June 27, 2025 / 
Friday & Saturday, June 27 & 28, 2025 _ beginning at 7 pm - Lady Land - at Under the K Bridge Park under the Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn [south] side of Newtown Creek at Van Dam Street and Meeker Avenue. It's a queer music festival and pride party. Kardi B is headlining the first night. For details and $99 & up tickets, copy & paste - https://www.ladylandfestival.com
Friday & Saturday, June 27 & 28, 2025 _ beginning at 7 pm - Lady Land - at Under the K Bridge Park under the Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn [south] side of Newtown Creek at Van Dam Street and Meeker Avenue. It's a queer music festival and pride party. Kardi B is headlining the first night. For details and $99 & up tickets, copy & paste - https://www.ladylandfestival.com
Saturday, June 28, 2025 from 4 to 5 pm - 7th Annual Yemeni American Day Parade - beginning at 712 Rhinelander Street in Van Nest neighborhood of the Bronx. For details see - https://www.ilovethebronx.com/calendar
Rupert Murdoch is Beating his Manipulative Mass Media War Drums Again
The 94 Year Old, Life-Long War Monger, is Again Pushing the U.S. to get into Another Mid East War - this time with Iran - because Wars Generate Higher Profits for the Billionaire's TV & Print News Outlets
June 20, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Murdoch may be guilty of inciting numerous wars, but it's the American people who must pay for them ...
... with the lives of their loved ones, increased public debt, and the loss of friends and allies around the world, because of the incredible abuse of American power made by this generation, repeated over and over again. Murdoch never admits nor pays for his mistakes.
Was Murdoch's visit to the Trump Oval Office in Winter of 2025, shortly after Trump won the election, to get Trump moving on a War with Iran?
Once again, the Murdoch Ministry of Mass Manipulation is providing their audiences with distorted reports about what's happening in the Middle East, to pressure another American president [in this case Trump] into taking America into another war in the Middle East again. At least twice before, the Murdoch Ministry of propaganda convinced enough of the Fox News fools - by which I mean those who don't augment what the 'news' they obtain from the Murdoch Ministry of Mass Manipulation - with other news sources. Murdoch controls Fox News, the NY Post, the Wall St. Journal, the London Times and the Sun [also U.K.] and the Australian. And they all report stories about people and issues pretty much the same way - which is whatever way - Murdoch tells them to say.
Murdoch famously uses the same old tired rhetoric, that this will be a 'just' war and it's really a war on terror, even though it is not. It's really a war for higher ratings and more newspaper sales.
Note that the Lachlan Murdoch visit to Netanyahu in Israel was in January 2024.
These above mentioned narratives are the same as those used by Murdoch mass media to get us to go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq it was 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' that were never found [remember that?], in Afghanistan it was more of the same fear mongering about terrorism. Now it's Iranian Nukes that - that like the WMD - don't currently exist. Notice that ONLY Fox News polls show Americans favoring going to war with Iran, when nobody else's polls do. Not even the Times of Israel. Now, isn't that's a coincidence?
If you're a subscriber or buyer of the Wall Street Journal, the NY Post or an avid, single source viewer of Fox TV News, you're supporting Murdoch and his mendacious mass media, and indirectly helping him undermine the foundations of our nation, which it seems he's been doing for the past five decades. On numerous occasions, Murdoch has used his mass media outlets to urge America to - squander it's resources, throw away its once good reputation, and destroy the lives of its soldiers and their families. It's time to look yourself in the eye, in the mirror, and honestly ask yourself, "Am I contributing to our nation's problems by not doing more to seek the truth and properly inform myself? & Is there a good reason why I can't do a better job of informing myself by making better use of the internet?".
I keep wondering why a significant portion of the public is, SO SLOW TO LEARN, NOT TO TRUST THE MEDIA OUTLETS, OF SUCH A DECEITFUL MAN. And how long will it take them to learn to turn a deaf ear to the incessant beat of his blood-thirsty, ratings-chasing, mass media war drums? Here are a few reports we filed: 1) billionaire Rupert Murdoch's manipulative mass media distortions via TV and Print News , 2) Murdoch owns part of Genie Energy located in the Syrian Golan Heights illegally taken by Israelis & paid for by U.S. Taxpayers - not Israelis complements of Murdoch's mass media manipulations, and 3) Rupert Murdoch's dishonest media outlets manipulate voters perceptions to provide Murdoch with windfall profits paid for by the [people he] fools along with the rest of us.
Israel Ranks 18th in Billionaires Worldwide Even though it is a Small Nation, is the 10th Wealthiest Nation Per Capita on the Planet & the Largest Recipient of U.S. Aid; While Trump Cuts Government Aid to his Fellow Americans' Healthcare and Education. Is this America First? And how Stupid does Trump Think Republicans Are?
A related story that billionaire TV News isn't reporting, is how U.S. taxpayers have racked up over a quarter Trillion dollars in debt, funding Israel's Imperialist expansionism in the Middle East. Netanyahu uses the U.S. as a free ATM machine, so Israel can provide its citizens with universal healthcare, which the U.S. doesn't have. And Israel is also able to heavily fund access to higher education, while in the U.S. Trump is trying to heavily cut the funding currently provided for Americans to access to higher education, as well as to cut Americans' access to healthcare services - https://www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts
The Per Capita GDP for Israel is 10x Higher than Ukraine & Yet Trump Makes Ukraine Pay for U.S. Aid, While Giving Israel a 79 Year Free Ride & Counting
So far this year [2025], Trump has expedited $11 billion in new weapon 'sales' to Israel which were primarily or completely paid for by U.S. taxpayers through 'aid' packages. Unlike Trump approval of aid to Ukraine, which included a rare earth minerals deal for the U.S., Israel has not been asked for any sort of payment in kind. Since 1946 Israel has received far more aid from the U.S. [$305 billion for 9.4 million people - $32,400 / person] than Ukraine [about $178 billion for 36 million people but in a two year time period - $4,900 / person]. And they have received far more aid than any other U.S. aid recipient. And this is in spite of the fact that Israel is a very wealthy nation. Is Netanyahu playing Trump and America for fools? Or has Netanyahu been making deposits into Trump's crypto currency accounts?
Too Often TV News Completely Ignores the Real News Stories [like the one above] & Too Often TV News Omits Some of the Key Facts of a Story. Recognize that the World has Changed, and that this is not the Same TV News your Parents & Grandparents Trusted - And Contrary to Republican Claims - Very Few People in this Country are Truly Awake
Billionaire TV News is only telling their viewers what the billionaires want them to know. Viewers need to start educating themselves by making better use of the internet. Too often the half truths that TV News tells its viewers, end up being pretty close to outright lies. The saddest part of this report, is that based on my own informal anecdotal surveys, most TV News viewers aren't even remotely aware of how badly informed they are.
Republicans accuse the Democrats of being 'woke'. I could easily argue that point, as I think both Democrats and Republicans are still asleep ... but with the TV on.
How Indisputable is the Integrity of Murdoch, Trump & Israel?
The graphic at right was created during the first Trump Administration venture into the Middle East with the U.S. military, for what seemed like political profit by his supporters. This time Trump might be cashing in on U.S. military aid himself, by getting Netanyahu to divert some of American taxpayer funds to his crypto currency company accounts.
Israel played funny with American taxpayer money in the Iran Contra Affair which broke during the Reagan Administration's second term. In that scandal [look it up], the Israelis acted as illegal intermediaries of arms and cash to Iran, in order to help the Reagan Administration subvert the Sandinistas in Central America, while Murdoch's NY Post and subsequent purchase of the MetroMedia TV station group in 1985 [forerunner to Fox News] provided propaganda cover for the Reagan Administration.
Would you have to be a Fool to Doubt Donald Trump's Integrity?
But that said, you must know that I'm just kidding about Donald J. Trump pocketing some of the money for himself. Trump supporters tell me that Donald J. Trump has an unassailable reputation for lifelong honesty and integrity.
But they implore me to ignore the following roles he played as the: 1) CEO of a money laundering N.J. casino, 2) CEO of a airline company that failed its investors, 3) CEO of an alleged money laundering real estate development company, that 4) allegedly didn't pay many of its bills to small businesses and contractors, 5) Founder of Trump University which allegedly defrauded its students, and 6) as a faithful husband who, for days at a time, did not have sex with any other women. No, Donald J. Trump would never even consider such dishonest, self-dealing. Would he?
This is perhaps the most significant universal blind spot of MAGA voters. They continually ignore the real person behind the public persona. And they have never honestly assessed the kind of human being to whom they have entrusted - not just the keys to the kingdom - but to the entire federal government executive apparatus including legal, organizational, economic, media and military functions.
The graphic above or at right, shows mega moocher, Rupert Murdoch, quietly sitting in the corner in the Trump Oval Office, with his hands out, shortly after Trump took possession of the presidency. Murdoch, like many billionaires, appears to have come begging to Trump, looking for what appears one of many Trump Quid Pro Quos of the American people's public power and funding. Murdoch provided Trump with years of favorable propagandistic mass media coverage using Fox News, the Wall St Journal and the NY Post, including during the 2024 election, so historically he's almost always come a knocking for a big payday. Ask the Australians and ask the Brits.
Exactly what Murdoch wanted at this sitting is a bit of a guess, but let me take a shot at it - a) help Murdoch and Larry Ellison acquire Tik Tok, b) defund PBS and NPR so Murdoch can take more share of the TV / radio universe, c) hire Fox News employees into high ranking government positions so Fox can wield enormous influence within the federal government *, d) appoint a Murdoch favored FCC Chief, so Murdoch can continue to unwind FCC regulations regarding TV and radio stations, e) lower or at least keep billionaire tax breaks and f) I'm sure I'm missing a few of the asked for handouts since they didn't invite me to cover this meeting.
Murdoch & Fox News Take Over Key Federal Government Positions More Quietly and Permanently than Elon Musk's DOGE - Makes One Wonder Who's Really in Charge of the U.S. Federal Government?
* Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, Dan Bongino Deputy Director FBI, Sean Duffy Secretary of Transportation, Tulsi Gabard, Director of National Intelligence, Janine Pirro Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C., Tom Homan Director of Border Czar, Mike Huckabee Ambassador to Israel, also in the FDA, State Department, Sebastian Gorka in Counter Terrorism Unit, Anti Trust Division, Special Envoy to Ukraine & Russia, UN Ambassador and EPA.
On Friday, the top two NYC Mayoral contenders to Andrew Cuomo - Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander - cross endorsed each other for Mayor. This should help both of them as contenders and according to one pundit, reduces Cuomo's sure lock on the Mayoralty from 80% down to 60%. Which means Mamdani and Lander need to reach out to other NYC Mayoral candidates who realistically are no longer contenders, like Zellnor Myrie, Michael Blake, Jessica Ramos, and Jim Walden [running as an anti-corruption Independent] to increase their odds, while detracting from Cuomo's.
June 20, 2025 / 
Fridays, June 20 - September 5, 2025 _ Weekly _ The Coney Island Weekly Friday Night Fireworks - at Steeple Chase Tower off the Boardwalk near Luna Park [see fireworks link that follows for details].
June 13, 2025 / 
The photo above or at right was taken at a Queen Boro Dance Festival performance in a prior year. The dance festival resumed its summer performances last week.
Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 12 noon to 4 pm - The 22nd Annual Hunts Point Fish Parade & Festival. The event begins with pre-parade registration & activities usually beginning at 11 am [free]. The parade begins at 12 noon at The Point CDC at 940 Garrison Avenue and marches east to Hunts Point Riverside Park at 1409 Lafayette Avenue at Edgewater Road [just across the Bronx River from Soundview Park] where the festival begins, generally around 1 pm. The festival includes games, music, food and raffles. Organized by the Point CDC. Bronx street fairs in Hunts Point. Fish parades in the Bronx NYC. For details see - https://www.thepoint.org or FB - https://www.facebook.com/THEPOINTCDC/
Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Cottage Row Curiosities - for details use the street fair link below.
June 6, 2025 / 
Tribeca _ Wednesday through Sunday, June 4 - 15, 2025 - The Tribeca Film Festival - at Spring Studios at [6 St Johns Lane] but generally the entrance on Varick between York and Laight Streets in Tribeca is the most frequently used. There are a multitude of free and paid live and online events and films covering a variety of subjects including but not limited to LGBTQ, LatinX and Juneteenth to view at various venues around the city. For details see - https://tribecafilm.com
Pride Parade in Sunnyside Queens?
Friday - Sunday, May 30 to June 8, 2025 at various times - the Brooklyn Film Festival - at three live location venues including Windmill Studios at 300 Kingsland Avenue, the Wythe Hotel at 80 Wythe Avenue, and the Round Table Brewery at 245 South First, as well as online. There will be 145 films presented in 42 programs, spanning six categories including Feature, Documentary, Short Documentary and Narrative, Experimental and Animation. Last year [2024] there WAS also a full day of panels and talks but I don't see anything like that for 2025. The primary location for live viewing is at Windmill Studios on 300 Kingsland Avenue [and the other two locations noted above] in Greenpoint Brooklyn. For $15 / $12 tickets and details see - https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/
Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Orchard Beach Opens for the Summer.
Friday, June 6, 2025 at 6 pm - Staten Island Pridefest - is hosting an event at the St. George Theatre at 325 St. Marks Place on Staten Island. For details see - https://www.pridecentersi.org/pridefest-events-2025.jpeg)
May 31, 2025 / 
May 23, 2025 / 
One Big BOOTY-FILLED Bill. Republican Majority Leader Mike Johnson, with the help of 215 Republicans in Congress, passed a budget bill which will severely cut Medicaid, and possibly cut over $600 billion from Medicare over the next ten years. The bill is reported to eliminate tax credits for clean energy usage, and give the wealthiest people on the planet even lower taxes compared to the rest of us - netting them trillions in extra wealth, while those earning less than $17,000 will pay $1000 or more than currently. It's a democracy destroying budget bill, that will shift $3 trillion onto the next generation and impoverish them, so that the wealthiest people in the world can contribute at even lower levels to the public good, than they already do.
The reason the federal government is running a deficit - is because Presidents Reagan, Bush Jr. and Trump all gave the rich huge tax cuts, which they funded by dumping debt on America's children. It's not because the federal government is bloated. After months of telling us waste, fraud and abuse, they came up with about $60 billion in cuts - but those were to the Air Traffic Control System which anyone who's flow into or out of Newark Airport knows wasn't a good idea. They cut investments in clean energy, which anyone who's been paying attention, knows that that is not an intelligent choice if you expect to live more than the next 10 - 20 years. They are cutting the federal government's compliance function like the IRS and 17 Inspectors General who make sure we have little waste, fraud and abuse. Why? So people like Musk, who do business with the federal government don't have to answer to the public. And as you can see by the American Legion headline above, they're going to cut the hell out of the VA.
A government of, for and by The People doesn't work if the people don't seek out truthful information sources so they know who's who, and what's what, so they can make smart - not manipulated choices - when they go to vote for candidates, so we get government officials who have integrity, unlike so many of them now in office. So many of the current set of government officials and candidates have proven track records of cheating their fellow New Yorkers / Americans in order to get rich people's campaign funding and / or fill their own pockets at our expense.
I don't think most - or even all Veterans - risked their lives to be governed so disrespectfully, nor to have their rights to government funding and services be cancelled, so that the billionaires can cash in on a major feeding at the public trough, even more than they usually do.
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There always seems to be construction going on in NYC, and yet somehow we have an affordable housing shortage. Neither the billionaire Network TV News, nor the pols are being honest about what's really going on.
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Updated May 16, 2025 / 
Wednesday - Sunday, April 30 - June 1, 2025 beginning at 8 pm most evenings [Saturday Matinee] - The United States vs Ulysses - at the Irish Arts Center at 726 11th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. They describe the play as follows, " ... It’s 1933, and James Joyce’s sexually explicit Ulysses has been banned in the U.S. for a decade. But now, a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the Puritans. Can they convince the judge that Ulysses is not obscene? And what will happen when Ulyssesgets under their skin—and Molly Bloom gets into their heads? ...". For details and $25 - $76 tickets see - https://irishartscenter.org
Thursday through Sunday, May 15 - 18, 2025 runs 5 pm - 11 pm Thursday & Friday, and 1 - 11 pm Saturday & Sunday 12 noon to 10 pm - 51st Annual Greek Festival at St Demetrios Church on 31st Avenue and 30th Drive. Old fashioned town fair including traditional Greek food, good rides and prizes for the kids, and Greek cultural music and dance entertainment. [OLD Click here for 
Downtown Brooklyn / Boerum Hill / Cobble Hill & Brooklyn Heights _ May 10 - 18, 2025 from noon to 6 pm - Atlantic Avenue Art Walk in Brooklyn - along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Street to the Waterfront in Brooklyn. They describe the event as follows, "... This 1.5-mile, self-guided tour along Atlantic Avenue ... and its immediate side streets, will feature art from different mediums while showcasing approximately 150 emerging and established Brooklyn artists at 70+ participating businesses ... eclectic shops, diverse restaurants, galleries and wide range of vital businesses and organizations ... [along a] tree-lined avenue that stretches through charming Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, and Boerum Hill to Downtown Brooklyn ...". Organized by Atlantic Ave LDC - https://www.atlanticave.org/artwalk
Friday, May 16, 2025 - Last Call for Nest Music Camp - which runs July 7th - August 15th, 2025. See MCAL link above for details.
Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - Cottage Row Curiosities - at Snug Harbor Cultural Center - use the search box up top & search [st fairs] or use the link below for details..jpeg)
Updated May 10, 2025 vs 5.9.25 / 
Wednesday - Sunday, April 30 - June 1, 2025 beginning at 8 pm most evenings [Saturday Matinee] - The United States vs Ulysses - at the Irish Arts Center at 726 11th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. They describe the play as follows, " ... It’s 1933, and James Joyce’s sexually explicit Ulysses has been banned in the U.S. for a decade. But now, a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the Puritans. Can they convince the judge that Ulysses is not obscene? And what will happen when Ulyssesgets under their skin—and Molly Bloom gets into their heads? ...". For details and $25 - $76 tickets see - https://irishartscenter.org
May 10 - 18, 2025 _ UPDATES Coming Later _ from noon to 6 pm - Atlantic Avenue Art Walk in Brooklyn. Along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Street to the Waterfront in Brooklyn. They describe the event as follows, "... This 1.5-mile, self-guided tour along Atlantic Avenue ... and its immediate side streets, will feature art from different mediums while showcasing approximately 150 emerging and established Brooklyn artists at 70+ participating businesses ... eclectic shops, diverse restaurants, galleries and wide range of vital businesses and organizations ... [along a] tree-lined avenue that stretches through charming Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, and Boerum Hill to Downtown Brooklyn ...". Organized by Atlantic Ave LDC - https://www.atlanticave.org/artwalk
Bronx _ May 5 - 18, 2025 - Bronx Weeks - Multiple events at various locations in the Bronx. Parades and street fairs in the Bronx. For details see - https://www.ilovethebronx.com/bronx-week-2025
Updated May 3, 2025 vs 5.1.25 / 
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 2, 3 & 4, 2025 at various times but generally from 10 am to 5 pm - Janes Walk Weekend - at 200 locations in all five boroughs. Various art, culture, history and architectural tours throughout all five boros of NYC. Free. They describe the event as follows, " ... MAS staff organize a fleet of volunteer walk leaders, to create 200+ FREE, in-person, virtual, and on-demand walks with over 10,000 participants ... During Jane’s Walk NYC weekend, the simple act of exploring the city is enhanced with personal observations, local history, and civic engagement."... Organized by the Municipal Art Society. Not a street fair so much as a streets tour. For details including a map of locations, copy & paste - https://www.mas.org/janes-walk-nyc-2025/
Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 7 to 8.30 pm - JCAL Closing Reception of Free Your Mind Exhibit - at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning at 161-40 Jamaica Avenue in Queens. Free. For details & to rsvp copy & paste - https://jcal.org
Sunday, May 4, 2025 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Church Avenue Festival by the newly merged Church Avenue and Flatbush Avenue BIDs. See street fairs link below for details.
Saturday, May 3, 2025 beginnning at 10 am - Run the Bronx - at Bronx Community College at 2155 University Avenue in University Heights in the BFor $30 rsvps and event details copy & paste - https://www.bcc.cuny.edu/about-bcc/bcc-foundation/foundation-events/run-the-bronx/
April 25, 2025 / 
The photo above or at right was taken a couple of weeks ago in the Elizabeth Street Garden in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. They are trying to get the city to preserve the area as a permanent community green space, and to build the proposed 'affordable housing' elsewhere. The city has been threatening to close the garden any day now, but given it's an election year, Adams may wait until after he loses it. We'll have an update of Eric Adams' latest shenanigans later today or over the weekend.
Sunrise 7.08 am. Sunset 7.02 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting two hours and 39 minutes more sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2024, which is the shortest day of the year. Spring is next Thursday, March 20, 2025, when sunrise will be at 6.58 am and sunset at 7.08 pm. The true equinox, when we have equal amount of daylight and nighttime actually falls between March 16th and 17th.
Trump Tries to Withdraw Adams Case without Prejudice. So, consider this, these seven highly paid professional U.S. federal prosecutors forfeited their income and their positions, because they refused to follow the orders of Trump's Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, who apparently was instructed by Trump to withdraw the case without prejudice.
Trump announced that the U.S. is exiting from the World Health Organization [WHO - helps manage global disease breakouts], cuttingthe budgets of the National Institute of Health [NIH - health / scientific research] and cutting the Center for Disease Control [CDC], without doing some sort of in-depth analysis first. Trump announced he's cutting most of the Department of Education. And he's announced he's going to try to cut the entire Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [CFPB].
NYC Weather. Sunrise 7 am. Sunset 5.20 pm. We're getting an hour and five more minutes of sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter solstice in late December. Spring Forward Daylight Savings Time is Sunday, March 9th, 2025 - only four weeks away.
December 3, 2024 vs 11.29.24 / 
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunities bill passed yesterday afternoon / evening in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The City of Yes or NYC Municipal Legislative Bill - L.U. 181 & Res 689 - App. N 240290 ZRY (City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity) amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying multiple Sections to expand opportunities for housing within all zoning districts, Citywide. *
November 22, 2024 / 
Project 2025 was put together by a group, of very conservative, right wing groups working in concert. This includes, according to a CNN report, 140 Trump affiliates, of which more than a dozen played some role in the first Trump Administration.
4. 'Cut the growth of the federal government to reduce inflation'. First take note that the last time Donald Trump was president, he significantly increased government spending, and super-sized the national debt from $20 trillion to $28 trillon - breaking all records by a landslide. So quite frankly, this is simply not believable.
If you've been reading my work, especially in recent times, you'll notice how increasingly frustrated I have become with TV News. If you want to know why America doesn't seem quite right, it's because the TV folks rarely seem to do any real reporting. In times gone by, the real reporting was done by the journalists working for the newspapers, and then the TV newspeople essentially rewrote and then reread the newspaper journalists' work on air.
It takes one to know one.
October 23, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Real Estate & Business / Gotham Buzz NYC.
October 22, 2024 / Government & Politics / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
by America's 44 previous presidents in the prior 225 years of the nation's existence.
Updated October 5, 2024 vs 10.4.24 / 
September 22 - 30, 2024 - The United Nations General Assembly begins. Dignitaries and diplomats will begin convening in earnest Sunday. Already this Friday 9/20/24, various groups that want to be heard, will be protesting the mishandling of their issues by various governments around the world. Road closures along the east side of Midtown, near the U.N. [generally in the low 40's streets], begin as early as Saturday evening at 8 pm, so be prepared for extra traffic jams in Manhattan.
NYC Weather Forecast as of 8.30.24. Sunrise 6.20 am & Sunset at 7.31 pm. Some rain expected Saturday night and early Sunday morning, so it should be a good weekend. Temperatures in the 80's during the day and 70's at night. A gentle breeze and humidity climbs gradually during the weekend, falling again on Monday.
May 15, 2024 / 
As I conducted my research, I decided that NOT to inquire about the Mayor's - seemingly unappreciated or underappreciated - Herculean effort to manage the huge influx of immigrants into NYC. This situation, turned crisis, began when Texas Governor Greg Abbott began bussing immigrants from Texas border towns, beginning in August 5, 2022, to NYC. Governor Abbott began transporting immigrants here without any communication nor coordination with NYS Governor Hochul or NYC Mayor Adams.
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The Jouvert then marched east along Empire Boulevard before turning south on Nostrand Avenue and terminating at Winthrop. I arrived a bit before noon, at Empire Blvd and Nostrand, where the Jouvert Parade had already passed. The Jouvert Parade involves participants adorning themselves with paint and powder, sometimes sharing it with others in a style that reminded me of the Indian Holi celebration.
Four years ago, on August 31, 2019, I visited the Floyd Bennett Airfield with the intention of doing a story on it, which - until now - I had not had an opportunity to do. On that visit, I biked the airfield, took photos in both the museum and peeked through the dusty windows of the hangars and warehouses on the airfield, to photographed our recent past.
The origins of Thanksgiving Day in the United States began with one of America’s first settlements, founded by the risk-taking, resource-pooling, hardworking, spiritual community of Pilgrims. The Pilgrims were early English settlers who arrived on American shores in the early 17th century [1600’s]. They came here because they wanted a measure of freedom and self-determination that they were forbidden in Europe or what was called the ‘old country’. The Pilgrims wanted to practice their faith, unencumbered, in a way that differed from the established Church of England. They pooled their money to obtain a ship, the Mayflower, to cross the Atlantic in mid September of 1620, landing on America's shores at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts on November 9, 1620.
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, Rudy Giuliani joined Donald Trump and Donny junior at a Trump rally in Washington, D.C. near the White House. The Donald had promoted this gathering as something 'wild' and related to his seemingly phony stop the steal / election fraud fundraising claims. At the rally Trump told his supporters, numbering about 5,000 [per the park permit] to march down to the Capitol and that he'd be there with them.
