Long Island is set to receive an early Christmas present in the form of a massive resurfacing effort that will fill those pesky potholes before winter hits. According to LongIsland.com, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a $13.9 million project to repave over 16 miles of roads in the towns of North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Smithtown, […]
With the football season well underway in the U.S., it seems like an odd time to discuss stadium improvements, but that’s just what officials at Penn State University have been discussing for the past couple weeks. The conversation has been ongoing for much longer than that, but it has heated up in recent days as […]
It’s probably the ultimate New York City experience: to catch the eye of photographer Brandon Stanton while walking down the street, and then be featured on his wildly-popular blog, “Humans of New York.” Stanton has made a name for himself by featuring New Yorkers in their natural habitat, with all of their imperfections, fears, dreams, […]
Annuity FYI, an organization dedicated to providing information and analysis of annuities to the general public, announced last week that the sales of annuities declined by 2.5% from the same quarter a year ago. That makes it the fourth consecutive second quarter-over-second quarter decline, according to Yahoo Finance. Overall, first half sales in 2015 were […]
“You spent the night in Brooklyn, but you left your birth control in Staten Island. Maybe the IUD is right for you.” That’s just one of the various neon-colored posters of the latest New York City Health Department campaign, #MaybeTheIUD. As Mirror Daily reported, it’s a campaign aimed toward educating women about sexual health issues, […]
A Harlem bicyclist is suing the United Parcel Service (UPS) after claiming that their truck drivers routinely block his daily commute by parking in the biking lanes. According to DNAinfo, 28-year-old Alex Bell has filed two lawsuits with the Manhattan Civil Court against UPS, who he says continually block the bike path that he sometimes […]
An autopsy was conducted on Monday of a woman found dead in the vestibule of a Manhattan apartment under suspicious circumstances. According to NBC New York, 38-year-old Long Island doctor Kiersten Cerveny, a dermatologist who lived in Manhasset, NY, collapsed in the doorway of an apartment building after overdosing on cocaine after a night of […]
New Yorkers will have to balance their craving for amazing chicken with their own moral standards as a popular Southern fast food chain sets its sights on the Big Apple. According to The New York Times, Chick-fil-A is set to open its first full-service store in New York City on the heels of controversial comments […]
Meteorologists on the East Coast are preparing for a major weather event as Category 4 Hurricane Joaquin buffets the Caribbean. So far, the hurricane’s path is unpredictable, but it’s been tracked with winds of 130 miles per hour. This week, a massive storm system has been brewing over the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. A strengthening […]
Add a new study by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Nashville to the list of credible sources supporting the new trend of telemedicine and telehealth services. According to industry news source healthcareitnews.com, the data was collected from 23 veterans between May 2014 and June 2014. The patients […]