What to Know
- Gov. Cuomo says people who repeatedly commit sexual crimes on New York City's subways should be prohibited from using the transit service
- Critics are questioning a policy that grants a Hudson Yards attraction's owners broad rights to use photos posted by visitors
- Jay-Z, Dead & Company and the Killers will headline one of the 50th anniversary shows commemorating the Woodstock festival this summer
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Happy Thursday! You are going to want to pack that umbrella and rain coat today, it's going to be a soggy one all day. Highs will be near 50 degrees. As always, get the latest forecast at nbcnewyork.com/weather.
1. Cuomo: Ban Repeat Sexual Crime Perpetrators From Subways
Gov. Cuomo says people who repeatedly commit sexual crimes on New York City's subways should be prohibited from using the transit service.
The Democrat told reporters he would support banning anyone who is twice convicted of groping, inappropriate touching or other lewd acts on the subway.
The governor weighed in after New York City Councilman Chris Deutsch proposed a lifetime ban as a way to reduce sex crimes on the subway.
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2. Critics Question Policy On Photos of Climbable NYC Sculpture
Days after a climbable sculpture called the Vessel opened at New York's Hudson Yards megadevelopment, critics are questioning a policy that grants the attraction's owners broad rights to use photos posted by visitors.
The 150-foot lattice of stairways opened Friday on Manhattan's west side.
Terms and conditions that visitors must click on to secure a free ticket include language granting the Vessel the right "in perpetuity" to publish or distribute any photos and videos of the structure posted by visitors on social media.
Read more here.
3. Woodstock 50th Anniversary Concert Line-Up Revealed
Jay-Z, Dead & Company and the Killers will headline one of the 50th anniversary shows commemorating the groundbreaking Woodstock festival this summer.
Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang announced Tuesday that Miley Cyrus, Santana, Imagine Dragons, Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters, the Black Keys and Chance the Rapper will also perform at the Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair, which will take place Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York, about 115 miles northwest of the original site.
The event is separate from an anniversary concert planned at the site of the original festival in 1969.
Read more here.
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