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Serbians forced to wait hours to vote at NYC consulate as Balkan nation holds election
Serbian immigrants in New York City and across the Northeast lined up down a Midtown block on Sunday to vote in a critical parliamentary election for the Balkan nation. But they did so in unique circumstances. Polls at the consulate, three blocks north of Bryant Park, opened at 2 a.m. and were set to close at 3 p.m. The line stretched down West 45th Street and dozens of people waited about two hours to vote. The window matched Serbia's local voting hours.
Suicides decline in NYC, but inequities persist across groups
Newly released data on suicides in New York City shows an overall decline in deaths, according to the city health department, but also inequities persist across gender, age, race and ethnicity. Suicide deaths fell from a peak of 601 in 2022 to 535 in 2024, according to the data. The city’s suicide rate of 5.9 deaths per 100,000 people in 2024 was less than twice the national rate of 13.7 deaths per 100,000 over the same period.
NYPD: 2 suspects in off-duty officer stabbing tried to rob victim
Police said the two people involved in stabbing an off-duty NYPD officer Friday tore a chain from his neck, though it’s unclear if they knew the victim was a police officer. The NYPD says the officer, 33, was approached by the suspects on a motorized bike at around 2 p.m. Friday, near the corner of Rochambeau Avenue and East 206th street in the Bronx. The suspects stabbed and slashed him multiple times before forcibly removing a chain around his neck, police officials said.
Celebrating Dolly Parton And Her Imagination Library
Dolly Parton died on 25 August in Tennessee, the state that raised her, aged 80. The tributes that followed celebrated her incredible life in all the ways most of us are familiar with: her high-pitched vibrato, the signature peroxide-blonde architecture that was her hair, six decades of songwriting that NPR once called its “own version of the American songbook”.
Bed-Stuy's Herbert Von King Park dog run closed due to contamination
The dog run at Herbert Von King Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant is closed due to elevated levels of arsenic and mercury in the soil. Parks spokesperson Judd Faulkner said the contamination was detected during routine soil testing as part of a planned project to rebuild the dog run. That project isn’t expected to begin construction until fall 2027.
A mobile glitter bar, rainbow cowgirl and Bowen Yang: What we saw at the NYC Pride March
New York City's Pride March is as much about style as it is about making a statement. This year’s festivities drew thousands of marchers along a route that stretched from 26th Street and 5th Avenue, through Greenwich Village and past the legendary Stonewall Inn. Outfits included a neon rainbow cowgirl, a Victorian-era "warrior commander" in a frilly hat and stockings. One reveler offered a walking glitter bar.
‘Like a dystopian novel:’ U.S. universities are slashing gender studies programs
On June 15, in the middle of Pride Month in many major cities, a significant academic shift went into effect across the Texas Tech University system, a network of three Texas public universities and two health institutions: all academic programs “centred on” sexual orientation and gender identity must be phased out.
'It's gonna be a nightmare': LIRR commuters prepare for first workday of strike
MTA management and a coalition of unions representing striking Long Island Rail Road workers were back at the negotiating table Sunday evening, but had not reached a deal by late Sunday night heading into the workweek. The MTA and the five LIRR unions were unable to reach an agreement over pay raises and changes to work rules before a midnight strike deadline on Friday night.
NYC officials criticize ICE after clash outside Brooklyn hospital leads to 8 arrests
City officials are criticizing federal immigration enforcement after a crowd of protesters clashed with authorities outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick on Saturday night, leading to eight arrests, according to police. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Chidozie Wilson Okeke, a Nigerian citizen accused of overstaying a tourist visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
City Council is looking to address lack of bathrooms in NYC ahead of World Cup
In less than two months travelers from all over the globe will come to the New York area for the FIFA World Cup, and City Council Majority Leader Shaun Abreu wants to be sure they all have a place to go. Abreu introduced a bill on Thursday that would require the city to make a plan to expand public bathroom access during the World Cup. “This is about dignity, cleanliness and public health as much as convenience,” Abreu said in an interview with Gothamist on Sunday.
NYC’s Easter Bonnet Festival draws huge crowd despite a drizzly weather
Fog and rain didn’t stop the fancy hats from descending on Fifth Avenue this Easter Sunday.. Despite the less-than-ideal weather, thousands of New Yorkers and visitors participated in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival, donning elaborate headgear and costumes to stroll down between 49th Street and 57th Street. St. Patrick’s Cathedral plays home base for the event. Tommi May of New Balloons Inc.
Travelers flying out of NYC area airports: Be prepared to wait
Travelers headed to New York City area airports should brace to wait in lines that snake around the airport as a partial federal government shutdown enters its second month — leaving thousands of TSA workers without pay. The Department of Homeland Security has said that unpaid employees are starting to call out from work in large numbers, resulting in bottlenecks at airports across the country. Late Sunday morning at LaGuardia Airport, lines stretched throughout the terminal.
February is Black History Month. Check out these free New York events
It is Black History Month and New York City is offering free programming throughout February to learn more about influential local African-Americans. To kick off the month’s festivities, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Sunday that admission to the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens will be free on Sat., Feb. 7. The museum is in the house where the iconic trumpeter and artist once lived with his wife Louise Wilson.
Why are queer people so drawn to the coffee industry?
There’s a running joke online that gay people just make better coffee. It usually boils down to someone crossing their fingers that their barista has they/them pronouns, so their cold brew is actually drinkable. “I’ve definitely heard the joke and there’s a lot of truth to it,” says Kent Collins, owner of the Flying M Coffeehouse in Boise, Idaho.
America’s Burgeoning Fleet of Book Bikes
The United States is in a literacy crisis. In 2023, a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics found that 28% of American citizens ages 16–65 read below the equivalent of a third-grade level. Another study, based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest American Time Use Survey, indicated that 16% of adults read for pleasure on a given day in 2023, down from a high of 28% in 2004.
The queer book bike serving Brooklyn
For many Brooklynites, weekends are best spent strolling through one of the borough’s many parks with a cold-brew in hand, taking in the sounds of the neighbourhood. Between the pigeon coos, ice cream truck music and teens practising TikTok dances, you may hear someone yelling “Free queer books!” Following the call will bring you to the Nonbinarian Book Bike, a Brooklyn-based mutual aid project that isn’t your average bicycle.
Brooklyn’s queer nightlife scene rallies together after the killing of O’Shae Sibley
Lanye Armon didn’t cry at all while watching a livestream of their friend O’Shae Sibley’s funeral. “I put on a brave face for all of my friends who were there and all of the Black LGBTQ2S+ community who don’t know how to deal with the bittersweet feeling of emotional detachment,” Armon tells Xtra. But later that night at Stand Up NYC, Armon broke down on stage while performing in honour of Sibley. “I couldn’t hold it anymore; I felt for my friend,” they say.
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