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☆ The Absurd Problem of New York City Trash
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Emily Badger | Larry Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

In New York City, trash has no dedicated space all its own. The Absurd Problem of New York City Trash And the Trade-Offs Required to Fix ItConsider the ubiquitous New York trash bag. The prospect has prompted much snickering: New York’s big idea to clean up trash is to … put it in trash bins? New York City Municipal Archives1913: A century in the past, but the same problems as today. New York City Municipal ArchivesBut those cans overflowed to horrifying effect during the 10-day strike:When New York streets resembled landfills.

Persons: …, that’s, ” Anthony Crispino, “, ” Cole Stallard, Stallard, Gerard Koeppel, Oscar, Neal Boenzi, New York Times Garbage, Larry C, Morris, Meyer Liebowitz, Rudy Giuliani, ‘, ”, Norman Steisel, Eric Adams, Jessica Tisch, Tisch, Hiroko Masuike, Ms, there’s, It’s, ” Harry Nespoli, workarounds, Martin Melosi, Clare Miflin, Miflin, don’t, Benjamin Miller, Martin Robertson, ” Mr, Robertson Organizations: Sanitation Department, New York City Municipal, New York Times, York’s Sanitation Department, Department, York City Municipal, District of Columbia Department of Public, New York, New York Public, The New York Times, City Hall, Avenue, West 22nd, West, Eighth, 21st, West 21st, Bronx Manhattan Queens, Financial, Center, Zero Locations: New York City, stairwells, York, New York, York City, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Washington, Houston, what’s, Chelsea, Erie, Manhattan, ”, New Yorkers, Staten Island, New, East, Bronx, Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island, European, Harlem, New York . New York, Relatedly, Brooklyn

☆ Could 'carbon passports' that limit how much we travel be in our future?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A recent report on the future of travel includes the concept of a "carbon passport." One tour company is proposing a solution: a "carbon passport" that would limit how much carbon travelers could emit each year. "Carbon passports have taken that idea one step further" because they would involve tracking and limiting travel carbon emissions, specifically, Hawkins added. In reality, a carbon passport would be challenging to implementHawkins and Matt Berna, the president of Intrepid in the Americas, said they didn't see a carbon passport as a quick fix, though. To track your flight's carbon emissions, Berna suggests booking through Google Flights, which has included emissions levels since 2021.

Persons: Paloma Zapata —, Zapata, Alex Hawkins, Hawkins, Matt Berna, Berna, it's, Anna Abelson, Jonathan M, Thierry Monasse, there's Organizations: Future Laboratory, Intrepid, Environmental Protection Agency, Sustainable Travel International, Business, The, Laboratory, Tisch Center of Hospitality, New York University, Airlines, International Air Transport Association, Wizz, Google, European Environment Locations: Americas, Greece, Italy, Albania

☆ SiriusXM is targeting younger customers with new app and streaming plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Drew Richardson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

SiriusXM announced Wednesday that it will launch a revamped app and a newly priced streaming plan as it pushes to attract younger customers. SiriusXM has shed subscribers recently, as it reported a loss of 94,000 satellite radio subscribers in the third quarter. The company is also simplifying its pricing structure, offering its new Streaming All Access Plan for $9.99 a month, a dollar cheaper than its current all-inclusive streaming plan. The cheaper price tag is another bid to attract millennial and younger customers, who may already pay for another streaming service. Select-model 2024 Polestar vehicles will come equipped with SiriusXM 360L technology, which combines satellite and streaming features, the company announced Wednesday.

Persons: Scott Greenstein, Kevin Hart, Ashley Flowers, Kelly Clarkson, SiriusXM, Jennifer Witz, Howard Stern, Conan O'Brien, Andy Cohen, Joe Inzerillo, Morgan Stanley, Dolly Parton, John Mayer, Witz Organizations: NEW, Industry, Tisch, Apple, Sirius, Technology, CNBC, SiriusXM Locations: New York City

☆ Loews posts Q3 profit on higher investment income, insurance premium
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

James Tisch, President and Chief Executive of Loews Corporation, speaks during The Economist's Buttonwood Gathering in New York October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 30 (Reuters) - Loews Corp (L.N) on Monday reported a profit in the third quarter compared to a loss a year earlier, boosted by higher investments and insurance unit CNA Financial's (CNA.N) strong performance. Investment income for the New York-based company jumped to $592 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 from $404 million a year earlier. The company reported an underlying combined ratio of 90.4% in its property and casualty business, compared with 91.1% a year earlier. CNA's larger peer, Travelers Companies (TRV.N), reported a 14% fall in quarterly profit earlier this month.

Persons: James Tisch, Carlo Allegri, Pritam Biswas, Shinjini Organizations: Loews Corporation, REUTERS, Loews Corp, CNA, U.S . Federal, Loews, New, Travelers Companies, Thomson Locations: New York, Bengaluru

☆ Bladder cancer studies suggest new ways to treat the disease and improve survival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This is one of several new studies exploring ways to improve how bladder cancer is treated. “Ever since I was in med school, a metastatic bladder cancer treatment was gemcitabine and platinum. Urothelial cancer is a type of bladder cancer that begins in the urothelial cells, which line the inside of the bladder. The drug became the first therapy targeting a genetic alteration to be approved by the FDA to treat patients with the most common type of bladder cancer, metastatic urothelial cancer. “These results support nivolumab plus cisplatin-based chemo as a new standard approach for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer.”

Persons: vedotin, hadn’t, ”, Thomas Powles, ” Powles, we’ve, —, Powles, Toni Choueiri, Dana, “, enfortumab, ” Choueiri, drugmaker Janssen, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, nivolumab, Matthew Galsky Organizations: CNN, Society for Medical Oncology, University of London, Barts Cancer, US, Inc, Astellas Pharma, Merck, Co, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, EMA, Lank, Genitourinary Oncology, Farber Cancer Institute, ESMO, New England, of Medicine, University of Texas, Anderson Cancer Center, US Food and Drug Administration, National Library of Medicine, CNN Health, Bristol Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceutical Company, Cancer, The Tisch Cancer Institute Locations: Madrid, United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Mount Sinai

☆ Jewish ADL confirms that the NYU student who ripped down Israeli hostage posters worked for the organization as a summer intern
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An NYU student filmed taking down posters of hostages was an intern for the Anti-Defamation League. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn NYU student who was caught on video tearing down posters of Israeli hostages previously interned with the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish NGO that combats antisemitism and extremism, the organization confirmed. The woman, a junior at NYU, took accountability for the incident but attributed her actions to "misplaced anger," The New York Post reported. The student took to her Instagram account to apologize, where she detailed the challenges she faced as a biracial woman and claimed that that contributed to her frustration and anger. A spokesperson for the law school told Insider: "The Law School cannot comment on a confidential personnel matter."

Persons: —, Beth J Organizations: NYU, Defamation League, Tisch Hall, Service, New York Post, NYU's Tisch Hall, ADL, Muslim Youth Leadership, for Youth, College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, AP, Carey Law School, University of California Locations: Israel, Gaza, University of California Santa Cruz

☆ In ‘The Refuge Plays,’ Nicole Ari Parker Comes Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Over coffee and omelets, she discussed, with passion and precision, her love for the theater and the secrets that age makeup can reveal. And I’m really upset with God that he did not give me a singing voice. But second semester, I remember calling my dad and telling him that I wanted to transfer to Tisch. I played the maid in “The Little Foxes.” I played all these small subservient roles in the classic plays. We all have those things that are in these beautiful classic plays.

Persons: Parker, ”, Boris Kodjoe, ageless, she’d, I’m, I’ve, Shirley MacLaine, “, Judy Garland, Shakespeare, Juliet, It’s Organizations: SAG, Tisch, N.Y.U Locations: “

☆ Behold: New York City’s Trash Can of the Future
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Dodai Stewart | More About Dodai Stewart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Coming to a street corner near you: a sleek new litter basket, the latest weapon in New York City’s generations-long war on trash. The new receptacle, which will replace the green wire mesh litter baskets seen across the city, has three parts: a concrete base (so it’s tough to tip over); a hinged metal lid; and a removable, relatively lightweight plastic basket that sanitation workers will lift and empty. “The wire litter baskets are iconic, but they are well past their useful life in New York City,” said Jessica Tisch, the city’s sanitation commissioner. “They are vestiges of a different time.”Ms. Tisch noted that the wire baskets were made up of a series of holes: “That’s the fundamental design feature which allows the rats to get in them,” she said.

Persons: ”, Jessica Tisch, Ms, Tisch Locations: New York, New York City

☆ Airbnb listings in NYC to shrink as city cracks down on short-term rentals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Travelers looking to rent an apartment for a few days in New York City will find slimmer pickings now that city officials have started enforcing new rules cracking down on short-term rentals. Airbnb has called the rules a “de facto ban” on short-term rentals (STRs) that will hurt hosts and the tourism economy. The requirements for approval are strict and follow laws that pre-date the new registration rules. Hanson said that long-term average hotel occupancy in New York City is between 80% and 85%, well above the national average between 62% and 67%. Thousands of listings across various booking sites will be affected as the new registration rules are enforced.

Persons: Airbnb, ”, Christian Klossner, Andrew Lichtenstein, ” Theo Yedinsky, Bjorn Hanson, Jonathan M, Hanson, ” Hanson, ” Airbnb Organizations: CNN, Travelers, NYC’s, Special, Expedia, New York, Tisch Center of Hospitality, New York University, isn’t, Marriott, Hilton, CNN Travel, Local Locations: New York, “, York, New York City, “ New York

☆ A biotech hedge fund that counts Yale’s endowment among its clients bought a new stake in this genetic testing company
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Founded by brothers Julian and Felix Baker in 2000, the health care hedge fund focuses on biotech and life sciences investing. The biotech stock with a focus on neuroscience has surged more than 84% this year. Baker Bros. doubled down on its bet in Kymera Therapeutics , which it raised by more than 51%. The hedge fund also took new stakes in ImmunoGen , which has more than tripled this year, soaring 216%, and Day One Biopharmaceuticals , which is down by 34%. The hedge fund lowered its exposure to the biotech company, which develops treatments for cancer, by 5%.

Persons: Baker, Tisch, Julian, Felix Baker, Seagen, Yun Li Organizations: Baker Bros, Advisors, Yale, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Kymera Therapeutics Locations: InVitae, Invitae, Acadia, ImmunoGen

A younger member of the Tisch family spent nearly $20 million in recent days buying up more shares of Loews Corp ., according to securities filings and VerityData. Benjamin Tisch, the son of Loews CEO James Tisch, bought about $18.8 million worth of stock over three days. Loews — The conglomerate's senior vice president Benjamin Tisch scooped up about $18.8 million worth of stock from May 31 to June 2. It is first buy on record for Benjamin Tisch. StepStone Group — Head of strategy Michael McCabe bought $2.2 million worth of the asset management firm's stock in the first five days of June.

Persons: Tisch, Benjamin Tisch, James Tisch, Michael McCabe, Daryl Bible, Bible, Christopher Rondeau, Jan De Witte, Eric Schwartz Organizations: Loews Corp, Loews, CNA Financial, CNA, Fortress Investment Group, VerityData, StepStone, —, T Bank, Truist, Integra LifeSciences

☆ New York City Residents Will Soon Have to Compost Their Food Scraps
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is unclear if Mr. Adams will sign the bill, but it appears to have enough support to override a mayoral veto. “We have a supermajority on all of the bills,” said Sandy Nurse, the councilwoman who chairs the Sanitation Committee and is one of three lead sponsors of the legislative package. “Whether or not the administration wants these bills to happen is irrelevant. The success of the Council’s mandate will depend on the Sanitation Department’s effective delivery of the program. That mandate does not apply to food scraps.

Persons: Adams, “, ”, Sandy Nurse, Jessica Tisch Organizations: Sanitation Locations: Queens

☆ Loews Hotels CEO Jonathan Tisch: Running hotels and remaining profitable is not easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLoews Hotels CEO Jonathan Tisch: Running hotels and remaining profitable is not easyCNBC's Sara Eisen sits down with Jonathan Tisch, Loews Hotels CEO and co-owner of the New York Giants, discussing the hotel industry's state, the summer travel demand, and more.

Persons: Jonathan Tisch, Sara Eisen Organizations: Loews, Loews Hotels, New York Giants

☆ Drug cuts risk of breast cancer recurrence for some early-stage patients, trial shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A drug used in people in the early stage of the most common kind of breast cancer – HR+/HER2- breast cancer – significantly reduced the risk of the cancer returning after treatment, according to a new study. HR+/HER2- breast cancer has tested positive for progesterone and estrogen receptors and negative for HER2. Endocrine therapy generally works well, but for patients with HR+ or HER- breast cancer, there’s still a 10% to 40% chance that the cancer will come back, some studies show. The new trial found that when Kisqali is added to endocrine therapy, it reduces the risk of recurrence by 25% across a broad population of patients with early breast cancer. About 90% of patients who have breast cancer are diagnosed in the early stages.

Persons: there’s, Kisqali, ”, Dennis J, Slamon, Sara Tolaney, ” Tolaney, Anupama Goel, Goel, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Alberto Montero, ” Montero, Montero Organizations: CNN, US Food and Drug Administration, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Novartis, UCLA, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Oncology, Dana, Farber Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center, CNN Health, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Locations: Chicago, Ohio, –

☆ Jeffrey Epstein was invited to editorial meetings with Scientific American's top editor, email records show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jeffrey Epstein was invited to editorial meetings with Scientific American's editor-in-chief. Jeffrey Epstein was invited to editorial meetings with Mariette DiChristina when she was the top editor of Scientific American magazine, according to scheduling emails obtained by Insider. Epstein had the opportunity to attend editorial meetings on September 22 and 29. "10:30-11:30am Mariette DiChristina to hold her Editorial Meeting to discuss story ideas (DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND? She will be at this meeting)," Groff wrote in one such email.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Mariette DiChristina, Epstein, Lesley Groff, Groff, didn't, Stephen Kosslyn, Larry Summers, Denzel Washington, Little Saint James, Eva Andersson, Dubin, JP Morgan Chase, Ghislaine Maxwell, Maxwell, DiChristina Organizations: Morning, Scientific, College of Communication, Boston University, Harvard University, Islands, Dubin, Tisch Cancer Institute, Virgin Islands, New York Times, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: New York, Paris, Little Saint, Midtown Manhattan, Virgin, Manhattan

☆ I made about $6,500 for 2 days of work as a stand-in for 'SNL' star Chloe Fineman on a commercial shoot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sarah Pribis is a working actor who also makes TikToks explaining her range of jobs and pay. I had never done stand-in work before. The reasons that I've gathered that it was so much — because this is not the norm for stand-in work — is that it was a commercial job, and commercial rates for stand-in work are higher. I've built a career as a working actor and want to demystify the experienceI've been doing this since I was 18. So really showing that being an actor runs from being in a CW show to doing stand-in work for Chloe Fineman to being in a full panda costume.

☆ To Fight Rats, N.Y.C. Restaurants Will Have to Put Trash in Containers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the latest front in New York City’s fight against the proliferation of trash and rats, city officials plan to require restaurants and bodegas to set out trash in containers instead of bags. The move would address one of New York’s ubiquitous, age-old eyesores: the heaps of smelly trash bags filled with restaurant food scraps and liquids that remain at curbside for hours at night, providing easy targets for rats until commercial haulers arrive. “We want people to understand that bags on the street attract rats, and we need everyone to do their part — residents, businesses and the city — to get the black bags of rat food off the streets,” Ms. Tisch said. The rule would apply to a wide range of businesses that produce most of the city’s food waste: catering companies, food manufacturers, restaurants, food wholesalers and retail food stores. They would be required to put trash at the curb in “rigid receptacles with tight-fitting lids.”

☆ News startup Messenger launches with Trump 'exclusive' while advertisers expressed skepticism ahead of debut: 'We can't have another Quibi'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jimmy Finkelstein's startup The Messenger launched today with a Trump interview leading the site. Advertisers said it'll be tough to sell ads on a site without an established audience. The site led with an interview with former President Donald Trump and ads from the American Petroleum Institute. The Messenger said it'll roll out seven other verticals including business, entertainment, and sports later in the year. Image from The Messenger's launch ad campaign.

☆ The Messenger, Jimmy Finkelstein's digital news startup, meets advertiser skepticism ahead of May 15 launch: 'We can't have another Quibi'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jimmy Finkelstein's startup The Messenger will roll out an ad campaign touting its mission to provide unbiased news. An ad campaign by Publicis unit Le Truc will kick off May 22 and is designed to provoke, with copy like "Agendas are for meetings. Image from The Messenger's launch ad campaign. The Messenger said it'll have three to four big advertisers at launch as well as a significant amount of programmatic advertising. The Messenger's ad campaign promotes its ambitions to provide unbiased news.

☆ Loews CEO James Tisch uses a famous Warren Buffett quote to explain the banking fiasco - and warns more lenders may get into trouble.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Loews CEO James Tisch used a colorful Warren Buffett quote to describe the recent banking chaos. Tisch warned of more turmoil ahead, and urged the Fed to pause its rate hikes for three months. "As Warren Buffett says, 'When the tide goes out, you see who was swimming without a bathing suit,'" Tisch said. If authorities hadn't intervened, they risked a "full-fledged banking catastrophe" and a "massive, uncontrolled bank scare" with huge repercussions, he continued. However, Tisch warned of more trouble ahead.

☆ Sarah Paulson financially helped Pedro Pascal early in his career
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Pedro Pascal and Sarah Paulson are two of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors, often pictured at red carpet events together, but that hasn’t always been the case during their three decades-long friendship. As young actors struggling to navigate the industry, Paulson would help her friend make ends meet. “We would go to see movies all the time in those years, and we would get so lost in them,” Paulson told Esquire. Pedro Pascal hosted SNL in February. “He’s a part of some spectacularly successful things,” Paulson added.

☆ Travelers say hotel resort fees have gotten completely out of control. Now Biden wants to get rid of them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Resort fees are a top frustration for travelers, who are dismayed by the added costs to hotel rates. President Biden in his recent State of the Union address called on lawmakers to bar resort fees. How resort fees began to spreadResort fees aren't a totally new phenomenon. As the resort fees migrated to other properties, they took on other names, like "amenity fees" or "facility fees." President Biden spoke out against resort fees during his State of the Union address earlier this month.

☆ This biotech hedge fund has elite clients like Yale’s endowment, Tisch. Here are its top bets
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Baker Bros. Advisors, a secretive hedge fund that counts Yale University's endowment and the Tisch family as its clients, held onto a slew of its favorite biotech names last quarter. Its portfolio has grown to be the 15th-biggest among U.S. hedge funds through 2022, according to FactSet, despite its lack of notoriety. The hedge fund specializes in biotech investing as the founders, now in their 50s, take advantage of their educational background in immunology, riding on the explosive growth in the sector over the past decade. Meanwhile, Yale's charitable foundation has invested in 667 LP — a Baker Bros. vehicle — since at least 2009. The hedge fund slightly increased its exposure to Madrigal Pharmaceuticals and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals last quarter, the filing showed.

☆ New York City wants to hire a ‘rat czar’—and could pay them $170,000 per year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

New York City is hiring a leader to fight against residents' common enemy: rats. New York is the country's "second-rattiest" city, according to pest control company Orkin's most recent annual rankings. One performance actor, Jonothon Lyons, patrols the city's subway stations and park trash cans wearing a latex rat head. On Thursday, he tweeted an article about the position, writing: "If you have the drive, determination, and killer instinct needed to fight New York City's relentless rat population — then your dream job awaits." In October, the New York Sanitation Department announced that New Yorkers will be fined for putting trash on the curb before 8 p.m. starting in April 2023.

☆ New York City seeks a 'bloodthirsty' rat czar: Ad for director of rodent mitigation job to fight serious, gnawing problem is ... actually pretty funny
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City is hiring a "director of rodent mitigation" for a salary of between $120,000 and $170,000. Rat sightings are up 71% this year from 2020, according to data from the NYC Department of Sanitation. A rat is seen by a trash bin in New York City on October 19, 2022. Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesWhile New York City has long been synonymous with rats, sightings have skyrocketed. Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch made an anti-rat statement in November that went viral, and became the subject of countless memes, New York City marathon signs — and now a shirt.

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