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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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New York strikes deal to allow Las Vegas-style casinos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on ...
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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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Casino Referendum Planned by New York Leaders
ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed to ask voters in November to amend the New York State Constitution to allow a significant expansion of casino ...
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Feds 2 upstate NY men tried to make X-ray weapon so they could secretly harm Israel foes
ALBANY, N.Y. - Federal authorities on Wednesday accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. Prosecutors said 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight have been charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists following a yearlong undercover investigation. Investigators ...
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NJ Gov. Christie is still a Dallas Cowboys fan
SAYREVILLE, N.J. -; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surprised some schoolchildren when he told them his favorite football team is the Dallas ...
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Anthony Weiner Bring back commuter tax
Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a street fair in Brooklyn with his son Jordan. (June 16, ...
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Silverman Vigneault Has Flaws But Will Be Improvement Over Tortorella
The New York Rangers will hold a press conference (eventually) and tell the world that Alain Vigneault will be their next head coach . Vigneault certainly has a track record and he appears to be an improvement over John Tortorella. There was never any doubting Tortorella's commitment or his ability to diagnose an opponent's strength or weakness.He had the technical tools to become an ...
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Family Of Young Girl Killed In UWS Crash Demands Justice At Suspect’s Arraignment
struck by a car and killed while walking with her grandmother on the Upper West Side, was in court to demand justice for their daughter as the teenager accused of killing her was arraigned. Franklin Reyes, 17, looked afraid as he entered the courtroom, CBS 2's Don Champion reported. He's charged with vehicular manslaughter for crashing into Russo and her grandmother while being ...
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Police Shoot Gun-Wielding Man In Nassau County
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Nassau County Police officers shot an armed man in Albertson Wednesday morning. According to Nassau County Police, a neighbor called 911 around 10:20 a.m. after the suspect pointed a gun at the resident. ';The suspect is located in front of 49 Netz Place. The officers ordered him to stop and show his hands. He refuses. The suspect then pulls a gun and ...
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Former Giants Jets Punter And Broadcaster Dave Jennings Dies At 61
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Former Giants punter and broadcaster Dave Jennings died on Wednesday after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 61. WFAN radio host Mike Francesa opened his show with the news just after 1 p.m. He said he received a call about Jennings’ passing ';less than an hour ago'; and was asked to say a few ...
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Former Fort Lee Man Charged In Infant Son’s Death
HACKENSACK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A former northern New Jersey man stands accused of causing his infant son’s death last year. Michael Marrara Jr., 32, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter, child endangerment and hindering apprehension, Bergen County prosecutors announced Wednesday. Marrara, a former Fort Lee resident who now lives in Boca Raton, Fla., turned himself in ...
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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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