Despite the rainy weekend, the weather is not an obstacle for conducting the 35th annual Mermaid Parade, which is so popular among new Yorkers. However, why would a mermaid afraid of water? On the contrary, the raindrops like sea spray, only added to the realism and impressiveness of the already enchanting procession. Although some participants were afraid that the paint will wash off from the body, but they saved the…

Otto Warmbier, who was released from prison in North Korea, has died. According to relatives, he died at 14:20 on Monday. Otto Warmbier, 22, returned to the U.S. last Tuesday, but reported that he had been in a coma for more than a year. The DPRK stated that the cause of the coma was botulism, but a group of American doctors who examined Otto, dispute this assertion. Mr. Warmbier was…

In the state of Colorado , the initiative group collects signatures for a ban on sales to children under the age of 13. According to CBS, if the proposal will gain 300 thousand votes and will be accepted by results of voting in 2018, the sellers of smart phones in the state will have to ask, how old is the person for whom to buy a smartphone. In the case…

For the first time this season in new York city found mosquitoes that carry West Nile, said Monday the Department of health. Insects appeared in Staten Island. Mosquitoes usually appear in the period from April to September. The Department of health take action: the city already has about 60 points of observation. Workers also sprayed pesticides to kill the mosquitoes that carry West Nile fever. The people of new York…

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This summer in new York will be a bike pathon the cyclist, who died under the wheels of the car. On Thursday announced the Department of transportation. The family of a resident of Crown Heights, Lauren Davis, 34, died in April 2016, since the death of the girls asked city authorities to pave a bike path along the Avenue. And finally, the authorities decided to satisfy this request. A bike…

After the purchase of 5 electric buses for the Orange Line, Metro announced that they plan to switch completely to electric buses by 2030. At this point in the organization’s 2,200 buses that run on natural gas. In 2013, Metro purchased more electric buses, but this experiment failed. The buses were the problem. Due to poor quality welding, they began to break down and become unusable. But since then technology…

A new program of the mayor’s office to combat climate change in new York involves friendship or, more precisely, good-neighborliness. Amazing? Not at all — believe the officials. Last week the office of new York mayor bill de Blasio announced a new initiative to fight climate change, increasing the level of heat in the city. The essence of the program can be reduced to: «Plant a tree! Make a new…

Residents of the five-story building in Upper West Side from June 1 are forced to use the fire escape to get to the apartments, as the owners said they plan to repair the main and only staircase in the house. After the residents met with Council member Helen Rosenthal to Department of Buildings has issued an order on the cessation of work at West 83rd Street. Many residents are elderly,…