Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Don’t stop your dog from barking at them. Don’t take their money. If you’re making coffee for them, make it wrong. Last week, Donald Trump was elected president by the United States. But he wasn’t elected by New Yorkers. In his hometown, Trump has for years been regarded as a clown—a tabloid regular, a Howard…
Cover Photo New Jersey Transit was once at the forefront of commuter railroads in the United States. Now it is saddled with financial problems, aging infrastructure and unending delays. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times New Jersey Transit, a Cautionary Tale of Neglect The swift decline of one of the nation’s busiest commuter railroads is…
Investigators believe there are more people involved in the New York and New Jersey bombing plots than just Rahami, but they do not have a good idea who else might be involved, two U.S. officials told Reuters. There are more people involved in NY bomb plot: two U.S. officials Investigators have…
Today’s catch: A 154.5-lb Thresher shark off the south shore of Long Island. #IFISHNY pic.twitter.com/AsCgEEBxtk — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 28, 2016 Over the weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo signaled to the world that, whatever questions may exist about investigations into possible self-dealing by his administration, the effectiveness of his signature big-ticket projects, or his…
Earlier this year, I met a source in a Washington, D.C., hotel lobby to discuss a financial corruption case they claimed to be familiar with. In the course of our conversation, this person told me that Andrew Cuomo is not actually the governor of New York. What? Come on, that’s crazy. Or…is it? Last year,…
Barrier Status: ‘none’ On a spring day in recent memory, I was strolling up Ninth Avenue alone, after leaving a bistro lunch with a gentleman caller and my soon-to-finish-N.Y.U. son. It was sunny but not yet steaming. Businessmen had their ties tugged loose or suit jackets slung over their shoulders. There were floral frocks and…
As even the most deft social media ninja will tell you, social media campaigns are hard. But it really seems like the New York Police Department should have seen this one coming. A coalition led by the NYPD and Manhattan’s top prosecutor launched a campaign to “highlight the impact encryption is having on public safety…
WCAXIn a private meeting with New York legislators on Monday, Hillary Clinton reportedly claimed that Vermont—home of Sen. Bernie Sanders, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination—is an important source of guns used by criminals in the Empire State. “She said that it’s going to be coming out in the very near future that many…
A village in central New York voted on Monday night to maintain its controversial seal, which depicts a white man with his hands placed on the shoulders of a Native American man, apparently choking him. Whitesboro, New York residents voted in favor of the 19th-Century town seal by 157-55 this week, the Associated Press reports….
The City College of New York, one of the City University of New York’s senior colleges, is facing a $14.6 million budget gap. “There’s no other way to say this: Students are doomed,” argues Tammie David, a City College junior who serves as the Vice-President of Public Affairs for the Undergraduate Student Government. “There are…