Where in New York City would a young person live who has two part-time jobs that don't pay particularly great, but who (for magical plot reasons) doesn't have to worry about healthcare expenses, appliances breaking, or other such stuff that poses a major financial risk for real-world (non-magical) people?
Small apartment, solvent parents who can help in a pinch, the character is, for lack of a better description, a liberal, intellectual, scientifically-minded young person (20s).
I've never set foot anywhere in the US, let alone New York, so I have no clue.
Related: it would be amazing if there were a website for writers where they could collaborate on maps of their home towns, describing areas (i.e. "the poor quarter", "the filthy rich white people quarter", "the quarter where students live", etc.), giving descriptions of land marks, party streets, vacation spots, hospitals, etc. – everything a foreign writer would need to plausibly enough describe a character living in that city without huge mistakes like placing a poor character in the "ivy league DINKY trust fund" neighbourhood.
Winston Support Services had to pay $2.7 million in damages to settle allegations that they misclassified workers to avoid paying #NewYorkCity prevailing wages. In one instance, they shorted a worker $100,000. They played a game of #FAFO. They found out. https://www.laborpress.org/healthcare-workers-win-back-wages/
Last month, workers at the Barnes & Noble at 82nd Street in #NewYorkCity overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Six other Barnes & Noble stores have unionized and one at Barnes & Noble Education (a separate entity). McNally Jackson, Goods for the Study, Greenlight Bookstore, and Book Culture have also unionized. #Books#1uhttps://www.rwdsu.org/news/bnuwswin
The upcoming meeting of the #NewYorkCity rent stabilization board is coming up. If landlord profits are going up, then it is only fair that rents should go down. And the city should be able to step in and buy distressed properties, which are properties whose costs exceed the rent. https://hellgatenyc.com/nyc-rent-stabilized-landlord-profits-up-rgb
Eric Adams is not a Democrat. He is trying to steer retired teachers from #Medicare into Medicare Advantage, which does not offer the same benefits and which is hard to get out of. He is doing so with the help of the teachers' union. Now, a group of teachers are campaigning against it and challenging the leadership. No more union/management partnerships. Unions have to be independent of management. #1u#NewYorkCityhttps://nysfocus.com/2024/02/26/medicare-advantage-uft-retiree-advocate
Portrait of Frankie Laine, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948
The image appears to be a black and white photograph capturing a moment on a street in New York City. There are several individuals present, including two men standing prominently in the foreground. They seem to be engaged in conversation, as one man is looking towards another person who is off-camera. The backdrop features a cityscape with a theater and storefronts, suggesting an urban environment.
The image has text on it that reads "Portrait of Frankie Laine, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948," which provides information about the subject and location of the photograph. The text suggests that this photo could be from the mid-20th century.
In the background, there is a crowd of people who are standing on the sidewalk, possibly waiting to enter the theater or simply going about their day. The overall atmosphere seems to be casual and everyday, capturing a snapshot of life in that era.
Dr. Ruth Gottesman, the 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier and a former professor of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, has donated $1B to the school with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going forward. (Article Unlocked)
The bookstore’s doors first opened in Dec. 2021 after owner Lucy Yu crowdfunded $18,000 in two months to lease the space, formerly a funeral supply store.
“As many as 70 current and former #NewYorkCity public housing employees were charged Tuesday with accepting kickbacks from contractors in exchange for awarding city contracts, federal prosecutors in New York said.
The charges against the New York City Housing Authority employees present the largest number of federal bribery charges brought on a single day in the history of the Department of Justice.”
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again." -
~Lewis Carroll
