Staten Islanders Question Whether Giant Ferris Wheel Would Stand Up To Hurricane

NEW YORK — Staten Islanders tongue-lashed a proposal to build the world’s largest Ferris wheel in a hurricane evacuation zone during a public meeting Tuesday night, questioning both whether it would hold up during a storm of Sandy’s magnitude and also the decision to go ahead with the meeting despite continuing recovery efforts. The 625-foot-tall …

For Public Housing Residents After Sandy, ‘A Slow-Motion Katrina’

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Ask anyone living in Cobble Hill or Carroll Gardens or Park Slope earlier this week, and they would tell you that they have power, hot water and Wi-Fi. In fact, most of the $1 million-plus townhouses and local businesses in Brooklyn’s wealthier neighborhoods never lost any basic necessities, even during the worst …

Voting In New York, New Jersey After Hurricane Sandy: Officials Assist Displaced Voters For Tuesday’s Election

NEW YORK — Election Day turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. Lines were long in Point Pleasant, N.J., where residents from the Jersey Shore communities of Point Pleasant Beach and …

NYC Pedicab Fares Eyed By City Council After Tourists Charged $442 For A Ride

NEW YORK — Even in an era of $500 hotel rooms and $18 cocktails, the $442 that a Texas family paid for a ride in a New York City pedicab has become notorious. The outrageous fare made headlines in the city’s tabloids over the summer, and since then, officials have been pushing for a simplified …

Brooklyn Loves New York The Most: Survey Breaks Down NYC Boroughs

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer LINCOLN CENTER — The vast majority of New Yorkers are happy with life in the Big Apple, according to a new survey released Thursday. Despite sky-high unemployment and a rising poverty rate, 84 percent of residents polled said they are relatively satisfied with life in the city, according to the …

NYC Soda Ban Sued By Businesses, Beverage Groups Including National Restaurant Association

NEW YORK — Soda makers, restaurateurs and other businesses sued Friday to try to block the city’s unprecedented move to restrict sales of super-sized, sugary drinks, an effort the city called a coup for public health but the industry views as unfair and undemocratic. “For the first time, they’re telling New Yorkers how much of …

Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Features Karl Ove Knausgård, Granta, Ishion Hutchinson And More

At this point New Yorkers know Brooklyn’s reputation as the land of literary magazines, or as the Guardian called it, “a writers’ mecca.” Therefore, it’s no surprise more than 280 authors and swarms of bibliophiles are gathering in the borough to celebrate one of the most prominent literary events of the year: the 2012 Brooklyn …

New York Voted Dirtiest, Rudest, And Loudest City In The United States

New York City, with its abundance of trash, pushy pedestrians, and siren-filled cacophony, apparently reigns as the country’s dirtiest, rudest, and loudest city. A survey conducted by Travel +Leisure asked readers to rank 35 metropolitan areas in those categories. New York’s poor ratings aren’t exactly surprising. In fact they’re a bit yawn-worthy.