The case took years, and eventually reached New York’s highest court. Schneider lost. Then the developers had the clock face electrified. “It was an act of treason, basically,” Schneider ...

An ominous, 62-foot-long clock looms over New York City’s iconic Union Square, and it’s about to tick past a worrying milestone. It’s called the Climate Clock, and it counts down how much ...

The Brooklyn resident is New York City's clock master and the job has belonged to Marvin since the 1970s -- first as a volunteer, then in the '90s, as he mastered the craft, it became official.