New York Schools Vaccine Mandate Granted Temporary Injunction By Federal Court

NEW YORK -- A watercolor by Vincent van Gogh that was seized by the Nazis during World War II will be sold next month at auction in New York, where it is expected to fetch a price of $20 million or more, the auction house Christie's announced.Christie's is auctioning the 1888 work, “Wheatstacks,” after facilitating negotiations between the Texas oilman's heirs who own it now and the heirs of two Jewish art collectors who owned it at different times before it was looted by the Nazis.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees is threatening to go on strike on Monday morning if it cannot reach a new contract.

Chloë Grace Moretz was a “good sport” on Thursday as she attended a game between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders.

Rachael Ray revealed that she’s grateful just to be alive after suffering two tragedies at her New York properties roughly one year apart from one another.  In August of 2020, the celebrity TV chef, 53, revealed that her house in Lake Luzerne, New York burned down in a fire.The cause was determined to be an issue that started in her fireplace chimney that allowed flames to spread on the roof. Ray, her husband John Cusimano and their dog Bella were luckily not harmed in the fire.

Kathy A. McDonald Broadway is back and so is New York’s residential real estate market.

“Life is just a blink. It is one heartbeat in the entire lifespan of the universe.”

Passing the torch! Ahead of the premiere of Amazon Prime’s I Know What You Did Last Summer TV series, the cast of the original movie gave their blessing to the new cast.

It all came down to this – 0-0 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning on the final day of the Major League Baseball season. The New York Yankees needed a win in order to clinch a wild card spot in the American League playoffs.

UPDATE, SATURDAY AM: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has rejected a request to block New York City’s vaccination mandate for all Department of Education employees.

UPDATE: A group of New York City public school teachers has petitioned the US Supreme Court to block the city’s vaccine mandate, which kicks in this week.

The 59th annual New York Film Festival kicked off Friday night with back-to-back world premiere screenings of Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth as the Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington-starrer met with loving applause at Lincoln Center’s full Alice Tully Hall.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle paid a visit to the One World Trade Centre in New York today, Thursday. Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, were joined by New York City’s mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, in the observatory located on floors 100-102 of the One World Trade Centre.The couple are also to meet with Mr de Blasio’s wife, the first lady of New York, writer and activist Chirlane McCray, and their son Dante de Blasio.

One of the few positive things the pandemic has done for movie buffs is left us with an onslaught of leftover 2020 titles held for this year’s fall festival circuit. Case in point: the 59th Annual New York Film Festival.