The “Liza Destiny,” the first of a number of Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels that will be deployed in Guyana’s waters by ExxonMobil. (Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited photo) (Stabroek News) Guyana is now officially a producer of petroleum – on December 20, 2019. The historic moment was announced last night by […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters on the morning after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) By Lisa Mascaro WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi promised as speaker she would “show the power of the gavel.” This year, […]
Franklin Avenue – Medgar Evers College and President Street – Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, New York – Assemblymember Richardson (D-Brooklyn) announced that a bill she authored to change the names of the MTA’s Franklin Avenue and President Street stops to Medgar Evers College subway stations has been signed into law (A.1512A/ Chp. 669). “I […]
By Tara Blair Ball (siloveyou.xyz)
When I liked a boy while I was in elementary school, I made fun of him. I was a bit of a class clown, so that was how I showed that I liked someone. I would tease him. Mercilessly. Unkindly. In front of everyone I could. Until, more often than not, he ran away crying […]
By Marco Poggio, Trevor Boyer and Denis Slattery (New York Daily News)
Long lines at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office on Fort Greene Place in Brooklyn on Monday, the first day undocumented immigrants could apply for driver’s licenses. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News) The groan-inducing lines at city Department of Motor Vehicles offices were even longer than usual on Monday — […]
DSNY is responsible for snow removal from the City’s 19,000 lane miles of roadways. When weather predictions show a winter storm, DSNY personnel begin equipment readiness, including loading salt spreaders, attaching plows, preparing tire chains and notifying personnel. When do salt spreaders start working? Salt spreaders are the first line of defense. Many salt spreaders […]
By Mike Peterson, iDropNews Smart TVs are connected, convenient and, according to a warning from the FBI, possibly a vector for hackers to see or hear inside of your home. Last week, the Oregon branch of the FBI issued a warning about smart TVs ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a shopping period in which tens […]
Eliyanna Kaiser and her son have been through five hearing officer assignments since filing a complaint in July. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Alex Zimmerman and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY Thousands of unresolved special education complaints have been piled onto a small group of hearing officers charged with addressing them, adding delays to an already […]
A building in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where, a lawsuit says, black and white prospective tenants were treated differently. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY When the Trump administration told cities in early 2018 they no longer had to develop plans ordered by the Obama White House to combat housing segregation, New York City […]
Dionne Audain will appear on an all-new episode of the CBS American television series "S.W.A.T." on December 11th, 2019.
Dionne Audain (Photo: RJ Lewis) LOS ANGELES, California – Actor Dionne Audain emerges an unsuspecting wife in an all-new episode of the long-running CBS police drama S.W.A.T., airing on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. In the episode “Monster,” the S.W.A.T. team (Shemar Moore, Lina Esco, Jay Harrington) is tasked to provide security for a warlord who is […]