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Stacks at The New York Public Library facing Bryant Park will be moved to make way for a new circulating library  http://bit.ly/IsBEq2

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Stacks at The New York Public Library facing Bryant Park will be moved to make way for a new circulating library  http://bit.ly/IsBEq2

Big plans to transform the New York Public Library’s central branch are in motion, which President and CEO Anthony Marx hopes will bring the library into the “information age,” as well as serve the needs of all New Yorkers.

Is the NYC start-up community a boys’ club? How NYC is Paving a Path for Girls on NYC’s Digital Frontier

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drawNYC, Drawings of New Yorkers by Randeep Katari

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THIRTEEN is excited to announce a new partnership between its local multi-platform property MetroFocus and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Students in the master’s program will contribute fully produced content for MetroFocus, both on-air and online. Learn more on INSIDE THIRTEEN

THIRTEEN is excited to announce a new partnership between its local multi-platform property MetroFocus and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Students in the master’s program will contribute fully produced content for MetroFocus, both on-air and online. Learn more on INSIDE THIRTEEN

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NYC-ARTS Profile: Emerson String Quartet

For more than three decades, the Emerson String Quartet has performed in music capitals from New York to London to Vienna. With exceptional technical accomplishment, these four musicians have been able to bring new insight into the works of such great composers as Bach, Bartok, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich.

Medical Marijuana Odds Get Higher in CT, but Anxiety Grows in NJ: Legislation to legalize medicinal cannabis is making strides in Connecticut. Meanwhile, New Jersey is plagued by NIMBY issues.

Medical Marijuana Odds Get Higher in CT, but Anxiety Grows in NJLegislation to legalize medicinal cannabis is making strides in Connecticut. Meanwhile, New Jersey is plagued by NIMBY issues.

What would you do with $1 million dollars for your community? Voters will soon judge NYC’s first experiment in participatory budgeting: between March 25 and April 1, residents in the four participating New York City Council districts will cast their votes on the capital projects they deem most important for their community.