Re-Election

6:54pm September 19, 2018

by Dave Debo

Rep. Chris Collins was indicted on insider trading charges in August and suspended his campaign. Now he is running again, saying "the stakes are too high" to allow a Democrat to win.

Photographer Bill Cunningham outside Skylight Clarkson Sq during New York Fashion Week on July 15, 2015 in New York City.

Books
Arts

Bill Cunningham: A Memoir Of Style On All Levels, High And Low

6:18am September 15, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

"The best fashion show is definitely on the street — always has been and always will be." Bill Cunningham

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Vending machines that distributed crack pipes for $2 cropped up on Long Island. "You think you've seen everything," Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine said.

National

Pen Dispensers On Long Island Actually Sold Crack Pipes

8:04pm September 11, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

People could buy the pipes for $2 in quarters. Three phony vending machines were discovered, authorities said. They were once tampon dispensers.

WTC Cortlandt subway station reopened in New York on Saturday, nearly 17 years after it was destroyed during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

National

New York Subway Station Reopens 17 Years After It Was Destroyed During 9/11 Attacks

7:29pm September 09, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

The newly reconstructed WTC Cortlandt station opened on Saturday, just three days before the anniversary of the attack.

Acting New York state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood (left) speaks in Albany, N.Y. on May 15. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference on Aug. 1 in Newark, N.J.

New York, New Jersey Investigating Sex Abuse And Cover-Ups By Clergy

8:55pm September 06, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The attorneys general for both states have launched active investigations into abuse allegations. Last month, a grand jury report from Pennsylvania detailed abuse by more than 300 Catholic priests.