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Keys Weekly
Published September 10Letter: My day on Sept. 11, 2001
I sped to my firehouse, Ladder 127 in Queens, from home. It was Sept. 11, 2001. After stuffing my face from our firehouse fridge — not knowing when or if I’d be eating again — our fire company reported to a staging area nearby. I’d tried several times to call my brother Bill and…
Brooklyn Paper
Published September 10Hurry up and wait: MTA chair says IBX won’t begin moving riders for at least five years, even as design phase speeds up
The Interborough Express (IBX) — a new light rail line between Brooklyn and Queens — will take at least five years to complete, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said this week. The transit boss floated the rough timeline for building the IBX to reporters while dropping by a…
THE CITY
Published September 10Researchers Are Looking Into 9/11’s Health Effects on Those Who Were Young at the Time
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks in Lower Manhattan, the federal government wants to study the health effects on an overlooked…
Gothamist
Published September 109/11 25th anniversary in NYC: Road closures, ceremonies and events
What to know about getting around Lower Manhattan and commemorations across the city. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 109/11 health program recruits patients exposed to Ground Zero as kids, young adults
Nadia Vizueta, seen at her NYU graduation in 2003, was a 20-year-old journalism student at the school when the 9/11 attacks occurred and in the aftermath spent months at and around Ground Zero reporting. Now 45, she is a survivor of a rare form of breast cancer that qualified her…
Gothamist
Published September 10As Mamdani lauds ‘worker power,’ unions for NYC employees get a cooler reception
Mayor Mamdani joined striking nurses in January. Mamdani’s pro-worker image puts him in a difficult spot now that he’s on the other side of the bargaining table, experts say. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 10Can New York City's playground gyms solve my mid-life crisis?
If I start doing bodyweight strength exercises now, I could postpone the day where it becomes really painful to bend down and pick stuff up. [ more › ]
Long Island Press
Published September 10Blakeman rallies with supporters in Queens in bid for governor
A growing coalition of Queens Republican, Jewish and community leaders is looking to turn grassroots energy into action as the campaign season moves into its critical final stretch before Election Day. That effort was on full display on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Oasis Cafe in Bayside…
Gothamist
Published September 10Early Addition: Zoomers aren't Venmoing their friends like they said they would
Because at this point, you shouldn't cover a tab for your friend if you actually need to be repaid, here are your early links: Trump says he'll give us all $5,000 if Republicans sweep the midterms, Rahm Emanuel going after Mamdani, college freshman early burnout and more. [ more…
Gothamist
Published September 10NJ health inspectors return to Delaney Hall following detainee deaths
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Details about what inspectors found have not been released. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published September 10New York Story Fest Is Premiering in NYC on Nov. 20
The City Reporter is an official partner of New York Story Fest. The oldest human art form returns to center stage. The inaugural New York Story Fest is here. Set against the backdrop of a city shaped by industry, migration and hope, this year’s showcase gathers award-winning New…
Gothamist
Published September 10‘Assume there’s a camera now’: How 9/11 spurred NYC’s vast private surveillance network
A centralized surveillance network constructed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks relies on private building owners citywide. [ more › ]