About one-third of the city’s parks system includes places that seem more at home far from a metropolis, and groups are working to improve these overlooked areas.
Stephen Rogata, 19, of Great Falls, Va., was charged with reckless endangerment and trespassing in connection with his unauthorized ascent of the Fifth Avenue building.
An aide to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey texted a colleague that he lied when he told reporters that his senior staff members did not know about a plot to close traffic lanes, according to a court filing.
It was also announced that a group representing the state’s 16 medical schools was withdrawing its opposition to a bill that would end the educational use of bodies with no known survivors.
At a rooftop bar in Rockville Centre, N.Y., women must be at least 25 to enter and men, 30. The owners say they can make their own rules; some say the policy is discriminatory.
By ARIELLE DOLLINGER
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With no serious challenger yet emerging to take on the mayor in next year’s election, a recent poll suggests there could be an opportunity for a party insider running as an independent.
