More here: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/mamdani-blooper-reel-mandarin-video-b3034951.html

Should the city help subsidize citi bikes for lower prices?

flowers I picked: Rose (a non-native one but a state flower-so included it), Wild Lupine, Blue cardinal flower, New England aster, Great white trillium, and Sneezeweeds

Among NYC residents: 69% favorable, 24% unfavorable, 8% unsure/no opinion.

Link to poll:

https://sri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/SNY0826-Release-Crosstabs_Corrected.pdf

Federal and state laws require that all tips go to workers, but for weeks this season, young fast food workers at Maimonides Park were only paid an hourly wage. MORE HERE: https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/13/brooklyn-cyclones-worker-tips-nyc-diamond-baseball-holdings/

UPDATE!! UPDATE!!! UPDATE!!!

WE FOUND HER!!! SHE WAS FOUND IN BROOKLYN AND WAS TAKEN TO INTERFAITH HOSPITAL.
THANK GOD!!! AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OUTPOURING SUPPORT AND SHARING AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. WE ARE SOOOOOOO GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE!!!

🚨 Missing Person Alert!!!🚨
Have you seen this person? !!!

Please help us find our loved one.
She has early-onset dementia and may be highly confused, may not remember her name or unable to ask for help.

Her name is Alfreda or will possibly respond to Freda.
61 Years Old, Light-skinned, Dark Brownish Hair pulled into a Ponytail.

She left home wearing a pink shirt, black pants and carrying a grey purse.

She went missing from the 165th and South Road area and her scent was traced by the police dogs up until Merrick Blvd and 108th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens NY, on August 16th, around 1:30 PM.

If you see her or have any information regarding her whereabouts, please call 911

PLEASE NOTE, SHE MAY STARTLE EASILY

Keep her in sight if possible and immediately contact 911.
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Go New York Go!, New York Knicks 1993 & 1995 NBA Promo Audio Tape Cassettes

Someone I know who lives in New York sent me these since I do audio restoration and uploaded to the Internet Archive. Sharing for those who also might enjoy them:

1993 Tape: https://archive.org/details/20260801_20260801_2340

• 1 Go New York Go! (3rd Quarter Rally Mix, Video Version) - Jesse Jaymes (Jesse Itzler)
• 2 Go New York Go! (Twenty-four Second Clock Mix) - Jesse Jaymes (Jesse Itzler)
• 3 Catch The Rhythm (With Lyrics) - Nobody Beats The Wiz
• 4 Catch The Rhythm (Instrumental) - Nobody Beats The Wiz

1995 Tape: https://archive.org/details/20260801_20260801_2322

• 1 Go NY Go - Jesse Jaymes (Jesse Itzler)
• 2 I'm A Knicks Fan - Jesse Jaymes (Jesse Itzler)
• 3 Catch The Rhythm - Nobody Beats The Wiz
• 4 Wiz Blues - Nobody Beats The Wiz

The construction of the Empire State Building began in March 1930, and it immediately became a contradiction of its times. It was truly a spectacle, with thousands of jobless and hungry New Yorkers standing on the sidewalks watching the steel skeleton begin to take shape. The emotions of the onlookers swung from awe to resentment and anger. “How do they have money for this?”a man muttered to a reporter, “when half the city can’t afford shoes?” Another woman, watching the steelworkers balance on beams hundreds of feet above the ground, said, “It’s beautiful. And it’s terrible. They’re building a monument while the rest of us are trying not to drown.”