Between January 2013 and April 2014 restaurants appealed the results of more than 13,000 graded inspections, and more than half of those appeals resulted in an improved letter grade for the restaurant. Photo: AP/Bebeto Matthews
These civil servants’ top demand? A power source.
The three men who parachuted down from the top of the World Trade Center last September and their lookout were arrested Monday. But aside from the obvious crime of trespassing, is it legal to parachute from a building in New York City? The answer is no, if the building is more than 50 feet tall. […]
City’s chief fiscal steward calls for higher minimum wage, more aid from Albany — and an end to inequalities in funds earmarked by members
Tenants’ frustrations boil over at City Council hearing held at Coney Island public housing development, one of many served by temporary heat and hot water equipment since the storm




