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NYC parents having meltdown over $14 ice cream cones: ‘It’s out of control’
They all scream at this price tag! Queens parents are having a meltdown over a local ice cream truck’s astronomical prices — including $14 for a waffle cone. On a scorching Tuesday afternoon, unsuspecting parents found themselves digging back into their wallets to afford double-digit frozen treats from the bubblegum-pink New York Ice Cream truck set up near Astoria Park. “I gave her $20, thinking I was going to get some change back, and then she told me it’s more. They got me good!” exclaimed Henry Fernandez, who forked over $26 to treat his two kids a small sundae and shake float after...
Orthodox Jews in Bed Stuy say anti-Israel lefty polls trying to force them out of neighborhood with landmarking designation
A religious war is erupting in Brownstone Brooklyn. An historic enclave in Bedford-Stuyvesant is being considered for landmarking — and some Orthodox Jews living there say it’s part of a hateful scheme led by antisemites and Councilman Chi Osse to push them out. On May 21, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add two blocks, Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street between Nostrand and Marcy avenues, to the calendar for consideration as a new historic district. Landmark status severely limits owners’ abilities to renovate or expand their homes. Large Orthodox families often need to expand their houses, Jewish homeowners explained, so limiting their...
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2024: Date, time and location set for Brooklyn celebration
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Thousands of mermaid lovers and art enthusiasts will return to Brooklyn this year for the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The 42nd annual Mermaid Parade — known as the nation’s largest art parade — is slated for Saturday, June 22, at 1 p.m.
National Puerto Rican Day Parade draws thousands to Manhattan
NEW YORK -- Thousands of people lined Fifth Avenue from 44th Street up to 79th Street in Manhattan on Sunday, celebrating the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in style.In the sea of the island nation's flags, parade goers took in colorful floats, performances and music, all amid lots of cheering."(There is) nothing like the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York," said Lilian Nieves Cruz of Manhattan. "I love the people. I love the vibrations, love the great vibes," said Leanna Salinas of Midtown.Everyone brought a lot of energy to the 67th annual parade and this year's theme, "Boricua de...
NYC to add hundreds of red light cameras to intersections
NEW YORK - Hundreds more red light cameras are coming to a New York City intersection near you. Lawmakers in Albany have given the green light to quadrupling the number of red light cameras at intersections across the city, which means that soon, 5 percent of the city's intersections will have them, up from just 1 percent currently.
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