New York Today-February 03, 2011

New York Today: Bloomberg Seeks a Sweeping Overhaul of City's Pensions; Slipping, Sliding and Watching for Falling Ice.

Thursday, February 3, 2011 

New York Today

News

Bloomberg Seeks a Sweeping Overhaul of City's Pensions

By DAVID W. CHEN

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would bar retirement checks for new employees until age 65 and require more years of service.

Slipping, Sliding and Watching for Falling Ice

By JAMES BARRON

Warmer temperatures sent chunks of ice crashing down from city buildings and had pedestrians looking skyward and walking faster.

•  Storm Leaves Much of Country Shivering, Shoveling and Awaiting More

Gowanus Canal Inquiry Underlines Severity of Pollution

By MIREYA NAVARRO

A yearlong investigation of the Gowanus Canal in preparation for its cleanup under the federal Superfund program has confirmed the severe extent of its contamination.

A Sex Joke and Other Judicial Bad Behavior

By WILLIAM GLABERSON

Calls to revamp the State Commission on Judicial Conduct have brought attention to how it has handled some complaints against judges.

Arts

Art at MoMA: Tuna on Wheat (Hold the Mayo)

By RANDY KENNEDY

Alison Knowles, one of the founders of the Fluxus movement, is offering her digestible performance art, "Identical Lunch."

MUSIC REVIEW

Intricate Journey Contained in One Multifaceted Work

By ALLAN KOZINN

Kenneth Weiss, a member of the Juilliard's historical performance faculty, presented Bach's "Goldberg" Variations on Monday night.

MUSIC REVIEW

Lighthearted, With a Soupçon of Self-Mockery

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Brooke Shields makes her cabaret debut with "In My Life," an autobiographical soufflé of monologues stitched together by songs, at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

T Magazine

T MAGAZINE

Artifacts | A Snow Queen for Our Time

By LINDA YABLONSKY

Rachel Feinstein has transformed the Lever House's lobby into a baroque art installation.

Style

UP CLOSE

Yielding to His Natural Self

By JED LIPINSKI

A Twitter feed and a blog,livingmaxwell.com, help spread his message.

Home & Garden

ON LOCATION

200 Square Feet and Room to Swivel

By FRED A. BERNSTEIN

A Bulgarian immigrant finds thrift and ingenuity go a long way in a tiny apartment.

Features

OUR TOWNS

A Diner Saved From Extinction Needs Saving Again

By PETER APPLEBOME

The Munson Diner, once at home in Hell's Kitchen, was moved upstate, where it is not at all thriving.

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Sports

Adding SNY to Mets' Sale Pitch Would Increase Allure

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Analysts consider the five-year-old sports network to be attractive to buyers eager to own part of a media property in New York.

•  Bats: Cuban Declines to Enter Chase for the Mets
•  Clemens's Lead Lawyer Hands Off Duties to Cross-Examine Pettitte

New York Most E-Mailed

1. Dakota Co-op Board Is Accused of Bias
2. Metro-North Cuts Service on the New Haven Line
3. About New York: Back to Iowa, Leaving a City in His Bones
4. City Workers Face Penalty After Storm
5. Bloomberg Seeks a Sweeping Overhaul of City's Pensions
6. Slipping, Sliding and Watching for Falling Ice
7. Panel Votes to Close 10 City High Schools
8. Ferries to Ply East River Far More Regularly Soon
9. Escaping the Law, One Last Time: An Elusive Mobster's End, Double-Checked
10. With Cuts, Cuomo Offers Shrunken Budget

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