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Storm Protection Measures Going Up Along Part Of Far Rockaway
a stretch of the Rockaways that was decimated by superstorm Sandy . The storm barrier of more than 7,500 bags filled with 20,000 tons of sand will stretch from Beach 55th Street to Beach 149th Street when ...
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Mets Ace Matt Harvey Eyeing All-Star Start At Citi Field
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mets ace Matt Harvey has ';absolutely'; thought about making this year’s National League All-Star team. Just wearing the uniform would be an honor, especially in front of the hometown fans at Citi Field. Getting the starting nod would be even better. ';That would be a huge adrenaline rush,'; Harvey told WFAN radio’s Mike Francesa on ...
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Ichiro Yankees spoil Mattinglys return
LAD@NYY: Ichiro adds to lead with solo homer to right NEW YORK -- Don Mattingly's first game back at Yankee Stadium was hardly the most exciting part of the first half of a split doubleheader Wednesday. Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hit a home run, drove in three runs and robbed an extra-base hit with a leaping catch on the warning track in the eighth. Dodgers designated hitter ...
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New York to vote on bill increasing penalties for human trafficking
human trafficking are among the worst in the nation, are expected to vote on a bill this week that would bring it into line with federal law to protect sexually exploited minors from prosecution.The bill would raise to 18 the age at which a victim coerced ...
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NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York
New Jersey Transit is investigating why a trip that normally takes about 45 minutes took nearly two hours more Thursday when the driver took a circuitous route into Manhattan's Port Authority bus terminal.A passenger on the ill-fated trip tells Newark's The Star-Ledger newspaper ...
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Yankees 6 Dodgers 4 First Game Suzuki Spoils Mattinglys Return to Yankee Stadium
In Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader Wednesday, Don Mattingly, the beloved former Yankees star, was cheered from the moment he stepped onto the field to exchange the lineup cards. He was serenaded by the fans in the right-field bleachers and commemorated with a video montage of highlights from his playing days in pinstripes. He recognized the fans twice with a tip of his cap. But his ...
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Feds find possible remains at NYC mobsters home
A woman ducks under crime scene tape in front of a New York city house once occupied by a famous gangster, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. The work started Monday at the home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent." He was the inspiration for Robert De Niro's character in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas." Burke died ...
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Woman who attacked weight-lifting Hugh Jackman with her pubic hair is not mentally fit for trial psych eval
No kidding!Actor Hugh Jackman's alleged razor-wielding stalker isn't of sound mind, a court-ordered psych evaluation has found."She's been found not fit to proceed to trial, but I'll ask the people if they have any objection," Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley said this afternoon.Katherine Thurston, 46, looked confused and disheveled wearing a black ...
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Hero cop who survived gunshot to head takes stand against thug accused of trying to kill him
My son Maddox gets shot in head during 'World War Z,' says Brad Pitt Adults were left terrified at the end of Brad Pitt’s zombie thriller ...
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Bronx teacher accused of raping 10-year-old after he told her she was receiving an award
A Bronx teacher allegedly raped one of his female students after telling the child’s parents he was taking her to receive an award, police sources said.Anthony Criscuolo, a teacher at P.S. 386 in Fordham Heights, allegedly wrote a letter on official school letterhead telling the 10-year-old victim’s parents she was set to receive some kind of academic award, police sources said.The ...
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Former Supervisory Official at New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Accepting $100000 Bribe
Earlier today, Luis Adorno, formerly the supervisory construction project manager of the Department of Architecture and Construction Engineering at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months, followed by 300 hours of community service, for his corruption conviction for taking bribes. As part of his sentence, ...
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Bronx Elementary School Teacher Accused Of Raping 10-Year-Old Student
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An elementary school teacher in the Bronx was arrested Wednesday and charged with raping one of his students - and the victim was just 10 years old. As CBS 2's Dave Carlin reported, Anthony Criscuolo, 40, is a teacher at P.S. 386 School for Environmental Citizenship, at 125 E. 181st St. in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. He was arrested around 10 ...
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FBI ‘Material’ Unearthed Beneath Former Home Of Famed Gangster
excavation at the former Queens home of mobster Jimmy ';The Gent'; Burke has concluded after material was unearthed. The FBI confirmed material has been recovered from the site, but a forensic examination by the medical examiner will determine whether they were human remains or something else, WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported. The FBI and NYPD organized crime investigators ...
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Dodgers lose to Yanks 6-4 in return to the Bronx
Don Mattingly 's Dodgers will play a day-night doubleheader Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, the first meeting between these storied franchises in the Bronx since Los Angeles clinched the 1981 World Series. Rain postponed the scheduled opener of the two-game series Tuesday night, delaying the managerial debut at Yankee Stadium of Mattingly, one of the biggest fan favorites when he was ...
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Four Keys For Bruins In Game 4 Of Stanley Cup Final
BOSTON (CBS) — This just in: Winning a Stanley Cup is difficult. Most of the current Bruins roster knows that firsthand, as two years ago they had to erase 2-0 and 3-2 deficits against Vancouver. They, of course, did that, forcing a Game 7 in Vancouver and winning 4-0 to earn that title. This year, it’s too early to say whether or not their season will have the same end result, but ...
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Emily VanCamp on Living in New York Working with Samuel L. Jackson and the Intimidating Set of Captain America
Emily VanCamp has been working in New York this summer. "I'm shooting a couple of movies, actually," she said at Clinique's Dramatically Different party on Tuesday. "I'm wrapping up Captain America on Monday. I'm also, at the same time, shooting a little indie film here in New York, called The Girl in the Book, which I'm really passionate about and ...
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Like father like daughter Joe Torres gal bravely catches tot dangling from store awning
A young boy was saved today by Joe Torre's daughter, Cristina, after the child fell out of his apartment. It was the catch heard round Brooklyn!The daughter of former Yankee manager, Joe Torre, made an amazing catch this morning when a baby who fell from a storefront awning in Bay Ridge, authorities and witnesses said.Cristina Torre, 44, was biking to work when she spotted the 1-year-old ...
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Feds Upstate NY Men Face Terror Charges For Radiation Plot
ALBANY (CBSNewYork) -Two upstate New York men face terrorism charges after the FBI said the pair plotted to attack people with radiation. Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, and Eric J. Feight, 54, are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Crawford approached local Albany-area Jewish organizations to find people who could help him develop a weapon to be used against people ...
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Mayoral Hopefuls Weigh In On City Bike Lanes At Transportation Forum
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Some of the Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City took part in a forum on transportation issues at Baruch College on Wednesday. As WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb reported, the forum’s only fireworks centered ...
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N.J. Democrats Push Ballot Measure To Increase Minimum Wage
EAST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Several northern New Jersey Democrats launched their ';Raise the Wage'; campaign, promoting a ballot initiative that would increase the minimum ...
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Report Matt Harvey Threatened To Fight Teammate After 2012 Hazing Incident
Matt Harvey on the mound . And apparently you shouldn’t mess with him off it. Former Mets reliever Jon Rauch, at an imposing 6-foot-11, targeted Harvey for some old fashioned rookie hazing last season, which ended with the fiery starter threatening ';to whip his a–,'; according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports. Passan’s report goes like this: Harvey was mid-nap in ...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry Hits Up NYC On Job-Poaching Tour
a five-day tour of Connecticut and New York , where he has been trying to woo businesses down south. On Wednesday, with the smell of smoked brisket enticing taste buds at a Manhattan barbecue restaurant, the chief executive of the Lone Star State hoped his southern charm would work on local businesses, WCBS 880′s Monica Miller ...
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N.Y. Assembly Not Voting On Legalizing MMA
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The debate continues. Efforts to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York have foundered again with the state Assembly’s Democratic leaders refusing to allow a vote on the measure. The bill, passed by the Senate earlier this year, had 63 sponsors in the 150-member Assembly. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’s not opposed. Michael Whyland, ...
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Did a missile bring down TWA Flight 800 off New York Former investigators urge probe reopened based on new evidence
Researchers say a vaccine for a sexually spread virus has cut infections in teen girls by half. This is the first evidence of how well the HPV vaccine works since it came on the market seven years ...
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Car jumps onto NYC sidewalk hurts 8 man arrested
NEW YORK (AP) -- A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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