Cyclone stalls on opening day, forcing riders to walk down rollercoaster - am New York

Cyclone stalls on opening day, forcing riders to walk down rollercoaster - am New York

Includes VIDEO.

The first Cyclone ride at Coney Island to welcome a new season instead kicked off a rescue when the roller coaster got stuck.
People walked down staircases on the iconic 88-year-old Coney Island ride on a chilly morning after the wooden roller coaster stopped working just as it inched up to the peak of the ride’s first big drop, according to witnesses.

Rise in government insurance rates to mirror rising waters, flood debt

Rise in government insurance rates to mirror rising waters, flood debt - The Washington Post

"Some owners say they are angry because their houses near lakes, rivers, bays and oceans were much more affordable with cheap rates that will now increase by as much as 25 percent each year until the premiums equal the full risk of settling down on property mapped as a flood zone.

Congress ordered a rate increase because the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is $24 billion in debt. It reached that historic amount because revenue from the discounted premiums could not cover payments on flood claims, particularly after two devastating hurricanes, Katrina and Sandy, on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts."

NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger | Michael Shank, Ph.D.

NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger | Michael Shank, Ph.D.

"In the wake of New York City's devastating gas explosion and fire in the East Village, which destroyed residential buildings and injured dozens of New Yorkers, there couldn't be a more critical time to take a serious look at New York's housing situation."

Victim miraculously OK after NYC blast — but date still missing

Victim miraculously OK after NYC blast — but date still missing | New York Post
A young woman in the East Village restaurant hit by a massive gas explosion miraculously survived being blown all the way across Second Avenue, sources told The Post on Friday.
Theresa Galarza had been on a date with Nicholas Figueroa, who was still missing late Friday.
Galarza was blasted into the street from inside the Sushi Park restaurant and landed in front of the Orpheum Theatre, home of “Stomp,” the sources said.
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EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA selling off green space to developers

EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA selling off green space to developers - NY Daily News

The housing authority is quietly selling off parking lots, green space and playgrounds to developers — a spree that will create more affordable housing and help ease NYCHA’s budget woes.

NYCHA has sold small parcels here and there over the years, but in 2011 began to ratchet up its sales effort, a Daily News review found. Since 2013, they’ve sold off 54 plots with 441,000 square feet of public land to private developers, records show.