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(image via Howl Happening)We the PeopleOpening Wednesday, June 19 at Howl! Happening, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through July 21. Some people go to prestigious and expensive schools to learn how to make art, throwing piles of cash at nice supplies in the process. Guy Woodard, on the other hand, honed his craft using a cheap ballpoint pen…

NEW CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — There was a touching ceremony in Rockland County on Wednesday morning. Three generations of one family gathered to honor a man killed in Vietnam 50 years ago, CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported. He grew up on Badger Street, the oldest of five siblings. Jimmy Margro was drafted, sent to Vietnam, and, like 13 others drafted…

In this year’s installment of its annual “Highway Boondoggles” report, Gideon Weissman of Frontier Group and Matthew Casale of U.S. PIRG Education Fund deliver a stark warning about the billions of dollars states spend on unnecessary highways that fracture our cities, deprive transit of scarce funds, and pollute our environment. Below is the…

The MTA and the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) are moving forward with preparations for implementing congestion pricing. For now, that means issuing a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) on what the next steps are to get the program up and running. This is so both agencies are on the same page when it comes to the…