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‘F-bombed’ taxi big slaps harder at Mike
The taxi magnate who said he was cursed out by Mayor Bloomberg has added the alleged F-bomb-laced tirade to a lawsuit accusing the mayor of harassing him for opposing the "Taxi of Tomorrow" plan.The amended suit, filed in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, charges that Bloomberg and Taxi and Limousine Commission chief David Yassky orchestrated a blizzard of bogus tickets on cabs ...
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E. End scribe busted
A national best-selling author and Hamptons socialite was busted for pot possession while cruising around the East End, cops said.Steven Gaines, 66, wrote "Philistines at the Hedgerow," a 1998 social and cultural history of the Hamptons exposing the excesses of the rich and powerful, like billionaire Ron Perelman.The Brooklyn native, 66, was cruising around Wainscott at about 1:40 p.m. ...
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Wire pol’s bid to run bugs Dems
ALBANY - Disgraced ex-Assemblyman Nelson Castro was mocked by fellow Democrats yesterday for mulling a run at the very seat he was forced to vacate in a perjury plea deal."What would he run for, New York’s best informant?" New York state Democratic Party co-chair Keith Wright joked of Castro, who wore a wire for the feds and turned evidence against fellow lawmakers. Castro ...
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Jodi will get new death jury
PHOENIX - Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias’ fate couldn’t decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people.Judge Sherry Stephens gave a heavy sigh as she announced a mistrial in the penalty phase of the case ...
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I win I quit
A Long Island dockworker raked in a $26.5 million Lotto jackpot - and promptly quit his job. Fidencio Argueta, 60, from Brentwood, said the decision to play Quick-Pick numbers in the state’s six-digit lottery on April 10 just came to him on a whim."I felt like I should play," he explained at a press conference yesterday. After taxes, Argueta yesterday got a lump sum check for ...
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Gov takes stiff poke at Weiner
ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo took a bite out of Anthony Weiner - declaring "shame on us" if city voters elect him mayor.Cuomo flamed Weiner during an interview Wednesday with The Syracuse Post-Standard editorial board, it was revealed yesterday. "So if Anthony Weiner wants to run for mayor, he can run for mayor?" Cuomo was asked.The governor responded: "He runs? He runs." ...
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Biker barrels into bus
A motorcyclist was fighting for his life yesterday after colliding with a city bus in morning rush-hour traffic, officials said yesterday.Sources said the unidentified biker sped past a red light at Third Avenue and East 34th Street at 9 a.m. as a traffic agent waved a westbound bus through the intersection. The motorcycle clipped the bus near its back wheel, cops said. The biker was rushed to ...
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Bynes is busted in bong toss
Amanda Bynes’ saga of self- destruction has finally made it to Broadway.The train-wreck former TV star was hit with a felony rap last night after a wild encounter with police in which she hurled a bong from a window of her 34th-floor apartment on West 47th Street near Times Square.Cops were called when the building superintendent complained she was puffing on the pipe in the lobby, ...
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Times Sq. ‘block’ buster
The world’s largest LEGO model - a 5.3 million-brick "Star Wars" X-wing fighter - was unveiled in Times Square yesterday."I built pretty big things with LEGO, but this is the biggest ever," LEGO "Master Builder" Erik Varszegi said at the toy company’s unveiling of the 23-ton spaceship, which took 32 workers 17,000 hours to make.Begun in the Czech ...
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A chance to ‘train’ pets
If it becomes law, the bill would scrap Amtrak’s current pet policy, which allows only service animals on trains. It would designate one car per train for domestic pets, with a minimum of at least two cars per train. Pet owners would be able to ride with dogs and cats in kennels weighing no more than 50 pounds - big enough for medium-sized pooches, such as border collies and cocker ...
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Safety plea at Hofstra
A former Hofstra University homecoming king and queen have launched an online petition asking school officials to beef up off-campus security, including in the nearby Long Island neighborhood where a student was killed during a home invasion.Andrea Rebello, a junior, was accidentally shot dead by an officer responding to the home invasion early last Friday.Rebello, 21, was buried Wednesday after ...
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Judge snuffs bootleg Indian’s cheap cigs
A member of an upstate Indian tribe has been told to butt out of the discount- cigarette business after admitting he sold more than 10,000 bootleg smokes to city residents.A judge ordered Robert Gordon of the Seneca Nation of Indians to stop selling untaxed cigarettes in response to city allegations that he violated various tobacco regulations through his "All of Our Butts" company on ...
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F’book cheat scandal at HS
Long Island honors students have been caught using Facebook to cheat on their homework - by posting and sharing answers online, school officials said yesterday.At least 11 ninth-graders in two honors-biology classes at West Islip HS were involved ."There is an investigation in the high school,’’ said West Islip Schools Superintendent Richard ...
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Charge in Village gay slay
The thug held in the West Village gay-slay shooting of Mark Carson has been indicted in the senseless bias murder, prosecutors announced yesterday.Ex-con Elliot Morales, 33, remains held in lieu of bail pending the formal unsealing of his indictment at a Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment on June 18."Look at these faggots - what are you, gay wrestlers?" Morales had allegedly hissed at ...
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Sparing bowling alleys from shoe-slip suits
ALBANY - Forget sleaze and corruption. Albany lawmakers are spending their time facing down the really important issues - like bowling shoes.Lawmakers in the capital are taking a break from the endless scandals to do a sweetheart favor for the bowling industry by pushing a bill protecting lane owners from lawsuits filed by clueless patrons who wear bowling shoes outside and then slip and ...
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Doctors lawyer LIRR at fault in fraud
FBI Most Wanted Lawyers for the Long Island Rail Road and Dr. Peter Ajemian exchanged sharp words in court filings Thursday about levels of responsibility for the massive LIRR disability fraud scandal, on the eve of Ajemian's scheduled sentencing on conspiracy charges Friday.Ajemian faces at least 10 years in prison under federal guidelines for endorsing phony disability claims for ...
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Weiner works to focus mayoral bid on issues
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is swarmed by the media as he greets commuters at the 125th Street 2/3 subway station in Manhattan. (May 23, ...
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LIRRs Cannonball to Hamptons may sell out
The Long Island Rail Road has a piece of advice for travelers looking to take the first ever nonstop train from Penn Station to the Hamptons this afternoon: Be early.The LIRR says it has seen unprecedented demand for the "Cannonball."The agency announced last month that the popular Friday afternoon summer train, which has for years departed out of Hunterspoint Avenue in Queens, ...
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Schumer Feds to provide $3.7B in Sandy aid to transit agencies
Search post-Sandy business reopenings The federal government will provide $3.7 billion in superstorm Sandy aid to the MTA and other transit providers in the region, including $1.3 billion that must be spent on hardening systems to protect them from future storms, Sen. Charles Schumer announced Thursday.The Federal Transit Authority funds will be split among the Metropolitan Transportation ...
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No joke Weiner run could help other candidates
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Anthony Weiner is questioned by the media as he leaves his Park Avenue South apartment building in Manhattan. (May 15, ...
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Overnight rain may turn heavy for Friday morning commute
The National Weather Service says wind gusts of more than 60 mph are possible - and 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches of rain are likely Thursday. Newsday ...
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Bus tours of South Bronx ghetto end
A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood.Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there.Three times a ...
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Attorney Plea deal closer in Rebecca fraud case
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | An exterior view of the Broadhurst Theatre, where the musical, "Rebecca," was to open in Manhattan. The play was ultimately cancelled due to lack of financing. (Oct. 3, ...
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International Planking Day Boston’s top spots for a faded fad
It's the two-year anniversary of the first International Planking Day, a makeshift holiday honoring an internet meme that had its heyday in 2011. ...
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Suspects still at large in Queens kidnapping of Ecuadorean national
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly holding a surveillance photo of one of the suspects still at large in the kidnapping of an Ecuadorean national in Queens. The photo is from a bank surveillance camera; the suspect attempted to use the victim’s card to withdraw cash. Credit: Danielle ...
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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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