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My bladder is the Murphy’s Law of organs. It’s not that it’s small, exactly; rather, it’s disagreeable; neurotic. It conspires. In cahoots with some quietly disgruntled fold of my brain, the devil bag demands emptying only when it cannot be plausibly emptied. It is as if there is a tiny agoraphobe peering out at all…
(Bloomberg) — The blizzard blowing through the U.S. northeast won’t drop as much snow as forecasters anticipated, sparing residents and clean-up crews the worst of the potentially life-threatening storm that some predicted. New York City may get no more than a foot of snow as the nor’easter tapers off Tuesday evening, compared to a forecast…
The great #Blizzardof2015 had already dumped several inches of snow on the greater New York City area by late Monday evening EST, and many transportation links, including subways, bridges, and tunnels, are closed in anticipation of an historic snowfall on the east coast. “Non-essential” travel is now banned in the city. Before nightfall, the falling…
Mayor de Blasio lifted the city-wide travel ban this morning after that devastating blizzard turned out to be just a bunch of stupid snow. There’s about half a foot in Central Park this morning—not the 24 inches or more that was expected—and current forecasts don’t call for much more additional accumulation today. And there is…
Title/Date/MetaFour years ago, when a huge winter storm socked New York City, the MTA and then-Gov. David Paterson, in the final few days of his tenure, got unlucky. For the first time in years, two subway trains — an N train in the Sea Beach line and an A train a few hundred yards outside…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code Acting on news reports that an impending blizzard will leave New Yorkers snowbound until May, frantic local residents stocked up on supplies today, virtually emptying out local supermarkets. There is currently no food left in New York City: No food left #wholefoods?is the storm going…
close shareTools Millions of people from New Jersey to Maine were forced to quit work early, rush to get off roads and highways and take shelter on Monday night as a snowstorm bore down on the region, bringing with it winds of near-hurricane force and the threat of coastal flooding and more than two feet…
The Weather Channel dubbed this storm Juno, but we think you can do better. Snowterios Johnson, and 19 Other Better Blizzard Names – WNYC.
Not even a month into 2015, and already the high-profile Lower East Side closures are stacking up. The greats are fading. Streit’s Matzo obviously comes to mind, with fifth-generation ownership having sold the Rivington Street factory after 90 years on the block. That teary goodbye – and subsequent relocation to New Jersey – is planned…
A man in his 30s was shot in an apparent suicide attempt outside the News Corp. building at 1211 Sixth Ave. on Jan. 26, sources said. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Trevor Kapp MIDTOWN — A man fatally shot himself outside the News Corp. building Monday, police sources said. Philip Perea, a 41-year-old Texas resident, shot himself…