Roosevelt Avenue merchants joined state lawmaker on Thursday to beg for relief from the migrant peddlers and sex workers who have turned the Queens neighborhood in to lawless nightmare. ... Read full Story
Brooklyn Public Library on Thursday kicked off the next phase of the major renovation of its main branch. Led by renowned architect Toshiko Mori, the project at the Central Library includes an updated adult learning center, a new teen center, a restored collections area, and a renovated children’s center. The first phase of the renovation, [...]
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NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s home was raided by federal agents in a stunning early Wednesday sweep that targeted a suite of Mayor Eric Adams’ top aides, law enforcement sources confirmed. ... Read full Story
A Bronx gunfight over a parking spot left a 66-year-old man fighting for his life and an innocent bystander wounded Thursday morning, police and sources said. ... Read full Story
Brooklyn’s all-female EMT corps comprised of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women is expanding its reach in the Big Apple – providing life support services despite opposition from their male counterparts. The Ezras Nashim – meaning “helping women” in Hebrew – estimates it has received 1,500 calls within a 2.7 square-mile-area in Borough Park, assisting with everything from... ... Read full Story
A plan to add dedicated bus lanes along 96th Street has sparked outrage from some Upper West Side residents. The Department of Transportation proposal, first introduced to Manhattan Community Boards 7, 8, and 11 in May, would limit general traffic along the corridor to a single lane and convert the outer traffic lanes into dedicated [...]
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FBI agents raided the homes of two top aides to Mayor Eric Adams -- Phil Banks and Sheena Wright -- early Wednesday, law-enforcement sources confirmed. ... Read full Story
Surrounded by the historic homes and winding streets of the West Village, the 21-foot-wide townhouse at 45 Barrow Street is the very picture of curb appeal. Built in 1828, the Federal-style row house, asking $7,750,000, is a piece of neighborhood history, reborn in the 21st century via a two-year renovation. Inside, the four-story brick home [...]
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The shuttle connecting Grand Central Terminal and Times Square now has full cell service. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday announced the installation of 5G wireless service on the 42nd Street Shuttle line, marking the MTA’s first step in adding connectivity to all 418 track miles of subway tunnels. The new service, made possible through [...]
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By New York Post | Isabel Keane | 9/5/2024 9:59 AM
Newly released video captured the incredible moment Brooklyn neighbors teamed up to save a man trapped inside his overturned car — which flipped over after he drunkenly crashed while fleeing the scene of another accident. ... Read full Story
The vacation was meant to serve as a celebration for LaSaine's 50th birthday and one last summer adventure for her oldest son, Kaseem Miller, who was starting his junior year at Hampton University in Virginia. ... Read full Story
“The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post, 11 June 2024
Did you know?
It seems reasonable to assume that the words vilify and villain come from the same source; after all, to vilify someone is—in some ways—to make them out to be a villain. Such is not the case, however. Although the origin stories of both vilify and villain involve Latin, their roots are quite different. Vilify came to English (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap” or “vile.” Someone who has been vilified, accordingly, has had their reputation tarnished or cheapened in such a way that they’re viewed as morally reprehensible. Villain on the other hand, comes from the Medieval Latin word villanus, meaning “villager,” and ultimately from the Latin noun villa, meaning “house.” The Middle English descendent of villanus developed the meaning of “a person of uncouth mind and manners” due to the vilifying influence of the aristocracy of the time, and the connotations worsened from there until villain came to refer to (among other things), a deliberate scoundrel.