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Brooklyn principal’s 92G bonus
Good grades earned him more than just a spot on the fridge.PS 172 Principal Jack Spatola has raked in $92,000 in bonus pay from the city since 2008 for his Brooklyn school’s good performance, making him the top earner under a revamped merit-pay system, data show.In all, 40 public-school principals have each earned cumulative bonuses in excess of $50,000 over the life of the four-year ...
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Grads pay sad tribute
Tears and a moment of silence marked Hofstra University’s graduation ceremony yesterday in memory of slain classmate Andrea Rebello. Many of the nearly 700 grads bore the initials "RIP" on their mortarboards and wore white ribbons on their blue gowns as Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz paid tribute to Rebello, 21, who had wrapped up her junior year a day before she was shot ...
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Everyday Mom hit$ Angelina
A New Jersey kindergarten teacher with a strong family history of breast cancer blasted Angelina Jolie for giving everyday working women false hope that they, too, can prevent cancer by removing their breasts."It upset me," Debbie Gentile-Abbood said of her reaction to the movie star’s announcement that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy."That’s good for ...
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$avior of Albany’s slimeballs
Sheldon Silver "I didn’t kick him in the groin,’’ said Neary, 53, of Westchester. Maybe she should have. She was fired anyway, she said, when she wouldn’t play ball.Neary was the star witness in then-Gov. Mario Cuomo’s landmark 1992 hearing of the Governor’s Task Force on Sexual Harassment. Describing intimate matters was humiliating. All the worse ...
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Accident kills FBI 2
Two FBI special agents were killed during a training exercise in Virginia, officials said.Agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, both from the elite Hostage Rescue Team, were killed off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday, according to the FBI.The agency did not release additional details, but WAVY-TV reported that the accident involved a helicopter flying near a military command ...
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Kid slain being a good pal
The tragic 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot on a Queens bus after a Sweet 16 party had left the bash early to help out her best friend, pals said yesterday."She was supposed to go to another Sweet 16 party with us, but she left because her best friend lost her money and wanted to go home. She’s dead because she got on the wrong bus at the wrong time," said grieving pal Tamia ...
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Syrian army Hezbollah sweep into key rebel city
Hezbollah fighters of a contested city Monday after some of the civil war's most intense fighting. The opposition Syrian National Coalition warned of an "impending massacre" and called for an emergency Arab League session after the Syrian and Hezbollah fighters pushed into parts of the western Syrian city of Qusayr, the hub of an important supply route for rebels fighting Syrian ...
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Buffalo New York students and teachers face attack
Students and teachers in Buffalo, New York, are facing sharp cuts and school closings as part of the push by the new superintendent, Pamela Brown, to cut $50 million from the budget. Brown is seeking to implement her "reform" plan, which aims to close public schools, fire teachers and expand charter schools.On May 7, six of nine members of the Buffalo Board of Education were elected in ...
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Brooklyn shmooklyn Upper E. Side center woos Jews
A banking billionaire is funding a $50 million, all-inclusive community center on the Upper East Side to lure Sephardic Jewish singles and young couples from their home base in Brooklyn. "It’s an Equinox with culture," said Rimma Rose, 30, who plans to move from Brooklyn to Manhattan to be closer to the center. "It will be luxurious. That is the allure of it. And it will be ...
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Judge tells kook No sue for you
A Brooklyn judge got so fed up with the avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed by a schizophrenic Midwood man that he forbade the man from suing anybody else, court documents state.Mozart Victor, 22, sued the Aaliyah Memorial Fund for not responding to his fan mail, the NYPD for stopping him after he jumped a turnstile and the Brooklyn Public Library for charging him $20 in late fees."In ...
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Ex-lawmaker still abusing pol park perk
EXCLUSIVE He used to be an assemblyman. Now he’s just an ass.Guillermo Linares, who was defeated handily last election by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, is still brandishing his expired assemblyman’s parking placard on the dashboard of his luxury SUV.Chucked from office since Jan. 1, Linares lost the title but carries on like he should keep the perks.On Thursday, Linares, 62, said he was ...
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‘Hofstra’ cop blames self
The Nassau County cop who fatally shot a Hofstra University student during a terrifying home-invasion standoff is "inconsolable," sources told The Post yesterday. "He blames himself and keeps replaying it in his mind," a police source said. "He is torn up about the poor girl."The veteran officer was identified by sources as Officer Nikolas Budimlic, 42, a former ...
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Teams do dump tix StubHub
StubHub has blown the lid off the worst-kept secret at the sports-world box office - admitting that it helps teams unload tickets every day in the hope of filling seats that would otherwise go empty."Yes, teams will often put tickets on our site," said Glenn Lehrman, head of communications for the ticket-reselling giant.The matter-of-fact admission confirmed the long-held belief that ...
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Scientist’s suit Keep anatomy to yourself
A respected neuroscientist claims that a dirty dean at the New York Institute of Technology wrecked her career after she rebuffed his sleazy sexual advances, The Post has learned.Dr. Linda Friedman, 54, claims that her boss, Dr. Brian Hallas, couldn’t control his lab coat libido and blew his top when she spurned his relentless harassment, according to a new $7.5 million lawsuit.Friedman, ...
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B’way drama as man falls from theater
A man survived a fall out a window above Broadway’s Lyceum Theater on West 45th Street yesterday after landing on the marquee, fire officials said.Witnesses told The Post the older man was milling around a second-floor hall at 2:50 p.m. - 10 minutes before showtime - when he leaned on heavy curtains covering the window of a French door along the wall. The door opened - and the man tumbled ...
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Quinn’s bill bugs ‘all’ cops
A controversial bill to create an inspector general to oversee the NYPD contains a provision that would allow the IG to access and make public sensitive information related to joint investigations with other law-enforcement agencies, The Post has learned.The measure states that the city’s Department of Investigation commissioner - who would oversee the IG - could "review, study audit ...
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Push comes to gov on full Shelly probe
EXCLUSIVE The state’s top Republican will request that Gov. Cuomo name a special prosecutor - possibly Attorney General Eric Schneiderman - to conduct a criminal probe of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s handling of the Vito Lopez affair, as well as of Lopez’s conduct itself, The Post has learned.State Republican Chairman Ed Cox will issue the call in the next few days and ...
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408G for Beatles’ guitar
A custom-made electric guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction Saturday for $408,000, auctioneers said.The Vox guitar (above) was sold to an unidentified US buyer at the "Music Icons" event organized by Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Julien’s Auctions and held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan.Julien’s said previously it ...
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Neighboor Fatal fire gave little warning before erupting...
Douglass Dowty | ddowty@syracuse.com Only after returning to her apartment at 7 a.m. did Shinaman find out that someone had died. She called it heartbreaking. Her neighbor was a young woman who had moved in about three weeks ago and kept to herself, Shinaman said. "She went to work, come home and went into the apartment," Shinaman said. "It wasn't that she was unfriendly, I ...
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Cahill in top form in New York
Tim Cahill has continued his top form ahead of Australia's World Cup qualifiers in June with the winner in New York Red Bulls' 1-0 triumph over Los Angeles Galaxy.Cahill notched his fourth goal in five games in Major League Soccer to give the Red Bulls their fifth victory in six matches, keeping the New York-based side at the top of the Eastern Conference standings.In classic Cahill ...
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Henry Galaxy were better than New York
New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry has conceded his team were lucky to defeat Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in Major League Soccer.Tim Cahill struck for New York in the first minute of second-half stoppage time on Sunday, stealing victory at the Red Bull Arena but Henry claimed after the match that the Galaxy 'were better'.Henry praised the Red Bulls for their ability to grind out wins ...
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Cayuga County firefighters wrestle with large house fire in Sennett
Sennett, NY -- Numerous fire departments battled a raging house fire for more than an hour Sunday night in the town of Sennett. The house at 8407 Jericho Road was reported vacant, emergency responders said. When firefighters arrived around 9:30 p.m., flames had engulfed the entire front of the residence. The fire had not yet been contained by 10 45 p.m. Firefighters were battling the blaze ...
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Afrojack Calvin Harris Shake New York at Electric Daisy Carnival
It goes without saying that dance music festivals Stateside are finally catching up to their European counterparts – this year, each leg of the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival New York attracted 50,000 people, paltry compared to the sold-out 325,000 who will descend on Vegas when the main festival hits in late June. Even so, the vastness of the experience was impressive and, at times, ...
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Pacers knock out Knicks
Indiana Pacers guard D.J. Augustin passes to center Roy Hibbert (55) around New York Knicks center Amar'e Stoudemire (1) while Knicks guards Jason Kidd (right) and J.R. Smith (8) watch the play during the first half of their NBA Eastern Conference second-round playoff game in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday. Brent Smith / ...
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Dryden man 101 not injured after rollover crash in Cayuga County
Venice, NY -- A 101-year-old man suffered no injuries tonight after his car rolled over on state Route 34 in southern Cayuga County, deputies said. He was taken by Onondaga County Air One helicopter to Upstate University Hospital as a precaution given his age, deputies said. The man, whose name was not released by deputies, was driving home to Dryden at 7:27 p.m. when he became tired and ...
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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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