Winter Storm Pounds Northeast With Wind, Snow and Flooding
Airports shut down, schools closed and cars slid off roads during winter’s first major storm. Officials fear the worst is ahead as bone-chilling cold moves in.
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CreditNathaniel Brooks for The New York Times Restructuring New York’s Taxes Sounds Good. Now for the Details.
A proposal for a new payroll tax faces a barrage of practical questions about how it might be implemented, and then sold to wary business leaders.
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CreditAndrew Renneisen for The New York Times Newly Appointed U.S. Prosecutors Inherit Major Cases
Two new United States attorneys start work on Friday in New York, with big cases looming in such areas as terrorism, political corruption and civil rights.
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CreditJames Estrin/The New York Times Legal Boot Camp for New Judges in New York
Every new year, New York State offers a week long legal crash course for the 100 or so judges set to take the bench.
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CreditAssociated Press Brendan Byrne, Former New Jersey Governor, Is Dead at 93
Mr. Byrne helped lure professional sports teams to New Jersey and risked his political future by winning passage of the state’s first income tax.
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Review Finds Crime at New York Hotels Used to Shelter Homeless
Criminal activity occurred at dozens of hotels where the city placed homeless families with children last year, investigators found.
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CreditDavid Dee Delgado for The New York Times Bronx Fire Claims 13th Victim
The death of Holt Francis, who had been injured in the blaze, adds to the toll for his extended family, which had already lost four members.
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CreditAndrew White for The New York Times Met Changes 50-Year Admissions Policy: Non-New Yorkers Must Pay
With a decline in visitors paying the “suggested” full admission price, the museum is looking for ways to regain revenue.
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A D.I.Y. approach toward helping homeless women can be harder than it looks. For one thing, there are more men than women on the streets.
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Credit Want a Better Workout? Just Breathe
Experts who usually specialize in extreme exercise are noticing that breathwork can help with endurance and recuperation. And stress, of course.
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Credit Time Flies When You’re the Capital of the World
“New York at Its Core” is a catalog of the four ingredients to the city’s success: multiculturalism, density, creativity and above all else, money.
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Clairmont Nichols Opticians in Midtown East has been filling prescriptions and repairing glasses since 1885.
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Credit How Carter Cleveland, of Artsy, Spends His Sundays
The entrepreneur sleeps in, goes to yoga, sits under a tree, steams, and always has dinner with his family on the Upper West Side, where he grew up.
