Rats Are Killing New York Tourism, City Official Claims
Unlike they are funny cartoon characters and also cook heavenly, very few people can say they can stand rats, much less like the creatures. And seeing them run around the streets or through the subway stations in Manhattan, the top attraction of the highly touristic city of New York is definitely a turnoff for those visiting the Big Apple.
Rats, an NYC tourist turnoff?
As city authorities recognize the damaging impact of ever-present rats on traveler numbers and subsequently on travel spending in NYC, Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer demanded $1.5 million to help handle this disgusting problem. Read more…
Photo Wednesday: Missing Manhattan
It’s been over a year since my trip to New York City. And looking through the photos I took (yes, quite a few hundreds), I started missing Manhattan. Especially Central Park. So today’s photo post is a way to track my steps on the streets of this wonderful, wonderful heart of NYC.
On the last day of our stay in NYC, we went on the Top of the Rock. Or the top of the Rockefeller Center. It was a trick our tour bus guide told us about. Cheaper than the Empire State Building, less time spent queuing, and you get the Empire State Building in your photos! Smart guy 
