New York is the city that never sleeps, but arduous commutes, hellish hours and ultra-competitive jobs mean even the most wired of party animals or dedicated employees have to recharge their batteries. But instead of knocking back a coffee or quaffing an energy drink, a growing number of New Yorkers are opting for a quick nap during office hours. With affluent Americans increasingly health conscious - indulging in fads such as green juice, hot-house yoga and matcha tea - a few pay-for-sleep businesses are now offering customers a little shut-eye on the QT. Nap York is one. Opening three months ago in a three-story building near Penn Station, $12 buys patrons 30 minutes in a wooden sleep cabin, day or night. "We wanted to accommodate all the exhausted New Yorkers," explains Stacy Veloric, the company's marketing director. "It's really hard to find peace and quiet within New York City." The business opened with seven cabins, but demand quickly exceeded supply and they added 22 more. Soon … [Read more...] about Learning to nap in New York, city that never sleeps
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Man dies after fire breaks out at Trump Tower in New York
An elderly man died late Saturday (Apr 7) after a blaze erupted on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York which also injured four firefighters, officials said. Plumes of smoke from the 50th floor of Trump Tower were seen as the fire was put out by the New York Fire Department. (Photo: AFP) The New York Police Department said the 67-year-old man was found "unconscious and unresponsive" when officers arrived at the scene of the fire. The man was pronounced dead after being taken to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, according to police, which said the medical examiner's office would determine the cause of death as part of an ongoing investigation. "This was a very difficult fire. As you can imagine, the apartment is quite large, we are 50 stories up. The rest of the building had a considerable amount of smoke," the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said. It said the four firefighters had "non-life threatening" injuries and that the blaze had been brought "under control." … [Read more...] about Man dies after fire breaks out at Trump Tower in New York
New York unveils plans for fossil fuel divestment
While other cities in Europe and the United States have already taken similar steps, New York hailed its move as significant as it is the biggest metropolis in the country. The city suffered billions of dollars of damage in Hurricane Sandy.New York's US$189 billion pension fund - held for city employees such as police officers, teachers and firefighters - currently has around US$5 billion in securities of more than 190 fossil fuel companies, officials said.Mayor Bill de Blasio said staff will instruct fund trustees to start analysing ways to divest responsibly from fossil fuel over the next five years, in a process that officials warned would not be easy and that would take time."New York City is standing up for future generations by becoming the first major US city to divest our pension funds from fossil fuels," de Blasio.US President Donald Trump inflamed the world last year by announcing that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, setting off a … [Read more...] about New York unveils plans for fossil fuel divestment
New York fire injures 23, including nine children
NEW YORK — A fire destroyed a building and injured 23 people in New York on Tuesday, just days after the city’s deadliest inferno in a quarter of a century. The blaze broke out in The Bronx, the same northern borough where last week’s fire claimed 12 lives. "Our units arrived and were immediately faced with heavy fire. Numerous people were brought out of the building by the firefighters on scene," said New York City fire chief Daniel Nigro. "They’ve all been transported, and they will all be ok, thankfully," he said, noting there were at least nine children among the injured. But a spokesman for the fire department later said that four of the injured were in a life-threatening condition. A firefighter was listed among the 19 people suffering minor injuries. The fire left 11 families, including 29 adults and 11 children, homeless. Barely four minutes after the emergency call, around 200 firefighters arrived in three dozen vehicles at 5:30am at a three-floor, … [Read more...] about New York fire injures 23, including nine children
Bronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blaze
At least 12 people have been killed and four others critically injured in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the fire was the deadliest in the city for at least 25 years. The victims include a one-year-old child, he added.The cause of the fire, on Prospect Avenue, near Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo, is not yet clear.More than 160 firefighters helped bring the blaze under control.Officials said the first alarm sounded at the five-storey building at about 19:00 local time (00:00 GMT).Speaking at the scene, Mr De Blasio said a nearby school had been set up to shelter those evacuated from the building. The city is currently experiencing bitterly cold weather."We're here at the scene of an unspeakable tragedy," Mr De Blasio said."Tonight, here in the Bronx there are families that have been torn apart. This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. Based on the information we … [Read more...] about Bronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blaze
12 dead, including an infant, and 4 others critically injured in New York City apartment fire
After a local television reporter previously cited a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio as saying that at least six people were dead in the fire, the spokesman responded on Twitter. “Will be more. Horrible,” the spokesman, Eric Phillips, said, adding that the fire commissioner and mayor were en route to the scene.Few official details of the blaze were immediately available. WABC-TV, the New York affiliate of the ABC television network, said the fire erupted shortly before 7 p.m. on the third floor of a five-story building.The New York City Fire Department said on its Twitter account that 15 serious injuries to civilians were reported in the four-alarm blaze and that more than 160 firefighters were on the scene.City police officer Tiffany Phillips added by telephone that there were an unknown number of fatalities. She said the blaze erupted in a “multiple-dwelling building.”A photograph posted on Twitter by the fire department showed two fire trucks with two … [Read more...] about 12 dead, including an infant, and 4 others critically injured in New York City apartment fire
California’s Thomas Fire scorches area larger than New York City
The most destructive wildfire raging in southern California has expanded significantly, scorching an area larger than New York City.The Thomas fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has consumed 230,000 acres in the past week.Fanned by strong winds, it has become the fifth largest wildfire in recorded state history after it grew by more than 50,000 acres in a day.Residents in coastal beach communities have been ordered to leave.On Sunday, firefighters reported that 15% of the blaze had been contained but were forced to downgrade that to 10% as it continued to spread."This is a menacing fire, certainly, but we have a lot of people working very diligently to bring it under control," Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.The other fires hitting California are largely controlled, but 200,000 people have evacuated their homes and hundreds of buildings have been destroyed since 4 December.Evacuation orders were issued overnight on Sunday for parts of Carpinteria close to Los … [Read more...] about California’s Thomas Fire scorches area larger than New York City
New York subway attack shows limits of counterterror strategy
Minutes after a man set off a pipe bomb strapped to his body in one of New York's busiest transit hubs, throwing the Monday morning commute into chaos for many, a suspect was in custody, trains were rerouted and throngs of police swarmed the streets.The massive response exposed the limits of the antiterrorism force the city has built since the deadly attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It has learned to respond quickly and effectively to attacks but faces an almost impossible task in trying to thwart every threat, particularly the acts of "lone wolves" targeting public places and New York's vast transit system.Nearly 6 million people ride New York's subway each day, entering at any one of the system's 472 stations - more stops than any other in the world.That open access is partly what allows U.S. train systems to carry five times as many passengers as airlines but also leaves unique security vulnerabilities, according to a Congressional Research Service report earlier this year."You can't … [Read more...] about New York subway attack shows limits of counterterror strategy
‘Terror’ bomber strikes New York subway, 3 hurt
Akayed Ullah told police investigators he wanted to avenge US airstrikes on the Islamic State group and was also inspired by Christmas terror plots in Europe, and chose the location for his attack by the Christmas posters on the subway walls, US media reported.His bomb failed to detonate properly, leaving him the only one seriously injured in the incident.President Donald Trump used the attack to call for tougher US immigration rules, saying the current "lax" policy "allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country.""Today's attempted mass murder attack in New York City - the second terror attack in New York in the last two months - once again highlights the urgent need for Congress to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people," Trump said in a statement.BOMB ONLY PARTIALLY DETONATEDThe blast took place in the subway station at the Port Authority bus terminal, not far from the city's iconic Times Square, sparking commuter panic … [Read more...] about ‘Terror’ bomber strikes New York subway, 3 hurt
Explosion rocks New York’s Port Authority, bomber wounds self and three victims
A Bangladeshi man set off a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded New York City commuter hub during the morning rush hour on Monday. The suspect, Akayed Ullah, 27, was taken to a hospital after suffering burns from the explosive device, which was attached to his body with Velcro and zip ties and did not fully ignite, officials said. Investigators told Reuters they believe the attack in midtown Manhattan was intended to be a suicide bombing. The blast, which occurred around 7 a.m. (1200 GMT) in a busy underground passageway between the subway station underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the Times Square subway station, sent commuters fleeing for the exits and police officers rushing to the scene, as officials scrambled to reroute trains and shut down streets. Three people, including a police officer, suffered minor injuries. The attack came just six weeks after police say an Uzbek man, Sayfullo Saipov, plowed a truck through a crowd of pedestrians along a bike … [Read more...] about Explosion rocks New York’s Port Authority, bomber wounds self and three victims