The demand for fakes of famous brands in New York supports the illegal industry

  “Chanel bags” and “Rolex watches,” which can be bought in New York Chinatown shops for symbolic sums, are just the tip of the iceberg of the illegal counterfeit industry. Behind them are international criminal groups uniting smugglers, sellers and counterfeiters. Moreover, the latter are often used...

Russian-speaking America chooses a man of the year

  Outstanding artists of our time, talented musicians and teachers, active public figures, philanthropists and patrons of the arts - all these people are united by the fact that they live in America and speak the same language - Russian. They came to the United States at different times from...

The revolving restaurant Rainbow Room has reopened in New York

The legendary establishment, located on the top floor of a high-rise building in downtown New York, reopened its doors this week. The chic Rainbow Room restaurant on the 65th floor of the famous Rockefeller Center has been closed for five years. Disputes between the company that owns ...

New York for the first time in 70 years overtook suburbs in population growth

  It seems that a detached house with a lawn outside the city is gradually ceasing to be the ultimate dream for New Yorkers. At least this is true for the Millennial generation (people born after 1981), many of whom prefer the comforts of life in a big city to relative tranquility ...

What will be the future of New York?

  It is difficult to predict in detail what the New York of the future will be like. Throughout its history, this city has changed several times, sometimes beyond recognition. It's likely that in a few decades, some areas of the Big Apple will look very different. Especially if…

Whales and sharks are frequent visitors to New York's coastal waters.

  The ocean waters around New York have cleared in recent years, attracting a host of marine life to the shores of the Big Apple, including humpback whales and great white sharks. Experts say that predators are attracted by the abundance of prey: more in coastal waters ...

Chris Pollack - a real-life superhero from New York

  In New York there is a place not only for fictional superheroes, but also for real ones. For example, guys like Chris Pollack, about whom the Epoch Times newspaper talks. Together with friends, he patrols the squares, parks and streets of the most disadvantaged areas of New York. 30-year-old man ...

One of the streets of New York officially given the name of Sergey Dovlatov

  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed a legislative act, according to which one of the streets in the Queens area should be named after the Russian writer and journalist Sergei Dovlatov. This information was confirmed on Thursday by correspondent. ITAR-TASS in the press service of de Blasio. ...

Foyer of New York City Central Station named after Jacqueline Kennedy

  Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and First Lady from 1961 to 1963. She gained worldwide fame as the president's wife, but even after Kennedy's assassination, Americans' interest in the life of this woman never ceased to fade...

New York will pay $ 40 million to five unjustly convicted Americans

Five US citizens unjustly convicted of gang rape and murder of a woman in Central Park in New York in 1989 will be compensated for the years spent in prison, RIA Novosti reports, citing Bloomberg. It is reported that they are currently ...

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