By Marion Halftermeyer on May 17, 2014
Allied Pilots Association, ALPA, buffalo, captain, debt, first officer, flights, flying, low salary, Marion Halftermeyer, minimum wage, New York City, pay, pilots, regional airline pilots, wage
On the Edge, The Global City, Two New Yorks, What's New?

Pilots make big bucks, right? Wrong. Many regional airline pilots survive on little more than the minimum wage
By Marion Halftermeyer on May 13, 2014
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Criminal Courts, burglary, cops and robbers, courts, escorts, Judge Joseph Gubbay, Marion Halftermeyer, Masseuse, Mikhail Belik, police badge, police impersonation, robbery
Cops & Courts, What's New?

An accused police impersonator faces the real law
By Marion Halftermeyer on May 4, 2014
Bill Cotter, color TV, Featured, Ford Mustang, Joseph DiPippa, legacy, Marion Halftermeyer, New York, New York State Pavilion, picture phone, Queens, Richard Hourhaan, Steven Rosenbaum, Tent of Tomorrow, World's Fair
Multimedia, NY City Scene, The Global City, Video, What's New?

What will become of the New York State Pavilion from the 1964 World’s Fair?
By Marion Halftermeyer on April 23, 2014
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NY City Scene, The Global City, Video

New Yorkers and friends show off their most extravagant bonnets
By Marion Halftermeyer on April 20, 2014
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Multimedia, NY City Scene, The Global City

Each year, on Easter Sunday, New Yorkers and friends parade down Fifth Avenue
By Marion Halftermeyer on April 2, 2014
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Multimedia, NY City Scene, Video

Diving under the ice of Lake George.
By Marion Halftermeyer on March 3, 2014
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News

A neighborhood discovers that some feral friends have gone missing.
By Marion Halftermeyer on February 23, 2014
5Boro Tour, Ambassador Satch, Black History Month, Corona, Dippermouth, Jazz, keyhole, lacatives, laxative, Lisl Steiner, Little Rock Nine, Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong House Museum, Lucille Armstrong, Marion Halftermeyer, Merry Swiss Kriss, New Orleans, New York, New York City, Orval Faubus, Queens, racism, Ricky Riccardi, Satch, Satchelmouth, Satchmo, slider, Slideshow, South America, Swiss Kriss, Swiss Krissly Yours, toilet, Uncle Tom
Multimedia, NY City Scene, Photo

A Queens exhibit focuses on the trumpeter’s trip to South America, where he blasted racism.
By Marion Halftermeyer on February 17, 2014
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Multimedia, NY City Scene, Photo, What's New?

Meet Sebastiaan van Houten, Fangsmith.
By Marion Halftermeyer on January 31, 2014
Central Park, Cold, dog walking, dogs, Featured, Marion Halftermeyer, New York City, NY City Lens, Paws, Polar Vortex, Salt, salt spreaders, slider, snow, Stav Ziv, Weather
News

Woof! Not so much, it turns out. There’s the snow, the cold, and, especially, the salt.