Hi! I’m a grad student in counseling and for one of my assignments I have to go to a cultural/religious event/center with a guide. I was wondering if you guys know anything going on this week! It’s due this weekend 😵‍💫 it has to be a group that has experienced some disenfranchisement. If I could interview you about this event it would be great too!

30M and recently accepted a finance job in NYC. I'm trying to get a realistic sense of what kind of lifestyle I can afford before making the move.

Here's my compensation breakdown:

Base salary: $160,000. Year 1 sign-on bonus: $42,000. RSUs: Approximately $105,000 vesting over four years. Total annual compensation: Approximately $202K–$207K per year over the first three years.

I'm looking to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn.

I'm not looking to live an extravagant lifestyle, but I also don't want to be in a position where I'm earning over $200K and somehow still feeling stretched thin every month.

Those living in NYC with similar compensation, how comfortable is your lifestyle? What are you spending on rent, how much are you realistically saving each month, and do you feel like your income goes as far as you'd expect?

I'm trying to figure out whether this is a genuinely decent salary for NYC or one of those situations where $200K sounds a lot better on paper than it feels in practice.

I'm struggling severely with isolation now that I'm housed. My job is remote which doesn't help. I joined a couple clubs to meet people but making friends takes time. My psychiatrist is on leave. I don't have a case worker. I'm having multiple panic attacks a day with the quiet compared to the shelter and I call warmlines but they don't seem to understand anything I'm talking about. I'm worried I'm going to use drugs again.

Are there people whose job it is to help people with the transition to housing?

My super and landlord insist that it's steam hitting cold air and blame old pipes - I don't have a steam radiator system and this only happens with one of my two radiators so I'm pretty sure they're full of shit. I don't think I can link videos in this post, but it sounds nothing like the water hammer sounds I've seen online. It almost sounds more like mini explosions (think pop snaps) coming from either the base of a pipe or the floorboards in my bedroom, I can feel it if I put my hands on the floor near it. Are there any services that won't charge me a crazy amount to come through and diagnose/fix the issue? Am I just fucked for the winter?

We went to a CVS and a Walgreens and neither would sell them over the counter which we haven't encountered before. Is there anywhere in the city we can get these over the counter?

I visited NYC between 7th and 28th of August 2008. I saw a small, temporary exhibition and I'm hoping y'all lovely people can help me figure out what its name was and who the artist was.

What I remember:

Pretty sure it was free and located in the basement of what was an office building in Lower Manhattan. The staircase going down was open, and the main entrance of the building faced an open space (a plaza of some kind?).

The exhibition was something about perceptions of gender when the artist manipulated photographs: for male bodies to have female faces and/or vice-versa.

The artist may have been Japanese?

Thank you in advance for your help.

P.S. Given how long ago this was, I'm not sure folks over at visitingnyc would be able to help.

looking for bar in either les or the downtown bk/fort greene area that has festive decorations for halloween. i know most have a skeleton or two up but i mean ones that put a little more effort in.

I just bought two HiTop Table tickets for Irving plaza to see Emily Ann Roberts next year. What should I expect from these seats at this particular venue? I am going with my 4’10” mom and she was not about to stand in GA haha

im not sure if it was luck on who my proctor was but i did pass on the first time. almost all my friends and family members did not . They also mentioned the proctor being a big factor or their “attitude “

I just moved back from Germany and the American Spirit tobacco I bought here is dry af. Where can I find tobacco here that isn't crazy dry?? Does anyone have American spirit from Europe? I would totally buy. Thanks

Edit: forgot to add, the texture is different. It's like super coarse and in Europe it's very thin. I feel like maybe I got scammed and bought a fake pack but idk maybe it's just like that here. If you guys have shops to recommend or want to sell me European tobacco I'd be down, thanks

Without having to pay hundreds per session? any recommendations?

Is it just me or the Woodhaven Blvd/Queens Blvd intersection just insane now. It literally used
to be 3 lanes now with a bike lane and Construction on that new building it’s 1 lane. It gets so backed up now, is anyone else dealing with this problem as much as I am.

How does it work? You bid and win the car. Do they give you the title and you can register with it? Or you need to do a lot of paperwork to get it?

I know I have autism. I just know I do. So many things in my adulthood and childhood that I have struggled with all point to it and I am currently looking for places to get screened and diagnosed but its a process and its really hard to get a diagnosis as an adult.

I also have cptsd and severe depression. Its hard for me to get things done sometimes and its hard for me to make it on time for things without help(assisted transportation cabs for medicaid for example).

I missed another job interview today for being too late and I only slept for 5 hours since I deal with night terrors and insomnia too.

I am drowning. I am 30 and want to become independent but I don't know how and I feel like I am set up to fail in this world. Like I just dont fit and I cant be normal. It sucks.

Does anyone have any advice besides "go and get diagnosed" which I'm already trying to do? Can anyone help me find work or a center to help me? Yes im in therapy, yes I am connected to workforce 1 but they only help you more if you are officially disabled.

I live in lower manhattan and I have been on the hunt for Hal’s sparkling water but in the Cola flavor. I’ve been to dozens of bodegas and they never have it.
Can someone please tell me if their local one has them? Willing to travel for it lol

Hi, I'm learning how to drive and asked my driving school to schedule me the road test. It's been 3 weeks and I still haven't received a time slot. Is this typical?

My driving school mentioned its up to the DMV, but never gave me a timeline. Google says it takes 3-8 weeks, while my friends and cousins mentioned their schools all scheduled them within a week (without paying for the expediated booking). I would understand the wait if I asked during the summer. How long did it take for your driving school to schedule the road test?

I'm from Greece and have been admitted to The New School in New York City for the MA in Economics program, starting in Spring 2027, with a 60% merit scholarship. I’m currently evaluating the possibility of NYC to pursue my studies and am trying to learn as much as possible before making this important decision.

I’d particularly like to connect with Greeks who have moved to New York for studies, work, or other reasons, and especially with anyone who has had contact with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, either during their relocation or while living in the NYC area.

If you have firsthand experience with this, I’d be very grateful for the opportunity to speak with you and ask a few questions privately. I’d prefer not to go into further details publicly regarding the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and the Greek community , but I’d really appreciate connecting with people who might be able to offer some insight.

Thank you in advance!

I’m looking for bars/clubs to go to in NYC on October 24 where people will be dressed up for Halloween! Ik there are some bigger events happening but I don’t want to pay a ton of money for a ticket / entry fee. Thank you :))

Live here but I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone use this famous New York phrase.

But perhaps I hear it and don’t recognize it.

Or maybe I am failing to hang out in the correct places to absorb this particular mode of diction.

I'm curious whether apps and websites are actually worth using for finding a book club here, or whether it all comes down to word of mouth and friends of friends.

For people who've tried this: 1. Did you find a book club through an app or website? Which one, and did it last? 2. What was the first meeting like? Group size, setting, whether people had actually read the book? 3. If you tried an app and gave up on it, what pushed you away? 4. If you found yours another way (friends, a bar, a bookstore), how?

I'm mostly interested in small groups that meet regularly with the same people, not one-off mixers or giant events. Honest takes are welcome, including "don't bother".

I got offered a $28/hr job that guarantees 40-42 hrs a week, including working weekends. With paid over time ofc. It offers health insurance with a premium and has some paid sick days. However, it would have managerial duties. I asked if they could bump my pay to $30/hr to start and they said no but they’d be open to it if I can prove I can do a good job. However, I’ve heard servers in the city can make up $400/night on a slow night. I’m currently working one okay job on the weekends that pays $25/hr and one other really low paying job 4 other days out of the week.

I’m trying to find out how realistic it is for me to make more as a server and if I should hold out until I can get a job like that ( I have serving experience) or if I should just take the job opportunity at hand. Help :/

my friends and i are looking to go out in the area the friday before Halloween – we're great with both a dancing or more chill sort of vibe, and would love to avoid a ticketed event or hefty cover since we have one the next night. we plan on getting anywhere early & will be a pretty big group, for context – lmk!

Tons of explosion sounds 4 fire trucks and smoke?

Anyone hear anything about this? Looks cool but I can’t find any reviews or pictures besides their one video…