City & State, along with New York City’s 92nd Street Y and PIX11, kicked off the first in a series of in-person forums on the city’s hottest races this
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The whole city will be up for grabs when New Yorkers head to the polls for the mayoral primary this month (yes: it’s this month!), but a few voter-rich areas are hotly sought after by the candidates. Our Sally Goldenberg takes a look this morning
Cities have a unique microbiome, just like your gut
By swabbing the subway systems in 60 cities, researchers were able to figure out each city’s unique microbial signature and uncover a treasure trove of new bacterial and viral species never found before.
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Dr. Chris Mason, on the right, and his team do some swabbing at a New York City subway station. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Weill Cornell Medicine)
Quirks and Quarks8:32By swabbing subways researchers discover the municipal microbiome of cities worldwide
Researchers swabbing subway stations for microbial life have created the first worldwide catalogue of urban microbial ecosystems, and in the process discovered thousands of bacterial and viral species completely new to science.
People in Borough Park, Brooklyn, are looking over their shoulders when they are out and about after the recent anti-Semitic attacks. The NYPD is expected to step up patrols in Jewish neighborhoods.
Hoylman takes aim at Penn project after Cuomo aides tried to boost support for Manhattan BP bid Denis Slattery
ALBANY State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) is pitching a piece of legislation that would force Gov. Cuomo’s controversial redevelopment plan around Penn Station to go through the standard city land-use review process.
The introduction of the measure comes after the Daily News revealed that top Cuomo officials tried unsuccessfully to drum up union support for Hoylman’s Manhattan borough president bid earlier this year.
Hoylman refused to comment on the calls made by Cuomo allies to union officials or his relationship with the governor, instead focusing on the one-house bill that would make the Empire Station Complex project subject to the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.