The history of the New Year's Eve ball drop

Since 1907, New Yorkers have marked the New Year with the ceremonial dropping of a huge ball in Times Square. Now, a ...
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For More Than a Century, New Yorkers Have Said the Rent Is Too Damn High

New York City’s renters have been shaping local politics since the rent strikes of the early 1900s. A new museum exhibit illustrates some of the early struggles. By Eliza Shapiro The winter of 1917 ...