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Report Bloomberg Launches F-Bomb Tirade Against NYC Taxi Kingpin
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City's billionaire mayor is normally a pretty cool customer. But a fellow rich businessman says Michael Bloomberg recently went all hot head, unloading on him, with a profanity-filled taxi tirade. It’s a ';hail'; of a claim from the New York taxi king Gene Friedman, who controls a billion dollars' worth of medallions. He told a ...
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Jets QBs Mark Sanchez Geno Smith Not Sharp At OTAs
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Mark Sanchez threw three interceptions and Geno Smith talked about having to improve ';every single ...
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Cardiac Patients Come Together With Strangers Who Saved Their Lives
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Everyone likes a second chance, but it’s something special when you get a second chance at life — being resuscitated from cardiac arrest. As CBS 2's John Slattery reported, a celebration was held on Randalls Island Wednesday for a dozen cardiac victims, most of whom had the benefit of bystander CPR before paramedics arrived. Fire Commissioner ...
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NJ Officials Name Bars Restaurants Accused In Top-Shelf Scheme
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – More than two dozen bars and restaurants across New Jersey are accused of selling low-quality booze to customers who ordered top-shelf brands. State officials have seized inventory and demanded records from 29 bars and restaurants that allegedly sold low-quality products to patrons who thought they were buying premium liquor. Dubbed ';Operation ...
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Union Claims FDNY Is Underreporting Response Times To Close More Fire Houses
Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano of deliberately underreporting the time it takes for fire trucks to arrive at an emergency. Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy ...
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NYS Assemblyman In Tornado-Ravaged Okla. To Repay Support Given During Sandy
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, who represents the Rockaways, is in Oklahoma offering support and advice to local officials now coping with the aftermath of that massive and deadly tornado. Goldfeder said following superstorm Sandy, he and his constituents know all to well the pain Mother Nature can inflict. ';Unimaginable devastation. It’s ...
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Ike’s Blunder In 9th Buries Mets As Reds Pull Off Sweep
Phillips sent a strange double spinning over first base to break a ninth-inning tie and the Reds completed a three-game sweep of the struggling Mets with a 7-4 victory ...
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Finale against Reds slips past Mets in ninth
CIN@NYM: Ankiel's RBI triple draws Mets even late NEW YORK -- On a day when Ike Davis did not come up empty at the plate, his struggles found a new way to surface in Wednesday's 7-4 loss to the Reds. With closer Bobby Parnell attempting to preserve a tie game in the ninth, Davis watched Brandon Phillips' ground ball to first base bounce on the foul line, hop over the bag and ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 22
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Cuomo Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew ...
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Lawsuit filed against state of Conn. over gun law
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of gun rights organizations, pistol permit holders and gun sellers are suing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing that Connecticut’s new gun control law violates their constitutional ...
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Senators bill to block TSA bigs plan to allow small knives on planes
Transportation Security Administration Commissioner John Pistole is poised to lose a knife fight.A new bill introduced today on Capitol Hill by Sen. Chuck Schumer and three other senators would permanently block Pistole’s plan to permit passengers to carry small knives aboard commercial air flights from going into effect.Schumer, joined by New York Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and New Jersey ...
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Harlem man acquitted of trying to murder cop
A Manhattan jury this afternoon acquitted a 24-year-old Harlem gunslinger of attempting to murder a police officer during a foot chase last year at 144th Street and Eighth Avenue.The jury cleared Franklin Nunez in the alleged March, 2012 shootout after sidewalk surveillance video and witness testimony suggested that his gun -- a Smith & Wesson loaded with .45-cal hollow point bullets -- may ...
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Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco Jr. sexually assaulted her. Officer Bill Cassell said Wednesday that the 48-year-old Canseco was named as a suspect in the investigation. Cassell says the investigation isn't complete, no charges have been filed and no arrest has been made. The department spokesman ...
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DA Queens Man Headed To Prison For Stripping Church Van Of Parts
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Queens man has been sentenced to two to four years in prison for stripping a church van that was used to transport elderly people. Benjamin Livermore, 31, was convicted in March for gutting a $30,000 van belonging to the New Greater Church Of New York. ';This is not the first time the defendant has been convicted of auto stripping and thus the sentenced ...
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Giants Kick Off OTAs Without Receivers Victor Cruz Hakeem Nicks
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Coach Tom Coughlin and the New York Giants knew Victor Cruz wouldn’t show up for organized team activities without a ...
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Crackdown on AirBnB host in New York serves as cautionary tale
Fallout from a case in which AirBnB activities have been deemed 'illegal' in New York is being felt around the world, driving hosts to re-read their city's bylaws, tourists to look for alternative accommodations and other short-term rental services throwing their support behind the company. It's a story that's being felt among hosts across 30,000 cities and which may ...
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Workhorse Rice mindful of getting enough rest
Email NEW YORK -- Just because Mets manager Terry Collins has used Scott Rice out of the bullpen seemingly without discretion, it does not mean he is deaf to the limitations of muscles and tendons. Collins approached Rice earlier this season with a message: "Heroes die fast here." "If you want to go out there, and you think you're hurt and you're going to try to get ...
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Mets aim to improve everywhere -- not just Citi
Email NEW YORK -- With their 4-0 loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday night, the Mets fell to 2-10 in their past 12 home games going back to April 25. Obviously, few of their recent struggles have been alleviated when playing on their own field. But it might not have anything to do with the Mets trying too hard in front of their own fans. Rather, they might be trying too hard in general. New York is ...
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NYC man gets prison for stripping church van
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Wednesday that Benjamin Livermore has been sentenced as a "second felony offender" - meaning it wasn't his first conviction for stripping a ...
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Pa. Constitution Center to display Bill of Rights
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- One of the 12 surviving copies of the Bill of Rights that may have been pilfered from Pennsylvania in the late 1800s will be on display in Philadelphia for three years, beginning with the 225th anniversary next year of the drafting of the country's highest ...
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Jay-Z lands another big New York sports name
Kim Miale will handle Smith's still on-going contract negotiations with the Jets. The team selected Smith in the second round of the NFL draft last month. Smith is excited about his new representation. "When you talk about being in New York from a standpoint of what they can do in the city, the connections that they have, I think it's a good move," Smith told the New York ...
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Why the NFL might put Radio City Music Hall on waivers
change is being made to accommodate Radio City Music Hall and the new "Spring Spectacular" that the famed venue is planning to reboot next year after a 16-year hiatus. But the move may be more than ...
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Cancer Genetics forms joint venture with Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic to develop cancer diagnostic tests. Their joint venture, OncoSpire Genomics, hopes to discover and commercialize biomarkers for multiple types of cancer, focusing on projects in ...
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Duly Noted Saks on the block Cohens not so RICO suave Walmart still searching
Steven Cohen and his SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund over alleged insider trading, and now comes word that prosecutors could use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, to gain even more leverage. ...
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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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