The New York State Public Utilities Commission has established a new plan to increase rates over the next three years for Con Edison electric and gas customers. The increases, they assured, would benefit customers and would take effect in August (the original proposal from Con Edison, they said, was for higher increases). Edgar Carrión tells … Read more
A judge puts on hold the MTA’s plans to remove elevator operators from several Suwbay stations. And this after elected authorities, employees and union representatives filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against the agency, demanding that these employees not be removed from their posts until the proposal is discussed in public hearings. … Read more
Once the concert of the Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes de SummerStage in Central Park had started, it was canceled due to the large number of people who entered the venue. The site had capacity for about 5,000 attendees, but the organizers estimate that due to the overflow, some 12,000 fans of the popular artist entered. Some … Read more
The millions of New Yorkers who use mass transit already have a new tool to reach their destinations. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, launched its new service alert system on Monday. Called the MTA Real Time Alert System, it serves to provide customers with timely and personalized real-time updates on train, subway or bus service, … Read more
The City Planning Department recommended Monday that Madison Square Garden get a new ten-year operating permit in exchange for improving the area around the world’s most famous stadium. Madison Square Garden sought a permit to operate at its current location on top of Penn Station on a permanent basis. The permit requires MSG to work … Read more
José uses the line 12 bus daily, he takes it at the Fordham Road and Webster Avenue stop. Waiting for the bus or until you reach your destination less than two miles away requires patience, although José says it’s an ordeal. “Sometimes one is late waiting for the bus, the bus does not arrive on … Read more
The Mexican consulate in New York inaugurated on Monday the traveling exhibition “Migrant Heart” that shows the work of 23 artists of Mexican origin residing in the United States and that after visiting several states will conclude in November in Los Pinos, the official residence of the president of that country . “Migrant Heart”, convened … Read more
Jahaira Galavis and her family, who flew from Manhattan to take a dip in Rockaway Beach, say they are reassured after hearing that more drones will now fly over the ocean looking for sharks off Long Island and New York City. “I see that there is more security. Last year I heard a lot that … Read more
The goats Charlie, Cowgirl, Mallomar and Chico are in charge this summer of eating the weeds that grow on the rocks of the Forever Wild section, a protected natural area and bird sanctuary of Riverside Park, a park that borders the Hudson River in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The presentation of these brushcutter … Read more
Little one-year-old April enjoys the Bronx Children’s Museum with her mom. “I am here a lot in the nest, as she is 1 year old, this area is from 0 to 3 years old, and she loves everything, she looks at everything in amazement and doesn’t know what to do first,” said mother Mélida Pérez-Maldonado … Read more