On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers took control of four commercial airplanes. Two struck the World Trade Center’s twin towers in Lower Manhattan, a third hit the Pentagon, and a fourth, aimed at Washington, D.C., crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought back. Nearly 3,000 people died that
A Bank of America vice president was one of the two victims killed in a stabbing at Times Square on Monday afternoon. Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, New Jersey, died at Bellevue Hospital from her injuries, the New York City Police Department said. She worked as vice president of business selection and conflicts at the
When Hady Kfoury opened his first restaurant in Manhattan in 2008, he was already out of money. He had raised cash from friends and family to bring the Lebanese food he grew up eating to New York, but construction had cost more than he expected. He still owed money to his general contractor and resorted
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is bringing 15 business leaders into City Hall as he looks to mend a rocky relationship between his administration and some of the city’s most powerful executives. Mamdani announced Thursday morning the launch of a new Business Advisory Council spanning finance, real estate, health care, technology, sports and retail,
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Devonte Duncan, 27, a software engineer living in Brooklyn, New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I started making six figures, I remember my friends and I would go out to eat, and the
Navigating New York City’s economy can feel like a gauntlet of minor indignities. Selling ice cream, for some reason, requires two different permits. Want to quit your gym? You may have to send a certified letter by mail. Oh, and before you haul your belongings to that storage unit, you’d better read the fine print
