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by Tobias Salinger   An Italian company that makes high-end furniture, lighting, home accessories and jewelry would purchase and renovate a 50,000-square-foot vacant building in the Bronx with the help of city tax breaks under a plan officials with the New York City Industrial Development Agency will review next week.   SICIS North Am...

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He brought a banana to a fistfight — and paid for it with his life. A 37-year-old man, visiting his girlfriend in the city, was pestering customers to buy him beer at a Bronx bodega just after midnight on Friday.   One of the fed-up strangers unleashed an open-handed assault on Oliver D'Orio as they squared off outside the Guerrero Deli on...

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by Michael Barbaro   Bill de Blasio drives a gas-sipping Ford hybrid and cultivates tomatoes and peppers from his backyard in brownstone Brooklyn. He works out at the socially responsible Y.M.C.A. and opted for the all-hands-on-deck rigors of the Park Slope Childcare Collective.   His wedding was a multicultural billboard for the...

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A visit to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx means one thing: Italian food. Fresh mozzarella, handmade pasta and hero sandwiches loaded with ham, tomatoes, peppers and cheese — it's all here in the delis, restaurants, shops, cafes and bakeries along Arthur Avenue and East 187th Street. Some of the best-known places include Tino's Deli, Madonia Broth...

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A new pizzeria that specializes in customer service recently opened up on East Tremont Avenue, replacing another pizzeria at the same location.   Last month, Bronx Pizzeria, a at 3579 E. Tremont Avenue, officially opened it's doors to the community, taking over Vito's Pizzeria, which was in business for just over a year. Bronx Pizzeria...

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by Michael Barbaro   The commercial that changed the course of the mayor's race almost never happened. Bill de Blasio's campaign team had mused about building an ad around his wife, Chirlane McCray, a telegenic African-American poet, then abandoned the concept.   They then turned to his 15-year-old son, but nothing seemed to go right...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Si è appena conclusa la 36.ma edizione dello strapopolare Five Boro Bike Tour che ha visto la partecipazione di oltre 32 mila ciclisti e già si parla del 2014 con il Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia che ieri ha fatto l'esordio newyorkese. In quasi quaranta anni dal primo tour dei cinque quartieri della Big Apple, i ciclisti dilettan...

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Nella sua corsa verso la carica di primo cittadino di New York, il candidato democratico Bill de Blasio incassa il sostegno di Bill e Hillary Clinton, dopo aver avuto anche quello del governatore dello stato di New York e possibile candidato alla Casa Bianca Andrew Cuomo. "Bill de Blasio è amico" dell'ex presidente e dell'ex segretario di Stato ''d...

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di Chiara Zaccherotti   È possibile viversi l'atmosfera del Natale all'italiana pur essendo a New York? Di sicuro non sarà come stare a casa, con i propri cari e tutte quelle tradizioni che proprio in questo periodo dell'anno ci piace un po' di più rispettare, ma se siete italiani, vivete a New York City e quest'anno proprio non vi è riuscit...

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Little Italy, nested in between several culturally-rich neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan, is known for its multitude of Italian restaurants. However, the authenticity is questionable.   In 2000 only 6% or 44 of the residents here were born in Italy, and in 2011 a census found that none of the residents in Little Italy were Italian-born. &nb...

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