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20
May '12

Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker, Marries Longtime Partner

With the mayor, the governor, friends and family members looking on, Christine C. Quinn was married in one of the most prominent same-sex weddings of a public official.

Sat
19
May '12

Ed Burns, Wade Boggs And A Fishing Tournament In New York City

Welcome to New York City's largest and loudest fishing tournament.

Fri
18
May '12

New York City portrayed online in 870,000 images

In this September 30, 1936, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writer’s Project, photo provided by the New York City Municipal Archives, a man hands a program to baseball legend Babe Ruth, center, as he is joined by his second wife Clare, center left, and singer Kate Smith, front left, in the grandstand during Game 1 of the 1936 World Series at the Polo Grounds in New York. Over 870,000 …

Thu
17
May '12

New York City schools chief pushes buyout plan for teachers

New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is proposing to offer buyouts to hundreds of teachers who don't have permanent jobs.

Wed
16
May '12

Telemann's 'Orpheus' given staging by NYC Opera

No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus," a work premiered in 1726 that was long lost before it was rediscovered in 1978.

Tue
15
May '12

Made in New York: Mayor Bloomberg Unveils Map of Tech Startups

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday unveiled a digital map called Made in New York as a resource for job seekers.

Sun
13
May '12

Viewpoint: Why New York City is best for small businesses

The boss of NYC's small business department speaks out.

Sat
12
May '12

NYC stop-and-frisks soar

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio talks about a campaign to reform the NYPD's stop and frisk program during a news conference Wednesday at New York's City Hall.

Sat
12
May '12

Aquaphor Announces Title Sponsorship Of The New York City Triathlon

WILTON, Conn., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Aquaphor announced today its role as the new title sponsor of the Aquaphor New York City Triathlon. This partnership, with race organizer Korff Enterprises, …

Thu
10
May '12

In New York City, Growing Greens As Art and Local Food

I was sitting on a desk in Jenna Spevack’s studio for about 20 minutes before I realized it was actually a piece of art. It was a month before her the opening of her show, "8 Extraordinary Greens," and the pieces were still stuffed into her studio, a corner of a vast shared space on the 7th floor of a former bank in Brooklyn. Trays of Spevack’s greens sat on the bookshelf, and she had shown me a …