Top NYC news: Man charged with rice cooker scare; CUNY to create database of NYC English; more

Top NYC news: Man charged with rice cooker scare; CUNY to create database of NYC English; morePhoto: Pedro Lastra/Unsplash
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Published on August 19, 2019

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in New York City.

The people of Central Park West want their parking spaces (Sorry, cyclists)

The city wants to carve out more space for cyclists. Opponents say the city is becoming increasingly hostile to drivers.

Read the full story on The New York Times.

CUNY researchers seek to create first database of New York City English

Five linguists are nearing the end of a three-year project to create the first ever “Corpus of New York City English” – an online database composed of hundreds of audio interviews documenting the city accent in all its variations.

Read the full story on New York Daily News.

Brooklyn community fights homeless shelters, citing cost, building safety and transparency concerns

When New York City announced plans to open two homeless shelters in an affluent section of Brooklyn, a group of local residents began organizing to fight the project.

Read the full story on The Wall Street Journal.

Man charged in connection with Manhattan rice cooker scare

Sources confirmed that 26-year-old Larry Griffin, a homeless man from West Virginia, was taken into custody around 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning in the Bronx.

Read the full story on 6abc Action News.

Gerald Ford said this headline cost him the election. Daily News used it again for Trump.

"Fjord to Trump: Drop dead" is a play on a headline from when then-President Gerald Ford refused to bail New York City out of bankruptcy in 1975.

Read the full story on Washington Post.


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