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The giver – 1,001 Tender Nights
Dark eyes. A ready, apologetic smile. He’d beaten her to the café by ten minutes, his phone in one hand and her black coffee in the other when she arrived. Conversation was easy. They agreed to take a trip to the range next Thursday,…
12 Tons Of Water, Sports Drinks Donated After Cancellation Of NYC Triathlon – CBS New York
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The water and sports drinks that would have gone to New York City Triathlon participants are not going to waste.
Life Time, which has been producing the NYC Triathlon for the past seven years, donated…
CURLFEST Celebrates Natural Hair Movement & Black Beauty – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The natural hair movement is on the rise, and next weekend, thousands of people will gather on Randalls Island for CURLFEST.
The event is a celebration of kinks, curls, coils and everything representing black…
City Spent $220 Million To Keep Stuy Town Apartments Affordable; Turns Out, It Didn’t Have To
Stuyvesant Town (Shutterstock)
When New York City entered into a deal in 2015 with the new owners of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village to guarantee that rents on 5,000 units would remain affordable for middle-income…
Marcum Workplace Challenge Expected To Hit $1 Million Mark At 14th Annual Fundraiser – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Thousands will take part in Long Island’s largest office picnic later this month.
Companies, workers and runners will descend on Jones Beach State Park for the 14th annual Marcum Workplace Challenge. CBS2 is a…
NYC Triathlon Cancelled Due To Heat Wave
(NYC Triathlon Facebook)
Organizers of the NYC Triathlon have cancelled the Sunday event, as the city is on the brink of a heat wave. Athletes will be given refunds, and organizers will be donating thousands of bottles of…
Embrace the amazement of New York City via Qatar Airways Booking
Easily among the most popular cities and rightly so, New York City is an amazing place that one needs to visit at least once in their lifetime. The only challenge you will face is with so many places to explore where you should go and…
New Yorkers Seek Relief From The Heat As Temperatures Climb – CBS New York
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — As the heat index continues to soar, some people are headed to the beach to try to cool off.
People are just trying to soak in the scorching summer weekend while they still can, CBS2’s Marc Liverman…
Brooklyn Landlord Won’t Rent His ‘Jewish Building’ To Black Tenants, Suit Claims
Zev Pollak (ZP Realty)
A Brooklyn landlord is being sued for housing discrimination, after allegedly describing one of his Midwood properties as a "Jewish building," and refusing for years to rent it out to black tenants.…
Free Shakespeare and the Privatization of Central Park
Central Park: New York’s backyard.By Joel Epstein*With the country going down the tubes faster than the president can send out another racist tweet, $399 for a ticket to a music festival in Central Park is hardly the most pressing matter…