A new national 3-digit suicide prevention number, 988, is set to launch across New York State this Saturday, July 16.The change comes with new discounted fares for roughly one million low-income city residents, and the option to pay a lower price if you buy 10 tickets at a time. ![]() ![]() It will connect people in distress with trained councilors, while reducing the reliance on law enforcement agencies in responding to mental health emergencies. New Yorkers eager to open a cannabis business may get their chance as early as the end of the summer, after the NY Cannabis Control Board voted to approve regulations.The hotline also comes with a chat function on its website. The MTA has quietly been removing their iconic COVID-era yellow mask signs from the subway over the past month.The first licenses will benefit people who have suffered from the over criminalization of weed in the state. Meanwhile, a rarely-enforced mask mandate remains in place on public transit. Remember to submit a photo from your neighborhood to for a chance to be featured! We love skylines, bodega cats, coffee shops, streetscapes, parks and everything else that makes this city great. Please include your full name and an optional description. A missing teen from Brownsville, Arwen Delgado, was last seen.On Wednesday in Downtown Brooklyn's Tillary Park. A woman in Crown Heights was hit in the hand by a stray bullet while sleeping in her bed a little after midnight on Thursday.A 14-year-old girl running away from home was sex trafficked by a 62-year-old man outside of Penn Station, according to prosecutors.These twenty-five New York City restaurants are possible contenders for Michelin awards.Mayor Adams' Chief of Staff Frank Carone has been circling the globe 'selling' NYC to international businesses.Plus a nice bonus, it’s still tasty coffee.Landmarked no more–a historic building in Upper Manhattan's Sugar Hill will be torn down due to neglect, Patch has learned.Most recently he was spotted in Israel, before that South Korea. You might even leave with an interesting new idea. Happy Bones provides a setting where one can retract for a moment and emerge with more solid footing than when they entered. The caffeinated beverage serves as a vehicle, physical stimulation certainly, but also something over which you can ponder your thoughts, find respite from the outside world, or engage in conversation. Instead, it is a coffee house in the more traditional sense. There isn’t the distraction of entertainment over the air, food, or a high concept. Local art adorns the walls, much of it created by one of the co-owners, creating a personal but relaxed environment. Stylish and contemporary, but not overwrought. What then is the attraction of Happy Bones? It is the space itself. Not spectacular however, plus no seltzer or demitasse spoon. Lots of interesting aromas, nice full texture, savory. Even the coffee, good without doubt, isn’t necessarily the main focus while the baristas are talented and the equipment top notch, the beans are sourced from the fairly common (by third wave standards) Counter Culture and there is little variety in the offerings. It’s not a place to take your lap top and bundle up in, even if it had WiFi (which I doubt). You won’t find your ubiquitous avocado toasts and poached eggs here (undoubtedly delicious as they are). The reason is because it’s primary function is to serve as a space. ![]() But it provides something welcome and rare. Perhaps not my style 100%, or the best drinks. It makes me glad places like Happy Bones exist.
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