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[WATCH] Public Service Announcement: Taxi Service Refusal is Against the Law

2024-02-28T12:00:00-05:00

This helpful little PSA from the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission explains that there is no reason for a taxi to refuse your service, as long as you are headed within the 5 boroughs, Westchester, Nassau country, or Newark Airport.

The goal of this Public Service Announcement is to raise awareness of passengers’ rights with respect to service refusal, and it visually portrays examples of certain refusal types, while encouraging viewers to report any instances of service refusal they may experience. New York City law provides that medallion taxicabs and Boro Taxis must transport ALL passengers to any mandatory destinations.

If you want stop cabbies from doing this, simply snap a photo of their license plate, medallion or taxi license if you can see it and file a complaint!

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[VIDEO] Pizza Expert and Historian Scott Weiner Shows You How to Eat a NYC Slice

2022-06-03T12:00:00-04:00

New York City's official tourism department NYCGO recently published this short video featuring pizza expert, historian, and tour guide Scott Weiner of Scott's Pizza Tours showing how to properly consume a NYC thin-crust slice.

Eating a slice of pizza may seem obvious, but these tricks will let you pass as a local. Learn how to scarf a New York slice from the founder of Scott's Pizza Tours.

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[VIDEO] New York Launching First Cannabis Education Campaign

2022-04-05T12:00:00-04:00

New Yorkers voted to legalize adult use marijuana a year ago, and it'll likely be another year before fully licensed dispensaries are up and running. CBS2's Kevin Rincon reports.

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[WATCH] Harlem Hops Offers Local Craft Brews and Scholarships

2022-02-08T16:00:00-05:00

Harlem Hops opened four years ago as the neighborhood’s beer hall and it has thrived as a Black-owned business throughout the pandemic. The owners also share their success through scholarships given directly to historically Black colleges and universities for Harlem students.

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[WATCH] Here's What It's Like to Attend the Plaza Hotel's $1000 Royal Etiquette Class

2021-09-15T12:00:00-04:00

INSIDER's Emily Christian heads to the Plaza Hotel to find out why young professionals are seeking out etiquette classes. She meets with expert Myka Meier, the founder of Beaumont Etiquette, who teaches Emily the graces of a duchess and explains why etiquette is more important today than ever. Does Emily have what it takes to act like a royal for the day?

Check out Beaumont Etiquette for more info on the Plaza Hotel's $1000 finishing program that teaches royal etiquette.

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[VIDEO] Amazing Story of Adopted Sisters Reunited After Taking the Same Class at Columbia

2020-09-12T16:00:00-04:00

In a touching story, two sisters who had never met recently discovered each other after 30+ years while taking the same creative writing course at Columbia University.

More than 30 years ago, biological sisters Lizzie Valverde (GS’15) and Katy Olson (GS’14) were adopted by different families. In the spring of 2013, they met by chance in a nonfiction seminar at Columbia’s School of General Studies. This year, Valverde graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing. Olson, who graduated last year with the same degree, is now pursuing her master’s at the School of the Arts.

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[WATCH] Check Out New York City History Day at the Museum of the City of New York

2020-01-31T16:00:00-05:00

The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center invites students to participate in New York City History Day on Sunday, March 1, 2020! This year’s theme is “Breaking Barriers in History.”

Visit the Museum of the City of New York for more details and to register for New York City History day.

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[VIDEO] Here's What It's Like to Attend the Plaza Hotel's $1000 Royal Etiquette Class

2019-07-03T11:00:00-04:00

INSIDER's Emily Christian heads to the Plaza Hotel to find out why young professionals are seeking out etiquette classes. She meets with expert Myka Meier, the founder of Beaumont Etiquette, who teaches Emily the graces of a duchess and explains why etiquette is more important today than ever. Does Emily have what it takes to act like a royal for the day?

Check out Beaumont Etiquette for more info on the Plaza Hotel's $1000 finishing program that teaches royal etiquette.

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Meet Andrea Jones-Rooy: NYU Professor by Day, Fire-Eating Acrobat by Night

2019-03-15T12:30:00-04:00

Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph.D is most well-known for being a Diversity Scientist and Data Science Professor at New York University, but this academic has several alter egos. She is a writer, a comedian, and sometimes, even "a professional circus performer specializing in trapeze, aerial hoop (lyra), silks, fire, and contortion." Meet the professor and see her perform in this profile video from the New York Post.

It’s hard not to be “hot” for this teacher. Professor Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph.D., is a political scientist by day. By night, she’s a fire-wielding — and often half-naked — circus performer. We got a glimpse into her alter ego and how she juggles her two very different careers.

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[WATCH] Pizza Expert and Historian Scott Weiner Shows You How to Eat a NYC Slice

2017-08-13T14:00:00-04:00

Eating a slice of pizza may seem obvious, but these tricks will let you pass as a local. Learn how to scarf a New York slice from the founder of Scott's Pizza Tours.

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