#NYPD releases photo of NYC slashing suspect

#NYPD releases photo of NYC slashing suspect

“NYPD releases photo of NYC slashing suspect” The NYPD is giving a suspected slasher his close-up. The department on Saturday released a photo of the individual wanted for blading a 34-year-old man inside Deli’s 48 on West 48th Street near Sixth Avenue at about 5:15 p.m. Friday, police said. The victim was sliced in the…

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#Eric Adams’ Fifth Avenue promenade shows promise — but it’s a long way from making Midtown Xmas-tourist-friendly

#Eric Adams’ Fifth Avenue promenade shows promise — but it’s a long way from making Midtown Xmas-tourist-friendly

“Eric Adams’ Fifth Avenue promenade shows promise — but it’s a long way from making Midtown Xmas-tourist-friendly” Ghost-town Midtown is a thing of the past. Christmas tourists are back, clogging up the streets and sidewalks. But New York has had years to make a more pleasant environment for our hordes of visitors on foot — and is…

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#Street closures expected around Rockefeller Center in NYC

#Street closures expected around Rockefeller Center in NYC

“Street closures expected around Rockefeller Center in NYC” Some parts of Midtown, including Fifth Avenue and surrounding streets, will become a car-free pedestrian plaza during the coming holiday shopping season, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. The 11-block traffic shutdown between 48th Street and 57th Street on three Sundays aims to “cement Midtown Manhattan as the…

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#New York’s Rockefeller Center at Christmas is a mess

#New York’s Rockefeller Center at Christmas is a mess

“#New York’s Rockefeller Center at Christmas is a mess” Will New York ever get Rockefeller Center right? For the third Christmas since Mayor Bill de Blasio took a half-measure — closing 49th and 50th streets — New York’s premier public space remains an incoherent mess. Mayor-elect Eric Adams can do better, so that if more foreign tourists return next…

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#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

“#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants” The surging Omicron variant is emerging as the Grinch who stole Christmas from Big Apple stores and restaurants that were counting on the holiday season to help them rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Over the weekend, we didn’t have as many people in coming as we usually…

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