How Social Media Has Made NYC's Ice-Cream Scene More Innovative Than Ever

When 23-year-old Richard Tam opened his Chinatown shop 10Below last year, it quickly drew three-hour lines of eager customers. This was despite no real marketing on the part of Tam and his business partners, who were first-time restaurateurs.
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What's the biggest scandal in de Blasio's administration? That he...

Two weeks after Bill de Blasio jubilantly marked the start of his campaign for re-election--with "a boisterous rally in Foley Square to celebrate the passage of key elements of his affordable housing plan"--New York City's notionally "liberal" mayor is taking endless flak,"peppered with uncomfortable questions at news conferences and on national television, at a time when he hoped to be acting as a liberal standard-bearer for Hillary Clinton ahead of New York's presidential primary on Tuesday."
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There's more than one election on the ballot Tuesday

Democratic candidate Alice Cancel, Dennis Levy of the Green Party, Yuh-Line Niou of the Working Families Party and Republican candidate Lester Chang are competing for the lower Manhattan seat once held by convicted former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Photo Credit: Alice Cancel; Dennis Levy; Yuh-Line Niou; Lester Chang Democratic candidate Alice Cancel, Dennis Levy of the Green Party, Yuh-Line Niou of the Working Families Party and Republican candidate Lester Chang are competing for the lower Manhattan seat once held by convicted former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
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At Drake's NYC Pop-Up Store, Free 'Views' Tee But No Drizzy

Drake photographed during the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend on Feb. 14, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. Drake die-hards fell in line spanning three blocks of New York City's Chinatown wrapping around Bowery and Grand Street for a glimpse of Drake.
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One bullet...two victims? How ex-NYPD cop Peter Liang's conviction galvanised Chinese Americans

... stairwell, and the ricocheting bullet struck and killed an unarmed black man. Liang, who grew up in New York's Chinatown and is the son of Chinese immigrants, became the first New York City officer in more than a decade to be convicted in a shooting ...
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NYPD Officer Peter Liang's conviction in black man's death stirs charges of anti-Asian racism

... stairwell, and the ricocheting bullet struck and killed an unarmed black man. Liang, who grew up in New York's Chinatown as the son of Chinese immigrants, became the first New York City officer in more than a decade to be convicted in a shooting in ...
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See 1930s America come to life: Artist uses vintage photos to...

... of love for the 36-year-old, who spent more than a year on the project. Pictured is Doyers Street in New York's Chinatown in 1901 Alexey Zakharov separated moving from static elements after uploading the images into Photoshop. He then added ...
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Inside Carpenters Workshop Gallery's NYC Exhibition Space: A...

... for galleries... by Charlotte Anderson Invisible Exports is a small gallery space that sits just on the border of Chinatown behind an unassuming door at 89 Eldridge Street. There on view until 2 March 2014 are the seminal works of Kazuko Miyamoto, ...
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Idol's Maroulis among stars returning for finale

Yet when Maroulis first started getting attention in "Idol's" Season 4, he was unfamiliar with the show that was already a megahit. At 28, Maroulis was older than many contestants.
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If it's dumplings you crave, head to Beijing in Westerly

In the Seafood Chow Ho Fun from Beijing Dumpling in Westerly, the scallops were tender and sweet, delicious drenched in the funky, fermented black bean sauce, but the shrimp and lobster were dry, chewy and overcooked. My husband and I have been fortunate to have enjoyed more than one Christmas dinner in New York at our favorite spot, Excellent Dumpling House on Lafayette Street in Chinatown.
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Scoop: NYC-ARTS 4/7 - 5/5 on THIRTEEN

... This week's curator's choice segment features Mmuseumms 1 and 2, unusual exhibition spaces between Chinatown and Tribeca. Correspondent Christina Ha, based at El Museum del Barrio, reports on "The Illusive Eye" exhibition on view there; MasterVoices ...
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New York Skyline Marred by Gentrification

When my father and I toured different colleges last year, we surmised that each major city in the United States could be boiled down to a single word. For Washington DC, it was "stately," for Los Angeles, it was "hype" and Chicago was "work."
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