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| N.Y. Today: A Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree With Bronx Roots | N.Y. Today: A Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree With Bronx Roots |
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| It’s Wednesday. Governor Cuomo is scheduled to have lunch with President Trump to discuss infrastructure. It’s not yet known what is on the menu. | |
| Weather: Mostly cloudy with a high of 45 but winds that will make it feel like the 20s or 30s. Tomorrow and Friday, expect sunnier skies. | Weather: Mostly cloudy with a high of 45 but winds that will make it feel like the 20s or 30s. Tomorrow and Friday, expect sunnier skies. |
| Alternate-side parking: in effect until Dec. 8 | Alternate-side parking: in effect until Dec. 8 |
| Sometimes the big Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center has humble beginnings. | Sometimes the big Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center has humble beginnings. |
| Shirley Figueroa, a retired public servant, grew up in Mott Haven in the Bronx with “no trees on my block.” | Shirley Figueroa, a retired public servant, grew up in Mott Haven in the Bronx with “no trees on my block.” |
| But last year, Ms. Figueroa, 49, and her wife bought a home in Wallkill, N.Y., an hour and a half north of the city. | But last year, Ms. Figueroa, 49, and her wife bought a home in Wallkill, N.Y., an hour and a half north of the city. |
| The home came with a towering Norway spruce that a Rockefeller Center scout had already spotted. (Every year, the center gets its tree from a different place. Last year’s came from someone’s yard in State College, Pa.) | The home came with a towering Norway spruce that a Rockefeller Center scout had already spotted. (Every year, the center gets its tree from a different place. Last year’s came from someone’s yard in State College, Pa.) |
| And so Ms. Figueroa’s 72-foot tree will be lit tonight in a ceremony that starts at 7 o’clock. | And so Ms. Figueroa’s 72-foot tree will be lit tonight in a ceremony that starts at 7 o’clock. |
| “Just the fact that I have a tree that I can donate when I came from somewhere that had no trees — it’s so surreal,” Ms. Figueroa said. | “Just the fact that I have a tree that I can donate when I came from somewhere that had no trees — it’s so surreal,” Ms. Figueroa said. |
| Also noteworthy: This is the first tree in Rockefeller Center’s history to be donated by a same-sex or Latina couple, a Rockefeller Center spokeswoman said. Ms. Figueroa and her wife are Puerto Rican. | Also noteworthy: This is the first tree in Rockefeller Center’s history to be donated by a same-sex or Latina couple, a Rockefeller Center spokeswoman said. Ms. Figueroa and her wife are Puerto Rican. |
| “That’s cool,” Ms. Figueroa said about her history-making status. “We’re happy all around. We’re New Yorkers.” | “That’s cool,” Ms. Figueroa said about her history-making status. “We’re happy all around. We’re New Yorkers.” |
| The Times’s Corey Kilgannon reports: | The Times’s Corey Kilgannon reports: |
| On Tuesday, the City Council speaker, Corey Johnson, took a tour of Hart Island, off the coast of the Bronx, where the city buries its unclaimed dead. | On Tuesday, the City Council speaker, Corey Johnson, took a tour of Hart Island, off the coast of the Bronx, where the city buries its unclaimed dead. |
| He asked to be taken to a remote spot on the island’s southernmost tip where in 1985 the city buried some of the earliest casualties of AIDS in an effort to quarantine them. | He asked to be taken to a remote spot on the island’s southernmost tip where in 1985 the city buried some of the earliest casualties of AIDS in an effort to quarantine them. |
| The graves were in an overgrown area and some of the headstones were toppled over, said Mr. Johnson, who is the city’s first openly gay male speaker and is H.I.V. positive. | The graves were in an overgrown area and some of the headstones were toppled over, said Mr. Johnson, who is the city’s first openly gay male speaker and is H.I.V. positive. |
| “I was sort of taken aback that that area felt sort of neglected,” he said. | “I was sort of taken aback that that area felt sort of neglected,” he said. |
| Mr. Johnson said the visit strengthened his support for transferring the jurisdiction of the island from the Department of Corrections to the Parks Department. | Mr. Johnson said the visit strengthened his support for transferring the jurisdiction of the island from the Department of Corrections to the Parks Department. |
| He added, “I knelt down in front of one of the markers and closed my eyes for a minute and thought of all the gay men who lost their lives.” | He added, “I knelt down in front of one of the markers and closed my eyes for a minute and thought of all the gay men who lost their lives.” |
| New: A pair of bills will be introduced at the City Council meeting this afternoon that would open the door to widespread use of e-scooters and e-bikes on city streets, The Times’s J. David Goodman reports. | New: A pair of bills will be introduced at the City Council meeting this afternoon that would open the door to widespread use of e-scooters and e-bikes on city streets, The Times’s J. David Goodman reports. |
| Mayor Bill de Blasio has previously said electric bikes are a “real danger.” | Mayor Bill de Blasio has previously said electric bikes are a “real danger.” |
| Context: E-bikes, “the scourge of many New York residents,” Mr. Goodman writes, are “also a staple of the food-delivery workers who serve them.” | Context: E-bikes, “the scourge of many New York residents,” Mr. Goodman writes, are “also a staple of the food-delivery workers who serve them.” |
| The University of Pennsylvania School of Design recently announced five winners of its competition to redesign Central Park after the hypothetical scenario of an eco-terrorist attack. | The University of Pennsylvania School of Design recently announced five winners of its competition to redesign Central Park after the hypothetical scenario of an eco-terrorist attack. |
| Pictured above is one of the winning entries, from the designers John Beckmann, Hannah LaSota and Laeticia Hervy, of the New York-based firm Axis Mundi Design. | Pictured above is one of the winning entries, from the designers John Beckmann, Hannah LaSota and Laeticia Hervy, of the New York-based firm Axis Mundi Design. |
| The entry shows how a “ravaged original surface of Central Park is left as a regenerating wilderness,” with “a green mega-structure” or “raised parkland,” they said. | The entry shows how a “ravaged original surface of Central Park is left as a regenerating wilderness,” with “a green mega-structure” or “raised parkland,” they said. |
| See more from them and other winning designs. | See more from them and other winning designs. |
| Public advocate’s race: The newly announced candidate Melissa Mark-Viverito, the former City Council speaker, says she would use the office to “stand up for constituents who feel government is letting them down.” | Public advocate’s race: The newly announced candidate Melissa Mark-Viverito, the former City Council speaker, says she would use the office to “stand up for constituents who feel government is letting them down.” |
| Mathlete: On the court, the Brooklyn Nets’ second-year center Jarrett Allen hopes to lead his team in a new direction. Off the court, he’s trying get students to be inspired by math and science. | Mathlete: On the court, the Brooklyn Nets’ second-year center Jarrett Allen hopes to lead his team in a new direction. Off the court, he’s trying get students to be inspired by math and science. |
| El Chapo trial: The drug lord’s spoils include a beach house, a zoo and a fleet of cash-filled jets. | El Chapo trial: The drug lord’s spoils include a beach house, a zoo and a fleet of cash-filled jets. |
| R.I.P. Harold Levy: He was the city schools chancellor from 2000 to 2002 and attracted thousands of new teachers by insisting on higher starting wages. He was 65. | R.I.P. Harold Levy: He was the city schools chancellor from 2000 to 2002 and attracted thousands of new teachers by insisting on higher starting wages. He was 65. |
| 48 cool kids: The Times Magazine sent a photographer to look for the city’s most fashionable kids. | 48 cool kids: The Times Magazine sent a photographer to look for the city’s most fashionable kids. |
| Not Flushing: A new destination for Chinese food is Forest Hills, Queens, better known for delis and pizza parlors. | Not Flushing: A new destination for Chinese food is Forest Hills, Queens, better known for delis and pizza parlors. |
| Marshal money: A city official made $1.7 million last year working for predatory lenders. [Bloomberg] | Marshal money: A city official made $1.7 million last year working for predatory lenders. [Bloomberg] |
| Inmate’s death examined: A “guard’s stubborn insistence that even a mentally ill inmate must clean his cell” eventually led to the death of an inmate inside a New York maximum-security prison. [The Atlantic] | Inmate’s death examined: A “guard’s stubborn insistence that even a mentally ill inmate must clean his cell” eventually led to the death of an inmate inside a New York maximum-security prison. [The Atlantic] |
| Court ruling: The state’s highest court “ruled that immigrants are entitled to a jury trial, even when they’re accused of misdemeanor crimes that carry sentences of six months or less. The court ruled that the penalty of deportation was severe enough to warrant a jury trial.” [WNYC] | Court ruling: The state’s highest court “ruled that immigrants are entitled to a jury trial, even when they’re accused of misdemeanor crimes that carry sentences of six months or less. The court ruled that the penalty of deportation was severe enough to warrant a jury trial.” [WNYC] |
| Good news about local news: The City, a local news start-up funded, in part, by the Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, hired its first reporter, Christine Chung, previously of Newsday. | Good news about local news: The City, a local news start-up funded, in part, by the Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, hired its first reporter, Christine Chung, previously of Newsday. |
| That’s how many pedestrians were injured in New York City car crashes in 2017, The Times’s Winnie Hu reports. The number of pedestrians injured in cycling crashes: 315. | That’s how many pedestrians were injured in New York City car crashes in 2017, The Times’s Winnie Hu reports. The number of pedestrians injured in cycling crashes: 315. |
| International experts gather at the New School to discuss the war on drugs and approaches to reform. 4 p.m. [Free] | International experts gather at the New School to discuss the war on drugs and approaches to reform. 4 p.m. [Free] |
| The celebrated painter Kehinde Wiley is the inspiration for an art class at the Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center on West 60th Street. 6 p.m. [Free] | The celebrated painter Kehinde Wiley is the inspiration for an art class at the Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center on West 60th Street. 6 p.m. [Free] |
| Head to Queensborough Community College for a course on the 20th century revival of Hebrew and the efforts to revitalize indigenous languages. 12:10 p.m. [Free] | Head to Queensborough Community College for a course on the 20th century revival of Hebrew and the efforts to revitalize indigenous languages. 12:10 p.m. [Free] |
| A discussion on public health and inequality at the Museum of the City of New York. Free flu shots will be available. [Free] | A discussion on public health and inequality at the Museum of the City of New York. Free flu shots will be available. [Free] |
| Craving Brooklyn nostalgia? The photographer Larry Racioppo discusses his new book documenting the borough in the 70s and 80s at the Brooklyn Historical Society. 6:30 p.m. [$10] | Craving Brooklyn nostalgia? The photographer Larry Racioppo discusses his new book documenting the borough in the 70s and 80s at the Brooklyn Historical Society. 6:30 p.m. [$10] |
| For more events, check the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. | For more events, check the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. |
| — Iman Stevenson | — Iman Stevenson |
| Dear Diary: | Dear Diary: |
| Are your bunions as big as Bermuda,Are your bones like vanilla biscotti?Do you know this intrepid intruder,Who’s invaded your mind and your body? | Are your bunions as big as Bermuda,Are your bones like vanilla biscotti?Do you know this intrepid intruder,Who’s invaded your mind and your body? |
| Brand-new hips of the finest titanium,Now a wattle in lieu of a neck,As for what’s going on in your cranium,Well, you’ve lost a few jacks from the deck. | Brand-new hips of the finest titanium,Now a wattle in lieu of a neck,As for what’s going on in your cranium,Well, you’ve lost a few jacks from the deck. |
| And Aleve is your go-to elixir,Any ache, every pain goes away.Metamucil and water’s your mixer,Robitussin’s your new cabernet. | And Aleve is your go-to elixir,Any ache, every pain goes away.Metamucil and water’s your mixer,Robitussin’s your new cabernet. |
| Your theatrical dreams have lain fallow,That novel’s somewhere in a fog.Oh, youth, it was fast, it was callow,And you doubt if you’ll ever see Prague. | Your theatrical dreams have lain fallow,That novel’s somewhere in a fog.Oh, youth, it was fast, it was callow,And you doubt if you’ll ever see Prague. |
| But don’t roll your trousers and wonder,“Do I dare, do I dare, eat a peach?”But continue to struggle and blunder,Keeping splendid revisions in reach. | But don’t roll your trousers and wonder,“Do I dare, do I dare, eat a peach?”But continue to struggle and blunder,Keeping splendid revisions in reach. |
| — Lou Craft | — Lou Craft |
| This smoothie recipe is from the Food Network star Sandra Lee, who is the longtime partner of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. | This smoothie recipe is from the Food Network star Sandra Lee, who is the longtime partner of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. |
| She shared it with The Times’s Jesse McKinley, who profiled Ms. Lee recently. We transcribe it below. | She shared it with The Times’s Jesse McKinley, who profiled Ms. Lee recently. We transcribe it below. |
| Ingredients: | Ingredients: |
| 1 cup of spinach | 1 cup of spinach |
| 1 cup mint leaves | 1 cup mint leaves |
| 1 packet frozen acai | 1 packet frozen acai |
| 1 banana | 1 banana |
| 1/2 cup peaches | 1/2 cup peaches |
| 2 tablespoons hemp seeds | 2 tablespoons hemp seeds |
| 2 tablespoons chia seeds | 2 tablespoons chia seeds |
| 2 tablespoons of flaxseed | 2 tablespoons of flaxseed |
| almond milk — original — to desired consistency | almond milk — original — to desired consistency |
| 1/2 cup strawberries | 1/2 cup strawberries |
| 1/2 cup granola | 1/2 cup granola |
| 1/2 cup of broccoli | 1/2 cup of broccoli |
| The recipe makes two servings, so make this Wednesday twice as good. | The recipe makes two servings, so make this Wednesday twice as good. |
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