Industrialist John D. Rockefeller, pictured here on far right in a November 1929 photo, was the intended target of a bomb that went off prematurely in Spanish Harlem on July 4, 1919. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) It’s the most intense period of American terrorism you’ve likely never heard of. At the turn of the 20th century, […]
It’s the most intense period of American terrorism you’ve likely never heard of. At the turn of the 20th century, bombings were a fixture of urban life in America, with frequent violent incidents reminiscent of Monday’s Boston Marathon attack.
“You would’ve actually been a lot more accustomed to [bombings] in New York
With the aid of New Jersey State police, a man walks with his dog to a National Guard vehicle after leaving his flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Like everyone living in the lowest-lying areas of New York […]
Like everyone living in the lowest-lying areas of New York City, the more than 6,100 residents of the Red Hook Houses — Brooklyn’s largest public housing development — were under orders from City Hall to evacuate the zone by Sunday evening. The New York City Housing Authority gave those who lived in public housing an extra push to get out:
Construction workers walk through a construction area on June 20, 2011. (Photo by the US Army Corps of Engineers via Flikr) Just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning Steve Ruotolo, 57, had been standing outside the Department of Building’s Manhattan Borough Office for several hours. He carried a large olive-green tote bag stuffed with rolls […]
Just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning Steve Ruotolo, 57, had been standing outside the Department of Building’s Manhattan Borough Office for several hours. He carried a large olive-green tote bag stuffed with rolls of building plans and stacks of associated forms. Though he expected a stressful day, he was in good spirits. “It’s not bad — the
New York City Council members Jumaane Williams, second left, and Ydanis Rodriguez, center, join Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York’s Zuccotti Park. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) After a dynamic inaugural year of inviting the public to help decide how the New York City Council spends some of its funds, four council members who pioneered the […]
After a dynamic inaugural year of inviting the public to help decide how the New York City Council spends some of its funds, four council members who pioneered the practice are about to have some company. In contrast to the typical closed-door, opaque decision-making behind council members’ individual member-item spending, under “participatory
A homeless man sits on the side of the road. (Photo by Julie Jordan Scott) Two years after the city’s Human Resources Administration vowed to save money by finding a single company to provide storage services for homeless New Yorkers, it continues to force clients to find their own facilities. With the city’s homeless population now at record […]
Two years after the city’s Human Resources Administration vowed to save money by finding a single company to provide storage services for homeless New Yorkers, it continues to force clients to find their own facilities.
