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New York transportation, nonprofits, creatives, political influencers and business owners. New York City women's rights, ageism, accessibility and disability rights, senior living, and crime.
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Articles by Meredith Kurz
Inform and Persuade: Using your Degree and/or Experience to Pivot to the Grant Writing, Fund Raising World
Meredith Kurz Meredith Kurz Experienced Freelance Writer Bringing NYC and National articles to Print & Online Readers ★ Transportation ★ Interviews ★ Businesswomen ★ The Arts ★… Published Nov 29, 2022 (About a 2 minute read) A Lot of Doctor Visits I remember sitting next to my father in his forest green station wagon, driving down Route 95, from New York to Florida, reading aloud from a heavy tome of American history that went on, well, from Washington D. C. to Fort Lauderdale.
Don’t Own the Gaslighting, Mansplaining, “People Pleaser” Trope
Meredith Kurz Meredith Kurz Experienced Freelance Writer Bringing NYC and National articles to Print & Online Readers ★ Transportation ★ Interviews ★ Businesswomen ★ The Arts ★… Published Sep 9, 2022 Odd. When a man works toward a non-self-interested goal he’s crowned with laurels of self-sacrificing martyrdom. He’s a Team Player! When women do the same a cruel wreath of thorns is placed on their heads: She’s a People Pleaser! Don’t Buy It: Women make better leaders: Harvard Business said so.
Published? Thank an Editor
Meredith Kurz Meredith Kurz Experienced Freelance Writer Bringing NYC and National articles to Print & Online Readers ★ Transportation ★ Interviews ★ Businesswomen ★ The Arts ★… Published Sep 7, 2022 The short list below is a nod to the editors I've been lucky enough to work with. They renamed my proudly poetic yet vague titles which I later realized helped, you, know hook the readers.
Bank Robbery Columbus Circle
This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Neighbor News December 30th in the early evening a bank was robbed in the Columbus Circle area. Police arrived shortly afterward. By Meredith Kurz, Neighbor Dec 30, 2019 6:29 pm ET Capture of Live Video on the Scene (Citizen Alert ) The Chevy Chase Bank in Columbus Circle was robbed this evening. The suspect reportedly passed a note to the teller and took off with $1,000.
Drug Dealer Who Sold Lethal Fentanyl Dose Get 17 Plus Years
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Car Ownership on the UWS: Checking it Twice
This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Neighbor News In the nation's highest rent district, paid parking and space cuts drives up garage fees By Meredith Kurz, Neighbor Oct 8, 2019 4:41 pm ET Good Girls and Boys Hoping for a Reasonably Priced Parking Garage (Picture credit: SWNS) There's a vice squeezing residents who must own or want to own a car.
In New York Modi from India Draws Protesters
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Obama Supporters Chanted Too: Have they forgotten?
Many of Obama's Rallies Couldn't be Held Indoors; Too Large Crowdsizes Let’s be fair. Plenty of crowds and mobs get over worked. Obama’s did too. His supporters, however, didn’t yell things like, “Send her back”, or “CNN Sucks”, or “Build that Wall”, or “Lock her Up”, or to Mueller and the investigators “Lock Them Up”. Many of Obama’s Rallies Couldn’t be Held Indoors; Too Large Crowd Sizes Obama’s crowds got riled up and chanted back too.
One man’s second act(s)
By Meredith Kurz Published Jul 25, 2019 at 4:08 pm (Updated Jul 25, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Her husband retired, now he has three jobs and runs marathons Photos Michael Kurz on the job at Madison Square Garden for a Billy Joel concert. Photo: Susan Schwartz Michael Kurz on the job as a cruise line customer service agent.
One man’s second act(s)
By Meredith Kurz Published Jul 25, 2019 at 4:08 pm (Updated Jul 25, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Her husband retired, now he has three jobs and runs marathons Photos Michael Kurz on the job at Madison Square Garden for a Billy Joel concert. Photo: Susan Schwartz Michael Kurz on the job as a cruise line customer service agent.
Learning to work
By Meredith Kurz Published Jul 8, 2019 at 11:05 am (Updated Jul 8, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Goddard Riverside’s newest program helps lift young adults out of poverty Photos Claurice Reid is interning at L.A. Sweets NY. Photo: Courtesy Goddard Riverside Liz Alponte is interning at a Goddard Riverside office. Photo: Courtesy of Goddard Riverside Our country is built on immigrants driven to improve family chances, lives and legacy.
Learning to work
Published Jul 8, 2019 at 11:05 am (Updated Jul 8, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Goddard Riverside’s newest program helps lift young adults out of poverty Photos Claurice Reid is interning at L.A. Sweets NY. Photo: Courtesy Goddard Riverside Liz Alponte is interning at a Goddard Riverside office. Photo: Courtesy of Goddard Riverside Our country is built on immigrants driven to improve family chances, lives and legacy.
Pride 2019 Events and Celebrations!
There’s a lot of Pride going on. Let’s keep you in the loop 2019 World Pride NYC 272 Pages Photo Credit Meredith Kurz Gay Pride Month Events 2019 ~ June 9th to June 15th ~ June 9th to June 15th ~ June 16th to June 22nd ~ June 23rd to June 29th ~ June 30th to July 6th Top If you are unable to be here, Stonewall has provided an online virtual memorial.
Morty’s game never ends
Published Jun 12, 2019 at 3:35 pm (Updated Jun 12, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger A day in the sun with the longest-running softball team in Central Park Photos Morty Gilbert has been playing softball in Central Park since the 1940s. Photo: Meredith Kurz Here comes the pitch. Photo: Meredith Kurz Ready to launch.
SURPRISING STALEMATE ON AMSTERDAM AVENUE REDESIGN, BIKE LANE
Posted on January 13, 2016 at 10:16 pm by West Sider By Meredith Kurz Community Board 7’s transportation committee ended up deadlocked Tuesday night over a city proposal to transform Amsterdam Avenue by adding bike lanes, turn lanes and designated loading areas, and cutting one lane of traffic and about 25% of the parking spots.
Ride The New York Heat Wave In Comfort
We’re talking 80’s and 90’s and I don’t mean shoulder padded parachute material jumpsuits. A New York City heat wave leaves tar on your shoes. The subways smell like a locker room and also feel like a sauna. Furthermore, in the crest of a heat wave, New York can have a brown out, when the city intentionally drops the voltage making you air conditioner wheeze and whimper.
“Birds are everywhere”
Published Jun 4, 2019 at 3:59 pm (Updated Jun 4, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger A photographer captures stunning images that she hopes will raise awareness of the feathered creatures who share the city with us Photos This photo Marchese took of a sleeping Saw-whet Owl is her favorite. Photo: Shayna Marchese A red-tailed hawk with his pigeon prey, in Union Square Park. Photo: Shayna Marchese Photo: Douglas Ensel"> Marchese says that spotting and photographing birds is how she relaxes.
“Birds are everywhere”
By Meredith Kurz Published Jun 4, 2019 at 3:52 pm (Updated Jun 4, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger A photographer captures stunning images that she hopes will raise awareness of the feathered creatures who share the city with us Photos This photo Marchese took of a sleeping Saw-whet Owl is her favorite. Photo: Shayna Marchese A red-tailed hawk with his pigeon prey, in Union Square Park.
Nothing stops these athletes
Published Apr 9, 2019 at 4:55 pm (Updated Apr 9, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Achilles International provides people with disabilities the opportunity to compete and the support they need to achieve their goals Photos Dick Traum started the Achilles International handcycle program. Photo: Meredith Kurz Runners and guides (the folks in the neon yellow shirts) gather in Central Park before a weekly run organized by Achilles International.
A dog and a man who make the world better
By Meredith Kurz Published Apr 5, 2019 at 5:56 pm (Updated Apr 5, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Baker Shiner, a golden doodle, and Frank Shiner, the human Baker picked out for himself, are a couple of do-gooders Photos Frank and Baker Shiner spread joy wherever they go. Photo: Meredith Kurz At a certain posh locale, I’ve spotted movie stars, TV chefs, media gurus and a former president.
Ladies who hoop: everyone wins
By Meredith Kurz Published Mar 25, 2019 at 11:30 am (Updated Mar 25, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Photos Amber Batchelor, aka “The Mayor,” is the founder of Ladies Who Hoop, which now has more than 860 members citywide. Photo: Meredith Kurz “I used to wake up at 6 a.m. to play basketball before work,” Nedra Bryant, aka “Heat,” told me, as she took a break, catching her breath. “It was all men. Then I found Ladies Who Hoop.
OTTY 2019 Honorees: Something for everyone
By Meredith Kurz Published Mar 6, 2019 at 3:55 pm (Updated Mar 7, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger A family-owned bookstore for three generations, the Argosy is a cultural jewel on the Upper East Side Photos Sisters Judith Lowry, Adina Cohen and Naomi Hample (left to right) are the third generation to run the family-owned Argosy Book Store. Photo: Meredith Kurz “President Clinton ...
Singing with strangers
By Meredith Kurz Published Feb 6, 2019 at 11:59 am (Updated Feb 7, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger There’s music everywhere in Manhattan, and you can join in Photos Music and fun mix with history at the legendary Village bar, which is located on the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809. Photo: Meredith Kurz There are no neon lights and the red door tucked in a corner is nondescript.
Live from Washington: Jerrold Nadler
by Meredith Kurz Published Jan 24, 2019 at 4:05 pm (Updated Jan 24, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger The Upper West Side Congressman answered questions and ripped President Trump during an electronic Town Hall Photos Congressman Jerrold Nadler, at a previous town hall meeting. Photo: Courtesy Rep.
Become a volunteer, you’ll be glad you did
By Meredith Kurz Published Jan 8, 2019 at 2:03 pm (Updated Jan 8, 2019) Make text smaller Make text larger Photos There are volunteer opportunities at Animal Haven. Photo courtesy of Animal Haven “We always need children’s underwear,” said my hospital guide. “We just can’t have enough.” The packages with colorful images of Disney characters or other pop stars of the under-four group were tucked in a small cabinet. I was touring Children of Bellevue, a nonprofit now in its 70th year.
A War for Independence
By Meredith Kurz Published Dec 24, 2018 at 1:54 pm (Updated Dec 28, 2018) Make text smaller Make text larger New York’s disabled wage legal battles to improve subway and sidewalk access Photos Transit advocates held a demonstration on West 72nd Street May 7, 2018 to protest the MTA’s failure to install elevators as part of a station improvement project. Photo: Michael Garofalo Demonstrator makes his point about subway elevators at a November fare hike protest at Baruch College.
Foul vs. fair: Who will turn out?
A light rain fell when the #CancelKavanaugh rally started last Thursday near Trump Tower, but it quickly became a downpour as the crowd of protesters swelled. Anti-Trump protesters have always been cordoned off across the street from Trump Tower, with the meager number of pro-Trump supporters slightly south, on the same side of the street of Trump’s building. Taking the NYPD by surprise, it seemed, activists were directly marching on the sidewalk in front of Trump Tower.
Foul vs. fair: Who will turn out?
By Meredith Kurz Published Oct 8, 2018 at 2:58 pm (Updated Oct 8, 2018) Make text smaller Make text larger Photos An open Trump supporter at the protest. Photo: Meredith Kurz Police moved the protesters south of Trump Tower. Photo: Meredith Kurz A light rain fell when the #CancelKavanaugh rally started last Thursday near Trump Tower, but it quickly became a downpour as the crowd of protesters swelled.
Our Changing Ocean
1. Global Carbon Budget 2017. Le Quéré, C; Andrew, R. M.; Friedlingstein, P.; Sitch, S.; Pongratz, J.; Manning, A. C., et al. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2017. DOI: 10.5194/essdd-2017-123. 2. Dickson, A. G. The carbon dioxide system in seawater: equilibrium chemistry and measurements. In Guide to Best Practices for Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting. Riebesell, U.; Fabry, V. J.; Hannson, L.; Gattuso, J.-P., Eds. Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg, 2010; pp. 17-40.
AMSTERDAM REDESIGN GETS POSITIVE REVIEWS AT COMMUNITY MEETING; SEE THE FULL PLAN
Posted on November 11, 2015 at 10:23 am by West Sider People waiting in line to speak at Tuesday’s meeting. A plan to redesign Amsterdam Avenue got a mostly positive review Tuesday night at a Community Board 7 meeting, as about 175 people packed the room, with dozens speaking out about the plan. The city-designed plan would add a protected bike lane, pedestrian islands on the West side of the block, while narrowing Amsterdam to three driving lanes from four.
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