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  • Time Out NY’s Favorite Free NYC Apps Saturday, May 28, 2011 @ 4:09PMTime Out New York recently released a list of their favorite apps which includes: NYC Condom Finder – This app points out nearby cafés, health clinics, tattoo parlors and other spots that hand out gratis condoms and lubricant. SitOrSquat: Bathroom Finder - a map that locates public restrooms that are open—and suggests whether they’re suitable for sitting [Full Story…]
  • The Note: Getting To ‘Yes’: Just Hours To Go To Head Off A Shutdown Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 8:19AMIt’s officially crunch time for negotiators from both parties on each end of Pennsylvania Avenue. With time running out to avert a government shutdown the two sides appear to be squabbling over a tiny portion of the budget.
  • Website aims to transform NY’s blighted areas Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 3:10PMReuters/New York An ambitious website is encouraging New Yorkers to transform the city’s blighted buildings and vacant lots from eyesores into projects to improve their communities and promote the arts.
  • NY health officials launch condom finder phone app Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 10:35PMNEW YORK (AP) - Health officials have released a mobile phone application to help New Yorkers find free condoms. The app is designed to locate the five nearest venues that distribute official NYC Condoms in jazzy wrappers printed with colorful subway maps or other city themes. People can manually enter addresses or ...
  • NY Health Officials Launch Condom Finder Phone App Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 7:29PMHealth Officials Launch Mobile Phone App To Help New Yorkers Find Free Condoms
  • Best BlackBerry Apps For New Yorkers Monday, January 10, 2011 @ 11:33AMYou know what they say: Don't come between a New Yorker and his BlackBerry. Here are our picks for the best NYC BlackBerry apps.
  • NY-NJ Subway Raises Hackles, Hopes Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 12:55PMCould New York's subway be going suburban? A proposal to extend the No. 7 line across the Hudson River has straphangers atwitter, with some wondering how the new connection might change the character of the city's beloved trains.
  • Bing Maps Adds Transit Directions Friday, September 17, 2010 @ 9:42AMBing has announced they have added transit directions in 11 cities. Transit directions can be used to determine the best way to get from point A to point B via bus, subway, or local rail.
  • NY subway bomb plot part of al-Qaida plan also targeting England Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 9:53PMWASHINGTON - A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that included a similar attack planned in England, U.S. prosecutors said today.
  • NYCMate - Making Public Information Public Again Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 9:08AMDensebrain, Inc. in collaboration with episode6 has released NYCMate, for the iPhone and Andriod platforms. It is the first free multi-platform mobile NYC Transit Map Application that allows the user to view the officially licensed MTA New York City Bus, Subway and Neighborhood maps. (PRWeb Jul 6, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4219594 ...
  • NYCMate - Making Public Information Public Again Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 8:00AMDensebrain, Inc. in collaboration with episode6 has released NYCMate, for the iPhone and Andriod platforms. It is the first free multi-platform mobile NYC Transit Map Application that allows the user to view the officially licensed MTA New York City Bus, Subway and Neighborhood maps.
  • New Subway Signs Costing $800K Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 2:35PMPhoto via triborough's flickr With so many changes happening in the system, NYC Transit is replacing 3,000 signs and 25,000 maps by a June 28th deadline, the same day trains like the V and W will become extinct. John Montemarano, director of the station signage division, told the NY Times , “We make sure our customers can wake up on June 28 and figure out how the hell to get around.” The cost of ...
  • NY State Budget Now 4 Weeks Late Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 10:36AMBUFFALO, NY - New York State lawmakers have wrapped up another three day work week in the state capitol without passing a state budget, which is now four weeks overdue.
  • The Phantom Token Booth: MTA Cuts Station Agents Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 2:02AMThe MTA is letting go of 450 station agents as early as May. Each one earns an average of $75,000, including benefits. Taken together, the layoffs will save $13 million this year during one of the au....
  • Subway Map Artist Enrico Miguel Thomas Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 8:05PMEnrico Miguel Thomas, an up-and-coming artist, showcased his amazing talent turning subway maps into pieces of beautiful and thought-provoking art.
  • Avencia Releases WalkshedNY for NYC BigApps Contest: Web-based Tool Enables Citizens to Generate Walkability Maps of ... Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 9:00AMAvencia, an award-winning, Philadelphia-based geographic analysis and software development firm announces the release of Walkshed New York (NY) – a web application that uses advanced technology to calculate and map walkability based on user preferences. Avencia created Walkshed NY as a submission for the NYC BigApps Contest. A City of New York initiative, the contest solicited software ...
  • 13th Annual Winter Walk kicks off Saturday Sunday, November 29, 2009 @ 1:26AMHUDSON — That sound you hear is the holiday season shifting into gear in Hudson, NY. The annual extravaganza known as Winter Walk bursts on the scene at 5 p.m. Saturday evening, Dec. 5 on Hudson’s historic Main Street and beyond.
  • MoMA and P.S. 1 Launch Initiative to Create Infrastructure Solutions for New York's Harbors Monday, November 2, 2009 @ 9:28PMZone 1. Proposed solution: Subway car reefs, oyster farms and wind turbines at Statue of Liberty Island. Credit: Palisade Bay Team: Guy Nordenson and Associates, Catherine Seavitt Studio, Architecture Research Office.
  • NY hub was likley terror plot target Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 4:54AMA terror plot that came to light this week following raids in New York may have been targeting a major transportation center, sources close to the investigation told CNN on Thursday.
  • Why Barclays is new name on NY subway Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 12:33PMThere is a Barclay Square in London and a Barclay Street close to the where the Twin Towers once stood in lower Manhattan. But the maps of New York City will soon have to be reprinted to make way for a brand new name among the myriad already attached to stations along the subway system: Barclays Center.
  • My personal NY survival guide Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @ 11:41AMBefore anything else, I’d like to say wow, thanks to everyone who’s following me on Twitter. Right now I’ve got over 3,000 followers (I know, it’s nothing compared to the number of followers Ashton Kutcher has).
  • A Katrina of foreclosures hits New York Friday, May 22, 2009 @ 12:27AMDespite the world-heralded election of a black president, some things don’t change. And not only does foreclosure take the heaviest toll on counties with black and Latino majorities, now the Katrina of foreclosure moved north to the New York region with devastating results, as reported in The New York Times , no punches pulled.
  • Faith No More to Reunite for European Tour Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 11:12AMYears before Nirvana and Nine Inch Nails took scuzzed-out sonics and transgressive imagery to the mall-rock mainstream, the Bay Area funk-metal spazzes in Faith No More violated every form of conventional wisdom and wound up playing bigger venues than anyone could've predicted.