New York City police resorted to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sanitary trucks filled with sand to ward off blasts. But the department’s manual of measurements this year includes an unusual mandate: prevent crowds of any size from gathering in Times Square. Citing concerns about the spread … Read more
Police have arrested a young man who would be part of a group of cyclists who were recorded on surveillance video at a time when they attacked a BMW vehicle with the driver and another person inside. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon near Fifth Avenue and East 21st Street in Manhattan and the 15-year-old from … Read more
Just in time for the new year, the new terminal for Amtrak and the Long Island Railroad at Penn Station officially opens. The new addition, named Moynihan Train Hall, also features a new waiting area for users. The new space was part of the old postal building located just in front of 33rd Street and … Read more
A community store in Bushwick sells clothing and artisan products from indigenous populations in Mexico in an attempt to preserve the culture of these communities. This is Ti Toro Miko, located in Bushwick. The store bears the same name as a song composed by the father of Saúl Quizet, an indigenous immigrant from the Guerrero … Read more
Shamseddin Tomal cries because one of his co-workers was crushed to death after a wall collapsed. Tomal was working on that construction, along with two contractors, inside a house that collapsed and fell on his colleagues. Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Labor Justice Project, said: “Right now the worker is traumatized by seeing two … Read more
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the circulation of tourists in Times Square has been minimal these holidays. This situation is impacting street vendors like Alejandro Moreno, who has been selling nuts on the street for three years. “Difficult, difficult everything because it was the month that we, really, we made, let’s say savings. And now, … Read more
Governor Cuomo announced that the Penn Station expansion project, known as Moynihan Train HallIt will be finished by this Friday. The terminal is located in the James Farley Post Office Building in Manhattan, and highlights the design of the original station. The 255 square foot space will have a window greater than 92 feet high. … Read more
Since the weekend, the 192 new Waterford crystals began to be installed in the ball to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in Times Square. The design of the ball this year is themed gift of happiness. The city’s iconic New Year’s Eve dial measures 12 feet in diameter and weighs 11,000 tons and … Read more
This Monday, December 28, the alternate parking rules take effect again. The measure was suspended since December 16 as a result of the snowstorm that hit the city. Drivers should only move their vehicles on the last day indicated by the alternate parking sign. The rules will be suspended again for Friday for the New … Read more
Status: 27.12.2020 9.45 a.m. The first people in Schleswig-Holstein are to be vaccinated against Corona today. Vaccinations by mobile teams start in care facilities, especially for people with dementia. Around eleven months after the first corona infection became known in Germany, the first vaccinations begin today. The first around 10,000 vaccine doses arrived in Schleswig-Holstein … Read more