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Legends hit City Council fight to keep MSG at Penn Station
Don’t dunk on Madison Square Garden!Legends who’ve played in the "World’s Famous Arena" showed up in force at a City Council hearing today to fight plans to force MSG to move out of its current Penn Station location in as little as ten years.Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, whose district includes MSG, said the arena’s operating permit ...
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Cuomo strikes deal to allow Las-Vegas style casinos in New York
Photo credit: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.(Barbara Alper) 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 Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial ...
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Virgin Hotels announce New York location.
Virgin Hotels has just announced the location of their brand new hotel set to descend upon the big apple. It can now be confirmed that the new hotel will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway.With over 300 guest rooms, various fine dining experiences, meeting rooms, and a gym - the new Virgin venture is set to open in ...
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Three plead guilty in New York City payroll fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three women pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges arising out of what prosecutors say was a corrupt New York City payroll project that cost the city more than $600 ...
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Teachers’ Union Backs Thompson for New York Mayor
The United Federation of Teachers, one of the largest local unions in the country, on Wednesday threw its vast network of supporters behind William C. Thompson Jr. in the race for mayor of New ...
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Your Comments on North Syracuse school budget Now is the time for changes to begin
Syracuse.com readers get in a last round of comments after residents, voting for the second time this spring, approve a revised $143.5 million budget for ...
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Marijuana moms say smoking pot makes them better parents
The group is made up of a mix wealthy stay-at-home mothers, part-time service industry workers, and one wife of a police officer. They throw marijuana themed dinner parties, including dishes like cannabis leaf salad, chicken fried in cannabis oil and marijuana milk ...
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MERS respiratory virus in Mideast could be more deadly than SARS doctors say
More than 60 cases of what is now called MERS, including 38 deaths, have been recorded by the World Health Organization in the past year, mostly in Saudi ...
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Car ARC bus collide in Oneida sending 15 people to hospitals with minor injuries
ONEIDA, N.Y. (AP) -- Police in central New York say a collision between a car and a bus carrying developmentally disabled people home from day programs has sent 15 people to hospitals, most of them with bruises and other minor injuries. Oneida police tell ...
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Cuomo ready to weed out NY political corruption with his own investigative panel
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrives for a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike ...
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NY State to privatize Long Island utility freeze rates -Gov Cuomo
NEW YORK, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:33pm EDT NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - New York lawmakers announced a deal on Wednesday to privatize utility operations on Long Island and revamp the Long Island Power Authority, a state-owned New York utility company that was criticized for its response during last year's Superstorm Sandy. The deal, announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo, ...
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Two New York men accused of assembling X-ray weapon
Federal authorities accused two men Wednesday of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.The indictment charged 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists with the ...
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Wife mom and cousin plead guilty to helping CityTime scammer
The wife, mother and a cousin of the mastermind behind the massive CityTime payroll-system scam pleaded guilty today to helping Mark Mazer launder $25 million in kickbacks.Mazer’s wife, Svetlana, his mother Larisa Medzon, and cousin Anna Makovetskaya also agreed to forfeit more than $27 million in cash and various properties worth more than $4 million as part of their agreements ironed out ...
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Judge OKs Genovese crime family soldier wake attendance
This judge has respect for respects.A Brooklyn federal court judge today allowed a reputed Genovese crime family soldier to remain out on bail despite his ill-advised attendance at a mobbed up wake.Despite bail conditions that prohibit his mingling with mafiosi, James Bernardone, 46, showed up at a March 21 Bronx memorial that drew more than 25 known hoods - including Luchese underboss Steven ...
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Feds make find at former home of NY mobster
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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New York man given three-year sentence for computer hacking
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still developing and testing computer systems meant to determine consumers’ eligibility for government subsidies, the Government Accountability Office said. Plans to train “navigators” to assist people in finding new insurance plans have been delayed about two months past a June deadline, the GAO found. The exchanges are set to ...
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Rick Perry bashes New York in ad to attract businesses to Texas
Photo credit: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (Getty Images) Texas Gov. Rick Perry threw a gauntlet at the Empire State Wednesday in an attempt to woo employers to his neighborhood. The former presidential candidate stars in a TV ad that urges businesses to come to Texas by painting New York as a heavy taxer and business-unfriendly state. "If you're tired of the same old recipe . . . get out ...
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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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Two men get prison time for massive asbestos-dumping in Herkimer County
Utica, N.Y. -- A federal judge sentenced two men to prison today for their roles in a massive illegal asbestos-dumping case in Herkimer County. U.S. District Judge David Hurd sentenced Dominick Mazza to more than four years in prison and Cross NiCastro to nearly three years behind bars. The judge also ordered Mazza's company, Mazza & Sons Inc., to pay $492,494 in restitution and a ...
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Multiple people injured in Madison County accident
Oneida, NY -- Multiple people have been injured in an accident in the city of Oneida. The accident happened on Genesee Street at around 3:12 p.m., Madison County 911 reported. It was not clear how many people were injured or how many vehicles were involved. We will update the story as more information becomes ...
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Emergency responders investigate Hunt Avenue fire
Syracuse, NY -- Emergency responders are investigating the cause of a fire at 216 Hunt Ave. Wednesday afternoon. Nobody lives in the property or was hurt by the fire, which firefighters responded to at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters extinguished the fire on the property's second floor soon after arriving, according to Syracuse fire Investigator Gary Butler. Several window panes ...
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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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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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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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