Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. June 9, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Former President Donald Trump said he would eliminate taxes on tipped income if he wins a second White House term, an effort to appeal to voters in the battleground … Read more
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Evergy Chief Financial Officer Kirk Andrews will replace Consolidated Edison‘s current CFO Robert Hoglund, who plans to retire on July 8, the companies announced Monday. Andrews has been CFO of the Midwest utility company since 2021. Evergy said Geoffrey Ley, vice president, corporate planning and … Read more
Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images As U.S. cities continue their recovery from the pandemic and inflation, New York City was expected to provide a key national test for the economic value of congestion pricing. A cost of living crisis, preparing for climate challenges, and aging infrastructure, including public transportation, all made the congestion … Read more
The eye care professional made his first donation when he was in college. A man from Long Island in the United States has donated around 29 gallons of blood (approximately 110 litres) in 49 years. Henry Bickoff, aged 68, started the noble deed in 1975. His blood has helped 693 people, according to the New … Read more
Even before she began writing the musical “Suffs,” Shaina Taub wanted to create a project that would stand as a testament to women’s empowerment. The New York actor and composer was at work on a gender-swapped adaptation of the Robin Hood legend in 2014 when she received a copy of Doris Stevens’ “Jailed for Freedom.” … Read more
Almost exactly one year ago, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul cast her state’s first-in-the-nation plan to make the drivers clogging Manhattan’s streets to help pay to fix the subways and buses that most New Yorkers depend on as a commonsense solution. “As a mom, I’ve had to deal with sick kids a lot,” the Democrat … Read more
Henry Jarecki attends The Accompanied Literary Society’s Summer Benefit at The Hudson Sky Terrace at The Hudson Hotel in New York City, June 11, 2007. David X Prutting | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Famed psychiatrist and former commodities trader Henry Jarecki on Wednesday said he had a “consensual, non-secretive and mutually respectful relationship” with … Read more
Congestion Pricing Toll Readers are seen here installed on Third Ave. looking North at E. 60th St. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 in Manhattan. (Photo by Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images) Barry Williams | New York Daily News | Getty Images The MTA is pushing “pause” indefinitely on New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion … Read more
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid … Read more
A Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) during the 2023 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in New York, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW YORK – Jeep plans to grow U.S. sales of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by as much as 50% this year as … Read more
