New York City's Middle Class Is Shrinking

... see a new "notable presence" of Asian-Americans, however, and traditionally Asian neighborhoods like Flushing and Chinatown shrank. Despite the surge of wealthy whites, low-income Hispanic people are still the largest demographic group in New York ...

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Talking Pictures: Ellen Burstyn shines in forgotten gem "Alice"

Every so often you come across an overlooked American film that for some reason time has chosen to bury and audiences have forgotten. At the 1975 Academy Awards, that film was up against "Chinatown," "Lenny," and Cassavetes' "A Woman Under the Influence" among others, so it's easy to see now how those great films potentially overshadowed it.

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President of YMCA of Greater NY to retire

The YMCA of Greater New York announced Wednesday that Jack Lund, its president and chief executive for the past decade, will retire effective June 30, 2015. "I got the only job I ever wanted 10 years ago," said the 64-year-old.

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The other Ebola fear: Your civil liberties

... is a tiny affair relative to long-term US quarantines. For example, there was a wholesale quarantining of the Chinatown district in San Francisco more than a century ago. In 1900, the city erected a barbed-wire fence [PDF] around Chinatown after a ...

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Ex-'Top Chef' contestant Chaz Brown opens Seoul Chicken

Also: Calle Dao's Cuban-Chinese fusion, Danny Meyer's Pizzeria, Black Seed bagels, and female chefs team up against breast cancer Fried-chicken lovers now have two more spots in New York where they can indulge. Former "Top Chef" contestant Chaz Brown has opened Seoul Chicken, an East Asian chicken wing bar on the Lower East Side at 71 Clinton St. Diners can pick between Korean- and Southern-fried with a choice of sauces, like Szechuan peppercorn and sea salt, habanero kimchi or gochujang Buffalo.

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MOCAMIX: DJ Daniel Wang

Join DJ Daniel Wang and MOCA for a conversation followed by a special two-hour music set with DJ Daniel Wang as he takes listeners for a spin on the 90s Chinatown music scene, African American dance music, and New York's queer club culture.

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WalkingToursManhattan.com Added to BizBash's Resource Directory and Supplier Guide

... Tours Manhattan in business since 2007 conducts walking food tours in Greenwich Village, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown and the BrooklynBridge. Their tours are led by Bruce Scher, President and Licensed Tour Guide on a combination of lunch and dinner ...

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