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What Were You Doing When the Hurricane Hit?
August 29, 2011 – 4:03 am | One Comment
What Were You Doing When the Hurricane Hit?

Photos of hurricane Irene embracing New York City.

Times Square Prepares for New Years Eve
December 30, 2009 – 11:05 pm | Comments Off

New York City’s Times Square gets ready for New Year’s Eve amidst renewed security concerns.

Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope – Repeal It!
December 18, 2009 – 7:14 am | Comments Off
Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope – Repeal It!

There’s nearly a month left in a public comment period for an environmental review of natural gas drilling in New York, but environmentalists have gone beyond requesting changes to the document — they’re asking that it be repealed all together.

Happy Winter
December 11, 2009 – 6:06 am | Comments Off
Happy Winter

I just have to share this beautiful first snow picture from upstate New York.

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COP15 Opening Film
December 8, 2009 – 8:11 am | Comments Off
COP15 Opening Film

Please help the world

Elmo and Big Bird Hit the Streets of Manhattan
November 10, 2009 – 12:22 pm | One Comment
Elmo and Big Bird Hit the Streets of Manhattan

The Sesame Street gang hit the streets yesterday to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary.

New York Yankees 2009 Victory Parade
November 7, 2009 – 4:17 am | Comments Off
New York Yankees 2009 Victory Parade

New York Yankees won the 2009 World Series and reaped their 27th title. A couple of days later, New York City threw them a ticker-tape parade.

Stories from the first New York City Marathon
October 29, 2009 – 4:05 pm | Comments Off
Stories from the first New York City Marathon

Ex-marathoner tells his stories from the first New York City Marathon.

New York Drilling Study a Step Forward
October 24, 2009 – 12:14 pm | Comments Off
New York Drilling Study a Step Forward

New York’s recently released review of the environmental risks posed by natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale offers the clearest picture yet of the chemicals used in the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing.

Guantanamo in New York City?
October 19, 2009 – 2:24 pm | Comments Off
Guantanamo in New York City?

Anti-war activist Syed Fahad Hashmi has been held in 23-hour solitary confinement in New York City for 2.5 years, awaiting trail. Civil rights activist are accusing the Obama Administration of using torture tactics on terror suspects held in U.S. prisons.

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