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☆ Why I paid $95 to recycle a mattress — and you might, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The author paid a company, Renewable Recycling, to pick up and recycle his queen-size mattress in New York City. Greg IacurciI paid $95 to recycle a mattress. Why mattress recycling can be expensiveShredded old mattress materials. Guillaume Souvant | Afp | Getty ImagesThe $95 fee I ultimately paid to Renewable Recycling is "pretty standard" among mattress recyclers, Conway said. For example, cotton remnants must be picked off steel mattress springs before it can be shredded or baled for sale to scrap markets, according to the Mattress Recycling Council.

Persons: Greg Iacurci, Alicia Marseille, Robert Brook, —, Meg Romero, Charles, Mark Rightmire, Romero, Peter Conway, Conway, Guillaume Souvant, Charles County, " Romero, Staples, Reid Lifset, Amanda Wall, Wall Organizations: Renewable, U.S, Mattress, Arizona State University, MRC, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Freecycle, Recycling Inc, MediaNews, Orange, Getty, Spring, Afp, Yale School of, Colorado, Environmental Resources, Arizona State University Individuals, International Sleep Products Association Locations: New York City, Brooklyn, Charles County , Maryland, East Rockaway , New York, San Juan Capistrano , California, Spring Back Colorado, Commerce City, Colorado, Oceanside , New York, Charles, California, Mexico, Canada, India, Egypt, Texas, Marseille, — California, Connecticut, Rhode, Oregon, Rhode Island, New York , Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia

☆ These Birds Have Their Own Beach. Their Human Neighbors Want In.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Hilary Howard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Sections of the Rockaway Peninsula, a coastal strip of land in southern Queens, look like beach towns more than the concrete and steel landscape of much of New York City. On a mile-long stretch of the boardwalk in Edgemere, a neighborhood in the Rockaways that was a thriving resort destination a century ago, you can still see open skies, dunes and the ocean. But for most of the summer, the beach here is closed. Since 1996, this swath of sand and surf has been reserved for much of the spring and summer for nesting coastal piping plovers, which are endangered in New York and protected federally by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Along the Eastern Seaboard, from barrier islands to private and public beaches on the mainland, efforts are being made to provide safe habitats for them.

Organizations: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Seaboard Locations: Queens, New York City, Edgemere, New York

☆ Commuters in NYC and DC should get ready for a difficult, disrupted journey due to the global IT outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Arrival information is unavailable for many Subway routes in NYC and DC because of a global IT outage. Transport authorities say trains and buses are running as scheduled, though. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementCommuters in NYC and DC should prepare for some disruptions on Friday morning over the global IT outage. Though transport authorities in both NYC and DC say that trains and buses are running as scheduled, arrival information is unavailable for many routes, including both at stations and on the authorities' websites and apps.

Persons: — Organizations: Rail, Service, DC, York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Franklin, Shuttle, Business Locations: NYC, York City's, Rockaway

☆ Angry Birds Take on Drones at New York City Beach
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

One is a distinctive shorebird, slightly smaller than an average sea gull, with a bright orange bill that pries open clams, oysters and other shellfish. The other is a remote-controlled gadget with rotating blades. In the skies above Rockaway Beach in Queens, bird and drone are not, it seems, coexisting in harmony. Just as New Yorkers flock to the beach to escape the sweltering summer heat, American Oystercatchers have taken to attacking a fleet of drones deployed by city officials to scan for sharks and swimmers in distress. The aerial conflict between animal and machine is raising concerns about the safety of the shorebirds, as they aggressively pursue the buzzing drones in defense of their nests, city officials and bird experts said.

Locations: Queens

☆ No Field, No Problem. An Academic Powerhouse Can Also Play Ball.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Housed in a former pocketbook factory in Astoria, Queens, the tiny Baccalaureate School for Global Education is an elite public high school with a rigorous academic curriculum. Founded in 2002, it has only about 400 students, no gym, no playing fields and no auditorium. Students who want to play on the school’s softball team, for instance, have to take two subway lines and then walk another 10 minutes to a remote practice field in Woodside. It is not the ideal setting for a sports powerhouse, but the Baccalaureate girls’ softball team, known as the Sting, is not only good; it dominates. The squad, made up of a cohesive group of dedicated players, rolled through its 2024 schedule undefeated (14-0) and capped an improbable season by winning the Public Schools Athletic League 2A division championship, Baccalaureate’s first title in any sport.

Persons: Sting, Baccalaureate’s Organizations: School, Global Education, softball, Public Schools Athletic League Locations: Astoria , Queens, Woodside, Far Rockaway, Queens

☆ Seder Is About Family, Food, Freedom. And Now, It’s Also About the War.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Bonnie Rosenfeld had 38 people crowded into her home in Rockaway, N.J., on Monday night. She has hosted Passover Seders for years, but none that felt quite like this. She wanted to address “the elephant in the room” up front. It was, in her eyes, a recognition of the obvious:“This night is different,” said Ms. Rosenfeld, invoking the Four Questions traditionally recited on the holiday. “This Seder is different.”That sentiment echoed around the country this week, as families and groups of friends gathered for the start of Passover amid the complicated swirl of emotions and fiery political debates stirred by the monthslong Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: Bonnie Rosenfeld, ”, Rosenfeld Locations: Rockaway, N.J, Gaza, Israel

☆ Free trade flaws fueled Trump's rise in 2016 — and the problems remain, top economist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Decades of trade deficits and a strong dollar created too many "losers" in the U.S. economy who turned to Donald Trump's protectionist policies, according to Richard Koo, chief economist at the Nomura Research Institute — and those conditions remain. Trump's "America First" economic policies led his administration to institute a slew of trade tariffs on China, Mexico, the European Union and others, including slapping 25% duties on imported steel and aluminum. These policies have drawn widespread criticism from economists, who argue that tariffs are counterproductive, as they make imported goods more expensive for the average American. "When we studied economics and free trade, in particular, we were taught...that free trade always creates both winners and losers in the same economy, but the gain that winners get is always greater than the loss of the losers, so the society as a whole always gains. So that's why the free trade is good," he noted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jonathan Diller, Donald Trump's, Richard Koo, Trump, Steve Sedgwick, Koo Organizations: U.S, New York City Police Department, NYPD, Nomura Research Institute, European Union, Republican Locations: New, Rockaway, Queens, Massapequa Park , New York, U.S, China, Mexico

☆ Trump loses late bid to delay New York hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A judge on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch effort by former president Donald Trump to delay his hush money trial scheduled to begin in New York on April 15. Merchan, in shooting down that request, said Trump had "myriad opportunities" to make an argument that he was immune in the hush money case before March 7, when his attorneys first raised that claim. "Defendant's motion is DENIED as untimely," Merchan wrote in his decision issued in Manhattan Supreme Court, which is a trial-level court. Trump is charged in the case with falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election. in his ruling, Merchan wrote that Trump's lawyers "fail to explain why Defendant waited long past" a statutory deadline of 45 days before trial to make a pre-trial motion seeking a delay.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jonathan Diller, Trump, Judge Juan Merchan, Joe Biden's, Merchan, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Cohen, Daniel, Daniels, Trump's Organizations: U.S, New York City Police Department, NYPD, Supreme, Manhattan, Attorney's Office, White Locations: New, Rockaway, Queens, Massapequa Park , New York, U.S, New York, Washington ,, Manhattan

☆ Trump posts $175 million bond in civil fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Adam Reiss | Zoë Richards | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after attending a wake for New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot and killed while making a routine traffic stop on March 25 in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, in Massapequa Park, New York, U.S., March 28, 2024. Former President Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case, preventing seizure of his assets while the case is on appeal. The bond comes after a state appeals court ruled last week that the former president and his co-defendants had 10 days to post the amount, which was reduced from the $464 million judgment that was originally due March 25. Before last week's ruling, Trump was liable for $454 million, most of the fraud judgment, but the amount he owed had been growing by more than $111,000 daily due to added interest.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jonathan Diller, Trump Organizations: U.S, New York City Police Department, NYPD Locations: New, Rockaway, Queens, Massapequa Park , New York, U.S, New York

☆ Man Is Charged With Murder in Fatal Shooting of N.Y.P.D. Officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Claire Fahy | More About Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man was charged on Thursday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Police Officer Jonathan Diller, the Queens district attorney announced. Ms. Katz said that Mr. Rivera faced life in prison without parole if convicted. It was not clear whether Mr. Rivera had a lawyer. Officer Diller then yelled at Mr. Rivera to take his hands out of his pockets, the police said. Officer Diller’s partner, Officer Veckash Khedna, shot Mr. Rivera in the back.

Persons: Jonathan Diller, Guy Rivera, Sasha Rosen, Rivera, Melinda Katz, Ms, Katz, Mr, Diller, Veckash Khedna Locations: Queens, Rockaway

☆ Man in Custody in Fatal Shooting of N.Y.P.D. Officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A 34-year-old man was in police custody on Tuesday in the fatal shooting of Police Officer Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop in Queens. parked in Far Rockaway shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday when Officer Diller and his partner approached, the police said. Mr. Rivera refused to step out of the illegally parked car and then fired his weapon through the passenger window, the authorities said. His shot hit Officer Diller, 31, in the torso, just beneath his protective vest, the police said. Officer Diller’s partner, Officer Veckash Khedna, returned fire, shooting Mr. Rivera in the back, according to the police and an internal Police Department report.

Persons: Jonathan Diller, Guy Rivera, Diller, Rivera, Veckash Khedna Organizations: Police Department Locations: Queens, Rockaway

A police officer died on Monday after being shot during a traffic stop in Queens, the police and city officials said. The suspected gunman, who was also wounded, was the first to fire his gun on Monday evening during the car stop in Far Rockaway, striking the officer in the torso below his protective vest, Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban said at a news conference at Jamaica Hospital, where the officer was taken. Another officer returned fire, striking the man, who was also taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he is being treated for his injuries, officials said at the news conference. “This is a devastating moment,” said Mayor Eric Adams, who also spoke at the news conference. “We have to bury another cop,” he added.

Persons: Edward A, Caban, ”, Eric Adams Organizations: Jamaica Hospital Locations: Queens, Far Rockaway, Jamaica

☆ Why the National Guard Can’t Ease All Fears About Riding the Subway
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Kathy Hochul announced, to immediate controversy, that she would deploy 1,000 members of the National Guard and the State Police to patrol New York City’s subway system in an effort to help people feel safer. “I could show you all the statistics in the world and say ‘you should feel safe’ because the numbers are better,” Ms. Hochul said. Crime in the transit system fell in 2023 compared with the previous year even as ridership increased. “But you’re the mom on the subway with your baby in the stroller, you’re the parent putting your kid on the subway to go high school, you’re that senior citizen going to a doctor’s appointment ” she continued. But the governor has made clear that shifting perceptions about the prevalence of disorder is not her only objective.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, ’ ’, Ms, Hochul, ”, Joe Scarborough Organizations: Gov, National Guard, State Police Locations: York, Brooklyn, Rockaway, New York

☆ How America’s once great department stores became a dying breed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But department stores, focused on America’s middle class, are fading. The victims of shifting consumer tastes were not the department stores that anchored the local mall, it was the small, locally owned stores along downtown shopping districts that were closing their doors. And possibly even more than the big box competitors, department stores have suffered from consumers shifting to buying items online rather than in person. The steady closing of the department stores that once served as “anchors” of malls across suburban America has been another nail in the coffin of many malls, hurting the department stores that remained in hollowed-out malls with a fraction of their earlier traffic. Saunders said one of the primary problem for Macy’s is that its holding company, formerly known as Federated Department Stores, spent much of its resources on buying other department store brands, such May’s Department Stores, and Filene’s, rather than investing in the stores its held.

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☆ N.Y.P.D. Drones Carrying Rafts Could Join Lifeguards in Beach Rescues
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | Corey Kilgannon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This summer, struggling swimmers off Coney Island might be met not just by a young lifeguard in an orange suit but also by assistance from above, in the form of a buglike device delivering an inflatable float. The raft-bearing drone is the latest in a series of gadgets promoted by Mayor Eric Adams as a way to improve life in New York City. Discussing the drone during his weekly question-and-answer session at City Hall on Tuesday, the mayor said it would begin flying as part of a pilot project to address a chronic summer problem. “They’re going to start out with Coney Island, and they’re going to grow from there,” Mr. Adams said, referring to the entertainment mecca on Brooklyn’s south shore. “I think it can be a great addition to saving the lives of those that we lose over the summer.”New York City may be known for its concrete-and-steel canyons, but it boasts 14 miles of city beaches, from Coney Island in Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach in Queens to Orchard Beach in the Bronx and South Beach in Staten Island.

Persons: Eric Adams, “ They’re, ” Mr, Adams Organizations: City, ” Locations: Coney, New York City, York, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Rockaway, Queens, Orchard Beach, Bronx, South Beach, Staten Island

☆ Police Officer Fatally Shoots Man in Queens Apartment, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Ed Shanahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A New York City police officer on Monday fatally shot a man in a Queens apartment who officials said had pointed an “imitation gun” at officers who were responding to a 911 call reporting that shots had been fired at the building. “It appears to be an imitation gun,” he said. Chief Maddrey did not say whether the officers had worn and activated body cameras during the shooting, although the circumstances he described suggested they should have under Police Department guidelines. One of the officers fired “multiple shots,” he said, and hit the man at least once. The shooting occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. in a fourth-floor apartment at the Ocean Bay Apartments public housing complex in the Arverne section of the Rockaway peninsula, Chief Maddrey said.

Persons: Jeffrey B, ”, Maddrey Organizations: Police Locations: York City, Queens, Rockaway

☆ She traveled every New York City subway line — and photographed every first and last stop
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It wasn’t until after photographer Rita Nannini left New York that she grew fascinated by the city’s subways. Rita Nannini Exiting the A train station at Far Rockaway—Mott Avenue in Queens, the easternmost subway station in New York City. Rita Nannini Escalators at the 96th Street stop at the end of the Q line in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Rita Nannini A flight of stairs ascends to the A train station at Ozone Park—Lefferts Avenue in Queens. Rita Nannini A decade-long photo project documenting every New York City subway line Prev Next“It’s often said it’s that (my images show) the end of the lines — the ‘last stops,’” she said.

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CNN —Four people are dead, including two children, and one person was critically injured in a stabbing in Far Rockaway, Queens, on Sunday morning, police said. Two police officers were injured responding to the home, where a fire also broke out, and the suspect is dead. The man drew a kitchen steak knife on the officers, stabbing one in the neck and chest, and striking the other in the head, the chief added. One of the officers drew his weapon and fired, killing the suspect, Maddrey said. The stabbing suspect has been identified as a 38-year-old Bronx resident, Kenny said during the news conference.

Persons: Jeffrey Maddrey, Maddrey, “, ”, Joseph Kenny, Kenny Organizations: CNN, Police, New York City Police Department, intel Locations: Far Rockaway, Queens, New, Mt, Sinai, Bronx, Rockaway, Long, New York

☆ 5 Dead, Including Suspect, and 2 Officers Wounded in Queens Stabbing
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Emma Bubola | More About Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Four family members, including two children, were stabbed to death at a home in Queens early Sunday morning, the police said. Two officers who responded to the location, 467 Beach 22nd Street in the Far Rockaway neighborhood, saw a man leaving with luggage, Chief Maddrey said. When they stopped him, the man stabbed one officer in the head and the other in the neck with a steak knife before one of the officers shot him. The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The wounds of the officers were not life threatening, Chief Maddrey said at the news conference, which was in front of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where they were being treated.

Persons: Jeffrey Maddrey, Maddrey Organizations: Queens, New York Police Department, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Locations: Rockaway, Jamaica

The New York City Police Department said a girl called to report the incident in Queens' Far Rockaway neighborhood and said "her cousin is killing her family members". The suspect, a 38-year-old, stabbed two police officers who responded to the scene, police told reporters. One of the officers then shot him dead, they added. The four people stabbed to death included a 12-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, a 44-year-old woman and a man in his 30s, police said. A fifth person, a 61-year-old woman, was also stabbed and was in hospital in critical condition, police said.

Persons: Kanishka Singh, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: New York City, The New York City Police Department, Thomson Locations: Queens, New York, Rockaway, Washington

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Merrins was known as “The Little Pro” because of his 5-foot-7 stature, certainly not his influence on golf. Merrins died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 91 after a long illness, according to UCLA, where he coached for 14 years. He played 82 times on the PGA Tour, but never more than 10 tournaments in a year. He was a popular figure when golf came to Los Angeles, either the PGA Tour or USGA championships. “When Dr. Hepler saw me and the club, he started laughing," Merrins wrote.

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☆ The key to fighting the urban doom loop might be a downtown beach
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Urban rivers, lakes, and parks can also be the key to making cities more resilient to climate change. The 1,200 tons of sand near Greenwich Village along the Hudson river would have to do. But there's no public pool nearby, and no sanctioned river swim spots in the city. The sandy bluff on Gansevoort peninsula is part of the much larger Hudson River park and looks out over Little Island, a whimsical, highly instagrammable transformation of Pier 55. Seattle has torn down an elevated freeway downtown to make way for a waterfront park.

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☆ Chaat Party Has Entered the Party Chat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Sam Sifton | More About Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Good morning. This took a lot of gas, a lot of time and a toll on our bodies. So we laughed hard when the only good fishing we had came at the very end of the day, a few boat lengths from the marina, across from Four Sparrow Marsh near Mill Basin, Brooklyn. For dinner that night, and for you this evening: a chaat party, essentially a no-recipe recipe that Priya Krishna adapted from one in the 2020 cookbook “Chaat,” by Maneet Chauhan and Jody Eddy. It also served as a kind of rehearsal for the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu celebration of lights, on Nov. 12.

Persons: Sandy Hook, Priya Krishna, Maneet Chauhan, Jody Eddy, Naz Deravian’s, gulab jamun, Christina Morales’s Organizations: Midland, Cabanas, New York Times Locations: Lower, Midland Beach, Staten, New Jersey, Queens, Jamaica, Mill Basin , Brooklyn

With outstretched arms, dancers skimmed across the sand like gliding birds, soundless against the pressing wind and somehow soaring without actual wings. Surveying the shoreline of Rockaway Beach on a recent morning, Patricia Lent, from the Merce Cunningham Trust, was elated. “This is a dream come true,” she said, adding: “It’s someone else’s dream — but it is a dream come true.”Cunningham’s “Beach Birds” has finally made its way to the beach. An adaptation of this 1991 dance is part of this year’s Beach Sessions Dance Series, at Rockaway Beach on Saturday. Staged by Lent and Rashaun Mitchell — both former company members and trustees — “Beach Birds” comes to life in a setting where the sand, the sea and real birds create, along with 11 dancers, a humming summer landscape.

Persons: Patricia Lent, Merce Cunningham, Lent, Rashaun Mitchell —, —, Cunningham, John Cage Organizations: Merce Cunningham Trust Locations: Rockaway

☆ Rockaway Shark Attack Victim Had 5 Surgeries and Faces Long Recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Erin Nolan | More About Erin Nolan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Tatyana Koltunyuk pictured her life post-retirement, she imagined walking around New York City with a new puppy and traveling the world with her family. She talked about swimming in the ocean every day, her family said. But Ms. Koltunyuk’s vision for the future was irrevocably altered when she was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens last week. She was swimming alone near Beach 59th Street in the early evening when the shark bit her on the left leg, according to officials, and lifeguards responded when they heard her screaming for help. In the eight days immediately following the attack — days that her family described as “nightmarish” on a GoFundMe page raising money for Ms. Koltunyuk’s recovery — Ms. Koltunyuk underwent five surgeries, and her family said she will require more.

Persons: Tatyana Koltunyuk, Koltunyuk, Dasha Koltunyuk, Gregg Kallor Locations: New York City, Beach, Queens

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