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Sal Squeeze Weiner for cost of election
With Anthony Weiner about to pop into the race for mayor, one of his Democratic rivals demanded yesterday that he pony up $350,000 for the cost of the election required to fill his hastily vacated congressional seat two years ago.Weiner resigned under pressure in June 2011 after it was disclosed he was tweeting lewd pictures of himself to women he’d met on the Internet. In the special ...
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Caroline Kennedys jury acquits accused drug dealer
An accused crack dealer is singing "Sweet Caroline" today.Former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy and her fellow jurors took just over an hour yesterday to acquit the Harlem man of charges that he sold four "nickel bag" crack rocks at $5 each to an undercover officer.Violent predicate felon Nelson Chatman, 31, smiled as the jury foreman rendered the verdict in the 2011 case ...
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Poor li’l rich kids Posh schools scold parents who send nannies
EXCLUSIVE Wealthy New Yorkers are shunning their parental duties - choosing instead to send nannies to their children’s private schools to take part in everything from "safety patrol" to accompanying the kids on their entrance interviews. "They’re sending nannies for bake sales, book clubs, for the ice-skating group," Amanda Uhry of Manhattan Private School ...
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Bronx ghetto tour ditched
The Bronx "ghetto" tour is no more.A tour company exposed by The Post on Sunday for bringing tourists to the South Bronx to gawk at food pantry lines, a "pickpocket" park and a housing project, yesterday announced it would stop all tours "effective immediately.""Good riddance," said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. "The Bronx is more than what ...
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Sheldon Silver Ban hush money for sex-harass complaints
ALBANY - Better late than never!In a last-ditch effort to hold on to power, embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday proposed sweeping changes to the way the Assembly handles sexual-harassment complaints - banning the same type of secret settlements he approved 16 months ago for two victims of pervy ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez. With a gaggle of willing Democratic Assembly members ...
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Vaccine mom has no shot
A judge denied a request by a devout Catholic mom on Staten Island for an injunction that would allow her daughter to return to school while the family’s lawsuit against the city over vaccines is heard.Dina Check, of West Brighton, is suing to force the city to let her 5-year-old daughter into class even though the child hasn’t had her shots. Check, who says she is against ...
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Hide the council interns if Gropez wins
Pervy pol Vito Lopez could have as many as 100 interns to hit on should he bring his governmental groping act to the City Council, staffers said yesterday.Dozens of paid and unpaid interns from colleges and high schools throughout the city roam the City Hall and legislative corridors every year under a lax vetting process that puts only paid staffers through the council’s human-resources ...
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Council GOP boss wants candidate cash slashed
As the city prepares to dish out tens of millions of dollars to political candidates this year, the City Council’s Republican minority leader wants to scale back the generous taxpayer giveaway.Councilman James Oddo (R-SI) is renewing a push for legislation requiring that a more stringent standard be put in place before the city Campaign Finance Board hands taxpayer funds over to candidates ...
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Hughes looks to bounce back keep Orioles reeling
It took a few days for Phil Hughes to get over his last start, a disaster against the Mariners in which he gave up seven runs and recorded only two outs. That's the way things have been going lately for the Yankees right-hander, who allowed six runs in his prior outing. He'll have a chance to put his last two starts completely out of mind Tuesday night, when he leads the Yankees ...
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South Africa Jansen to Be Honoured in New York
South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly ...
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Thousands protest after gay mans murder in Manhattan
Thousands of New Yorkers -- including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn -- marched Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighbourhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights ...
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Seen At 11 Your Deepest Secrets Exposed To Nothing But Strangers
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Would you send your most intimate secrets to a website? Millions of people have, and some say that it can change lives for the better. Every week Frank Warren receives more than 1,000 postcards from people who want to confess their deepest darkest secrets. ';Here’s one that says ‘I wish I had been a better mother to my children,’'; he said. ...
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Yankees Belt 4 Homers Stagger Orioles In 9th Then KO Them In 10th
BALTIMORE (AP) Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore's losing streak to six ...
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Marcum Falls To 0-5 As Mets’ Bats Disappear After Hot Start Against Reds
NEW YORK (AP) Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in two runs to back Johnny Cueto's wild but effective return from the disabled list, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 4-3 Monday ...
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Hawkins Collins ejected for arguing hit-by-pitch call
Mets reliever LaTroy Hawkins argues with home-plate umpire Tom Hallion. (Seth Wenig/AP) NEW YORK -- Mets reliever LaTroy Hawkins and manager Terry Collins were ejected from Monday night's game against the Reds after arguing a call by home-plate umpire Tom Hallion. With two outs in the top of the seventh inning, Hawkins appeared to hit Brandon Phillips in the hand with a pitch. Hawkins ...
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Lack of run support hurts Marcum Mets
CIN@NYM: Byrd smashes a three-run homer to left field NEW YORK -- Even while winning three games in four tries to end their last road trip, the Mets averaged fewer than four runs per game. They entered Monday's contest averaging 4.2 runs over the season, a number that has decreased steadily since the early days of April. So although the Mets seem to be improving in other areas -- ...
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Hafner delivers clutch homer before Yanks win in 10th
NYY@BAL: Hafner ties game with ninth-inning home run BALTIMORE -- Travis Hafner's ninth-inning homer tied the game and Vernon Wells' ground-rule double provided the lead an inning later, powering the Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday at Camden Yards. Hafner's opposite-field homer, his eighth, came as Jim Johnson blew his third consecutive save opportunity for ...
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Stop-and-frisk judge ponders body cameras
NYC's most infamous crimes: Serial killers, scandals and shootings The judge overseeing a challenge to NYPD stop-and-frisk tactics said she was "intrigued" by the idea of requiring the police to use body cameras that would record street stops as the 10-week trial in federal court in Manhattan came to an end Monday."Everyone would know exactly what occurred," said U.S. ...
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LI sees boost in disaster anti-terror fund
New York City, Long Island and Westchester will receive $22 million more in federal funding this year from the Department of Homeland Security for counterterrorism and disaster preparedness programs, according to figures obtained by Newsday and confirmed by Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford).They will receive a combined $174.3 million this year -- a 15 percent increase from last year -- to ...
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Is no place safe New Yorks gay community unsettled by hate crimes
Photo credit: David Gatten of New York marches in a rally to honor Marc Carson. (Craig Ruttle) The string of savage hate crimes in New York City, culminating with the death of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village early Saturday morning, has New York's gay community reassessing its assumption of "safe places." Gay people come from all over the world to enjoy the non-judgmental ...
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New Jersey Lawmakers Give Final Green Light To 3 Gun Control Bills
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The New Jersey State Assembly on Monday gave final approval to three gun control bills, sending them to Gov. Chris Christie for his signature. The bills were the first to clear both chambers of the state Legislature out of several that were introduced after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last year that killed 20 children. The bills passed Monday ...
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Knicks face many questions heading into 2013-14
The Knicks were eliminated from the postseason by the Pacers. (David E. Klutho/SI) Here’s a look at what’s in store for the Knicks this offseason after their second-round loss to the Pacers. ...
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Brooklyn Center auto mechanic sues claiming co-workers uttered gay slurs
A mechanic says that his co-workers at a Twin Cities car dealership accosted him with gay slurs and threats and that when he complained to superiors, the company did nothing. In a lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court, Joel Michael Roland also says he was disciplined for "speaking in a high-pitched voice and lisping," which a customer interpreted as being demeaning to ...
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The New York Times Reinvents the Boring Banner Ad
obscure piece on The New York Times’ website about Picasso repurposing his canvases by painting over older, abandoned projects was fascinating, at least insofar as stories about master artists and their recycling habits go. But let’s face it-it wasn’t exactly click ...
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Can the Empire State Building Brand Its View
The law doesn’t allow for the trademarking of a great view, but there’s nothing wrong with branding it. Just ask the marketing folks at the Empire State Building. The 1931 landmark’s 86th floor observation deck (which boasts 80-mile views on clear days) already draws some 4 million people yearly, but Malkin Holdings apparently feels it can do better. The majority shareholder ...
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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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