Say goodbye to those styrofoam takeout boxes. According to the New York City Department of Sanitation website, beginning in 2019, “food service establishments, stores, mobile food commissaries and manufacturers ma...
As of today, December 31, the minimum wage in New York City has officially increased. Considering how expensive it is to live in NYC, it’s only right that those getting paid at minimum wage should make a bit more than...
Beginning on Tuesday, January 1 NYC pharmacies won’t be allowed to sell any tobacco products, including cigarettes and e-cigarettes. According to the a report by the Wall Street Journal, the ban will not only include p...
If your plans for ringing in the new year included something outdoors, you may want to rethink it. Although mild in temperature, there will be plenty of rainfall on December 31. According to AccuWeather’s forecast, the...
The sky above Queens was set ablaze last night with blue lights after a Con Edison transformer went up in flames. The mysterious blue light that flooded much of New York City’s sky late Thursday night was discover...
Earlier this year an unofficial Aretha Franklin tribute appeared at the Franklin Street stations in NYC just before she passed, and the MTA made the changes official soon after. Now, a similarly unofficial Bruce Springs...
Only days before Christmas, one man found $10,000 on a 1 train subway platform and in the Christmas spirit, returned it. Last Thursday, New Yorker Richard Taverna came across a blue Chanel purse at the Lincoln Center s...
Hundreds of marijuana convictions will be thrown out this year as the push towards legalization nears closer. In what is set to mark the first occasion in New York City history, multiple cases of possession of weed will...
A polar vortex could be bringing arctic-like temperatures to New York City this January. Get ready New York, meteorologists are sounding the alarm about the possibility of a very harsh winter this year. Judah Cohen, a c...
As of this week, the ban on nunchucks in New York state has officially been lifted. We were unaware there was even a ban until now, but apparently it was put into place in 1974. According to the Associated Press, Brookl...