Provides the latest RSS feeds for New York City News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New York City News.net http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/cat/5a8b8c26522de7fd/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:25 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:25 -0400 30 Radio Netherlands Worldwide won four major prizes at the 2013 New York International Radio and TV Festival, it was announced yesterday (Monday June 17). It won a gold medal and a Grand Prize Award for an interview entitled ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260812/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:20:03 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260812/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd WABC/Channel 7 weatherman Bill Evans and his wife will be arraigned in a Connecticut court tomorrow after a violent blowup at their Old Greenwich home.Both the meteorologist and Dana Evans, his wife of 19 years, are facing charges of third-degree assault and disorderly conduct after they got in to a heated argument May 4.The couple, who are in the midst of a nasty divorce, surrendered to ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261176/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:18:12 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261176/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s latest bid to make the city greener. After launching a test program recently in 3,500 Staten Island homes and some Manhattan apartment buildings, city officials said Monday they planned to expand it to ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260742/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:14:49 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260742/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A business owner shot and killed a robber Monday in Newark. Around 3:20 p.m., the suspect walked into an unidentified business in the 500 block of Central Avenue in Newark with a loaded gun and a backpack, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office and Newark police. The suspect announced a robbery, and ordered the owner to fill the backpack with ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261177/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:21 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261177/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd IRVINGTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Police Monday night were investigating a possible case of road rage that left a man dead in New Jersey. Robert Sabio, 70, of Roselle Park, N.J., was driving on Springfield Avenue in Irvington just before 11 p.m. last Wednesday when he backed into a vehicle and got into a quarrel with its occupants, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261179/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:20 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261179/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Late Mayor Ed Koch was already a partner in a New York law firm when Mayor Michael Bloomberg was just a year out of college - so few would guess that Koch was actually the younger man. He was not, of course. In fact, Koch was about 17 years' Bloomberg's senior. But a visitor to Koch's gravesite would be led to believe otherwise, as a mistake on his ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261178/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:20 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215261178/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A Queens dog owner killed an alley cat - and now faces up to two years behind bars.Richard Ferrugio, 50, of Ozone Park used a car wrench to beat the homeless black-and-white kitty after it supposedly scratched his arm as he fixed his car outside Neir’s Tavern, where he’s a regular, Feb. 7, 2012.Ferrugio told cops he gave the animal one swipe with the tool, but then, "I saw the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260384/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:13:23 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260384/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | An Eastbound LIRR train that officials say "probably derailed" just after leaving the Penn Station platform on track 14 rests as it is looked over by officials. (June 17, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260048/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:13:04 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260048/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved modestly in June, according to a survey released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.According to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, the general business conditions index rose 9 points to 7.8 after dipping into negative territory in May.Roughly 29 percent of manufacturers reported that conditions had got better over the month, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259910/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:09:08 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259910/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A former Home Depot handyman from Long Island was convicted Monday of trying to extort $2 million from the company in a plot that involved pipe ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260385/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:03:13 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260385/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (AP) -- A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others. No injuries were ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260386/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:54:15 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215260386/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Two city correction officers were charged today with dealing pot to inmates on Rikers Island.Austin Romain and Khalif Phillips, both 31, were busted while on the job after getting ratted out by jailhouse snitches who were their alleged customers. Both guards operated independently of each other but used similar methods to sell marijuana and other contraband - including scalpels and tobacco - to ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259509/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:20 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259509/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Governors Island administrators said last week's implosion of one of its oldest building signifies the start of a new era for the island.The 30-acre section of the island that was once off limits to civilians will be transformed into a new, modern $250 million park that's set to open to the public next summer -- and there's more on the way."There were 14,000 people in one ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259511/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:00 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259511/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Photo credit: AP | Christine Quinn is the first female New York City Council speaker and is considered a leading candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the 2013 ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259510/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:00 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259510/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Photo credit: Adrian Gonzalez #23 of the Los Angeles Dodgers (Getty Images) From 1941 to 1981, the Dodgers faced off against the Yankees in 11 World Series. But oddly enough, the team that once called Brooklyn home hasn't visited either Yankee Stadium since winning the title-clinching Game 6 of the 1981 World Series; this despite the institution of interleague play in 1997. Tonight, the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259512/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:33 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259512/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New Jersey State Senate committee passed a bill Monday that would require law enforcement agencies from elsewhere to give notice when they plan to conduct counterterrorism surveillance in the state — a measure prompted by revelations about NYPD spying on ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259513/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:24 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259513/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims in the aquarium of the Haus des Meeres (';House of the Sea';) in Vienna on June 27, 2012. (Credit: ALEXANDER ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259514/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:18 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259514/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Bullying at school is a big concern for many parents, but according to new research harmful bullying could be taking place in your own home. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics claimed that bullying that goes on at home can be just as damaging to a child’s mental well-being as bullying that comes at the hands of one’s peers. A big part of ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259515/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:17 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259515/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Email ATLANTA -- Reversing course on last week's alternative defensive assignments, Mets manager Terry Collins scrawled out an entirely new lineup for Monday's series opener against the Braves. Daniel Murphy, who spent a one-week tour of duty at first base, returned to his usual position at second. Meanwhile, Lucas Duda, who has worked tirelessly in the outfield for the past two years, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259516/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:52:00 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259516/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Email ATLANTA -- Terry Collins heard the quip. How could he not? NBC broadcaster Bob Costas generated headlines Sunday when he called the Mets' walk-off celebration evidence of "the decline of Western civilization." "All right, civilization's over," Collins jabbed back Monday afternoon. "We'll have to rebuild it." Running through highlights during ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259518/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259518/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Email ATLANTA -- Mets infielder Justin Turner is dealing with a left intercostal strain that could land him on the disabled list as soon as Tuesday. Turner stayed in New York after Sunday's game, receiving an MRI on Monday morning before joining his teammates in Atlanta. Though the Mets may not reach a resolution before the start of Tuesday's doubleheader, manager Terry Collins ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259517/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215259517/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd How’s Ed Koch tombstone doin’. Horrible!In a major blunder, the former mayor’s tombstone at Trinity Church in Washington Heights was mistakenly engraved with the wrong birth date.The date of birth given is Dec. 12, 1942 instead of 1924.The gaffe is enough to bring Koch -- a proud World War II veteran and stickler for details - right out of his grave, after a brief chuckle and ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258581/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:06:17 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258581/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd In Huntington Station accident cleared on NY Rt-25(Jericho Tpk/Middle Cntry Rd/Main St) EB at Totten Ave In Huntington Station accident cleared on NY Rt-25(Jericho Tpk/Middle Cntry Rd/Main St) EB at Totten ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258152/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:06:01 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258152/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Photo credit: AP | Christine Quinn is the first female New York City Council speaker and is considered a leading candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the 2013 ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258582/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258582/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday that Americans deserved to know about the fact that the government has been collecting data on phone calls and Internet usage. "I don’t think it ever should have been made secret," Kelly said. He also said the National Security Agency needs to get better at safeguarding data. Former NSA contractor Edward ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258583/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:57:05 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258583/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — A New York man is facing charges in connection with his efforts to stop a group of boys who were allegedly vandalizing his father-in-law’s home while it was being renovated. The boys are accused of causing havoc in the home, near Rochester, but now the man who caught them could be in trouble. ';I’m not regretful, I just thought I was doing the right ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258584/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:57:04 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215258584/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect was formally indicted Monday in the murder of an Upper Manhattan restaurant owner more than a quarter century ago. Justo Santos, 43, was indicted Monday ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257574/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:36 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257574/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd about to make his highly anticipated debut with the New York Mets , Zack Wheeler will rely on some advice he got from a minor league coach. Don’t look up. ';I know it’s going to be a big moment in my life,'; Wheeler said Monday, the day before he takes the mound against the first-place Atlanta Braves. ';There’s probably going to be some nerves.'; The ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257575/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:35 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257575/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Long Island Rail Road train headed to Hempstead was left disabled, and might have derailed, early Monday evening at Penn Station. "At about 9 minutes after 6, we had a train leaving Penn Station become disabled - possibly derailed - as it was entering the East River tunnel," Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders told WCBS 880. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257576/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:35 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257576/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd New York University was forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government. The university denied Chen's allegations. Chen said in a statement that China's Communist Party had been applying "great, unrelenting pressure'' on NYU to ask him to leave, though he did not provide details or evidence to back his claim. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257213/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:52:57 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257213/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK -- Right-hander Michael Pineda's next Minor League rehabilitation start will come on Thursday for Class A Advanced Tampa in Dunedin, Fla. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that the 24-year-old is expected to throw about 80 pitches in the outing against the Blue Jays' Florida State League affiliate, and Pineda's reports have been positive coming off right labrum ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257579/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:54 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257579/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Email NEW YORK -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Monday that he is leaning toward placing first baseman Mark Teixeira on the 15-day disabled list, but a final decision has not yet been made. Cashman said on a conference call that he has been told Teixeira will not be available to play for at least seven days after having a cortisone injection to treat inflammation in his right wrist. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257577/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:54 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257577/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Email NEW YORK -- Kevin Youkilis is on the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season with a back ailment, and Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that the team cannot count on his return. "Back issues usually don't get better," Cashman said on a conference call Monday. "They can, but they're very debilitating and hard to get a handle on. It's ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257578/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:54 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257578/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New Yorkers could see huge, resort casinos upstate and an influx of new employers lured by the promise of tax-free operations for a decade under several deals in the works in ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257580/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:05 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257580/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has settled a lawsuit in which the federal government accused it of improperly reducing retirement benefits for current and former police officers who served in the military after September 11, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257045/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:43:26 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257045/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Chinese pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng, who was released by Beijing's communist government a year ago and allowed to re-locate to the United States, is leaving New York University, and Chen claims the school is being pressured by China's regime to boot him out. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256186/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:27 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256186/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Port Authority retirees get to keep the lifetime perk of free tolls and parking, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled. The Port Authority sued in Manhattan Supreme Court last year after an arbitrator ruled that about a 100 former lieutenants should receive the benefits, equivalent to a $2,000 a year bump in their pensions if used daily. The PA's board had voted to pull the perk for all ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256511/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:30 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256511/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A poodle mix owned by an actor best known for the ‘90s sitcom "Spin City" viciously attacked an Upper East Side woman in Central Park, according to a new lawsuit. Alexander Chaplin, 42, who played the mayoral aide James Hobert in the Michael J. Fox TV show from 1996-2000, allegedly allowed his goldendoodle Freddy to "approach, menace and attack" Denise Shaw, 61, during ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256512/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:30 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256512/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd FBI Most Wanted The one-time federal prison guard from Long Island accused of conceiving a child with convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson told a federal judge Monday that she provided a paternity test to try to help him escape execution. "He's the father of my son, and I do want him to live," ex-guard Nancy Gonzalez, 29, of Huntington Station, told U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256513/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:11 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256513/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd BOSTON (CBS) — Though the Bruins lost a heartbreaker in Game 1 in triple overtime, they were able to rally in Game 2 to steal home ice from the Blackhawks before the series headed to Boston. While it was mission accomplished in that sense, both of these teams know the series is a long way from being decided. The winner of tonight’s Game 3, though, will be in the driver’s seat ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256375/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:31 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256375/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd VALHALLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Bacterial contamination was being blamed Monday for an outbreak of foodborne illness following the popular Burger & Beer Bash in Westchester County earlier this month. The county Health Department said Monday that the campylobacter bacterium was to blame for the outbreak at the June 6 outdoor food festival at the Kenisco Dam in Valhalla. The bacterium was ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256514/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:28 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256514/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd One of the most intriguing aspects of hockey is that it's inherently unpredictable. It's what makes the game tick, what makes it breathe. Hockey is the type of sport that truly requires all hands on deck, that demands unsung heroics and Cinderella-esque performances. It's why the noise level in the crowd reaches a fever-pitch crescendo at the exact moment that the home team gets ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256515/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:28 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256515/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd USA A New York man was arrested and charged for endangering the welfare of four children who allegedly broke into and vandalized his father-in-law's home, causing property damage in excess of $40,000 The man locked the children into a closet until police arrived, and claims he made no threats to hurt them. Jesse Daniels, a 53-year-old resident of Clyde, N.Y. is facing felony criminal ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256188/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:48:26 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256188/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Dylan Moran likes to start with a pang. In his last two stand-up shows, Mr Moran, an internationally popular comic who has been making a determined push into the American market, began with a greeting, then an anguished stammer, before mumbling the same sentence: ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257130/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:00 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257130/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 89-year-old son of late New York socialite Brooke Astor on Monday lost a final plea that because of old age and illness he should avoid prison time for his conviction on charges he cheated his ailing mother before her ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256193/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:40:12 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256193/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd New York may be the birthplace of hip-hop, but London has now become one of ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257129/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:38:11 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215257129/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd United Airlines Flight 116 landed safely in Newark, N.J., Monday afternoon following claims by an unidentified passenger fellow travelers had been poisoned. The passenger was restrained after he became disruptive, saying all fellow travelers had been poisoned by the food served on the aircraft, a Boeing 777, CBS News reported. After landing the plane taxied to a remote area of the airport, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255848/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:28:57 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255848/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Tokyo police said eight people were arrested following fistfights between anti-Korean nationalists and counterprotesters who dubbed them "racists." The arrests came after several protests staged in a predominantly Korean neighborhood of Tokyo by a far-right anti-immigrant group Zaitokukai. The group's full name translates to Citizens Group that will not Forgive Privileges for ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256283/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:28:56 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256283/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Hurricane Sandy in an effort to curb looting, officials said. Police have focused on the neighborhoods Ocean Breeze, Midland Beach and an area of Oakwood around Cedar Grove Beach, which still have vacant homes, the Staten Island Advance reported Monday. "We've revamped it now -- we have 10 cars per night in the hurricane zone, and in certain strategic areas where I think it's a ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255900/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:28:53 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255900/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd U.S. markets posted gains Monday, as economic data looked positive in reports not considered particularly major newsmakers. Trading might prove muted for the first half of the week, as investors wait for the results of a two-day meeting of Open Market Committee at the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256771/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:28:47 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215256771/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd She had no idea her john's dead grandmother was less than two feet away, her body stuffed into a closet, a hooker testified today of cavorting naked in bed with accused killer Larry Davis. Soft spoken lady of the night Nakeema Craig, 22, described in Manhattan Supreme Court the alcohol and liquor fueled tryst in the dead granny's Harlem apartment. Prosecutors asked Craig whether at any ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255369/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:44 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255369/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Two new police boats were dedicated after slain NYPD detectives Robert Parker and Patrick Rafferty. A pair of cops who paid the ultimate price protecting New York were honored today by the city and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who dedicated two harbor boats in their names."We will always consider them a part of our one, inseparable police family," Kelly said as he named two boats for ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255372/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:44 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255372/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly today called on the National Security Agency to come clean about its phone and Internet monitoring, saying Americans could support the domestic snooping if they knew more specifics."I don't think it ever should have been made secret," New York's top cop said. "I think the American public can accept the fact if you tell them that every time you ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255371/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:43 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255371/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Almost two dozen loved ones of a slain restaurant owner stared down his alleged killer today in a Manhattan courtroom, as he faced charges for the 1986 murder.Justo Santos, 43, pleaded not guilty to the murder of beloved Inwood restaurateur Jose Martinez on Nov. 22, 1986.Santos had been on the run ever since, and was finally caught, thanks to the loving dedication of Martinez’s daughter ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255370/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:43 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255370/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The one-time federal prison guard from Long Island accused of conceiving a child with convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson told a federal judge Monday that she provided a paternity test to try to help him escape execution."He's the father of my son, and I do want him to live," ex-guard Nancy Gonzalez, 29, of Huntington Station, told Brooklyn U.S. District Judge Brian ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255373/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:24 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255373/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd PARAMUS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Between Superstorm Sandy and a very rainy June, it is shaping up to be an epic season for mosquitoes. But will that mean a lot more of the potentially ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255375/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:46:13 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255375/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- So much for good news. Slumping Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira could be heading back to the disabled list. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255374/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:46:13 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255374/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Heavy rain, strong winds and severe thunderstorms are making their way through the New York area. The storms will pop up throughout the afternoon and stick around through Monday evening, according to CBS 2′s chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn. Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings are in effect for several parts of the Tri-State area. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255376/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:46:12 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255376/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd 14 New York City has now joined the ranks of Paris, Hangzhou and Newark with its own set of shared public bicycles. They've gotten mixed reviews, so far, thanks especially to technical glitches and omnipresent Citibank advertising. But for an optimistic, entertaining and seeming earnest biker's perspective, there is Casey Nesitat's new video: ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255015/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:32 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255015/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Graphics depicting the locations of 7-Eleven stores involved in a federal indictment are shown after a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's office, Monday, June 17, 2013, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch has announced the indictment of nine individuals involved in a multi-state scheme to conceal the systematic employment of illegal immigrants and ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255017/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:30:01 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255017/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Passengers on a NJ Transit bus from Dunellen, N.J., to New York said they were 2 hours late for work because the driver became lost. Aileen Iosso, a passenger on Thursday's No. 113 Express bus, said she boarded the vehicle in Cranford about 7 a.m. expecting to arrive at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York's Manhattan borough by 7:39 a.m., The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255022/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:42 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215255022/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The New York Office of Emergency Management said it spiked the scenting agent added to natural gas with cinnamon to prevent 911 calls during work. The office said Sunday it was masking the smell of mercaptan, an odor added to natural gas to allow residents to detect leaks, with cinnamon along a pipeline in Harlem to prevent an influx of 911 calls during work Sunday morning. "There's ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254825/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:42 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254825/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Photo credit: NYPD | Joseph Koch, an off-duty NYPD officer, was shot in the hand late Sunday as he struggled for his gun with a suspect in a domestic-abuse incident in Queens, New York City police said. (June 17, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253583/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:52:41 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253583/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Zack Wheeler is scheduled to make his major-league debut on Tuesday night in the second game of the Mets’ day/night doubleheader against the Bravesin Atlanta. Wheeler’s stats at the Triple-A level are remarkably similar to Matt Harvey’s, who is slated to start the day portion of Tuesday’s twin bill.Here are Wheeler’s stats in his 19 combined Triple-A outings for ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254216/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:43:29 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254216/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd led him to say that the Mets’ celebration after Sunday’s victory was a sign of the ';end of Western Civilization .'; But this time Costas got only half a wingtip in his mouth. His remarks were a direct commentary on a sporting event and the celebration thereof. The embellishment was certainly unwarranted, but there’s some merit to the notion that a team 14 games under ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254215/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:43:29 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254215/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd graduation rate remained steady, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and schools chancellor Dennis Walcott announced Monday. Under the most rigorous graduation requirements in state history, the city announced the four-year graduation rate stayed flat at 64.7 percent. The New York State Department of Education released graduation rates for the class of 2012 on Monday. Students who entered high school in ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254217/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:43:28 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215254217/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd new initiative announced Sunday by the office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The new ';food recycling'; program will call for the construction of a composting facility in the New York region to take 100,000 tons of food waste a year — just one tenth of the total one million pounds created by New York residents annually. Compost will be turned ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253687/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:42:56 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253687/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Solar power, proposed public lands /Story-MediuaBoxPosition: 2 --> Story-MediaBoxPosition: 3 empty --> Story-MediaBoxPosition: 4 empty ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253762/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:35:34 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253762/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A Manhattan police officer slain in the line of duty 40 years ago was hailed as a hero at a ceremony today outside the Harlem stationhouse where he worked.About a hundred people gathered in the heat and humidity to pay tribute to decorated cop and Vietnam Veteran Ralph J. Stanchi, outside the 32nd Precinct on West 135th Street.Among those in attendence was his former partner, Bob Scanlon, who was ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253173/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:51:23 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253173/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd So Percussion. June 21st has come to be one of our very favorite days on the calendar. It's not just the first day of summer (though there is that). It's also time ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252587/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:51:20 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252587/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Heat have been playing the entire 2012-2013 season with a mentality of championship or bust. After dropping Game 5 of the NBA Finals, the Heat’s proverbial backs are against the wall and the championship dreams are close to becoming another Finals nightmare. It’s not that the Heat hasn’t been in this situation before during the reign of the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253064/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:42:15 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253064/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Legislative leaders in New Jersey are hoping to strike a deal on Gov. Chris Christie’s $32.9 billion budget as early as Monday. Democrats and Republicans on the budget committee say negotiations between the Legislature and Christie’s office are going well. While no deal has been cut yet, both sides are optimistic about a new budget being in place well ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253174/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:42:01 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253174/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Christie, an avid Springsteen fan, has been to over 130+ Springsteen shows, and ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff at the time of Clemon's death. The resolution to give the big-time saxophone player his own day wasproposed by New Jersey Sen. Jennifer Beck. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253175/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:42:00 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253175/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Investigators are digging up a basement in Queens in connection with the 1978 Lufthansa heist, 1010 WINS reported. The FBI and NYPD organized crime investigators are searching an Ozone Park home that once belonged to gangster Jimmy ';The Gent'; Burke, sources told 1010 WINS. Investigators are looking for possible human remains or other evidence in a cold ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253178/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253178/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Prison officials can use reasonable force to take DNA samples from convicted felons who refuse to provide them, Connecticut’s second-highest court ruled Monday. State law requires all convicted felons to provide DNA samples, but it does not specifically say officials can use force. The state Appellate Court upheld rulings by Superior Court Judge Edward J. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253177/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253177/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Rep. Frank Pallone is calling for multiple debates leading up to the August Democratic U.S. Senate primary in New Jersey. He released a statement Monday saying voters should be able to make a decision that is not ';based solely on slick TV ads and 20-second sound bites.'; Early polls ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253176/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253176/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Citi Field will host the annual All-Star game . Selections and elections to All-Star teams always stir up a lot of emotions, especially when the discussion involves an all-time All-Star ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253179/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:57 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253179/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd SAN ANTONIO (CBSMiami) – After a performance for the ages from the Miami Heat’s Big Three of LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade in Game 4 tied up the 2013 NBA Finals; Miami came back to the AT&T Center looking to take a 3-2 lead with the series set to return to South Florida. Instead, the Spurs ran off another double-digit victory 114-104 over the Heat and took a 3-2 ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252852/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:24:47 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252852/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The Indonesian House of Representatives met Monday to discuss raising the price of subsidized gasoline, prompting protests by those against the measure. Indonesia's government wants to raise the price of gasoline by 44 percent, from 45 U.S. cents to 65 cents per liter (0.26 gallon), to help lessen the country's debt, The New York Times reported. Thousands of people gathered outside ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253133/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:20:16 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215253133/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Robert De Niro played James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke in "Goodfellas." Federal agents have descended on the Queens home of the late Lucchese gangster James "Jimmy The Gent" Burke looking for human remains, The Post has learned. FBI investigators, along with NYPD detectives, are combing the triplex house on 102nd Road in Ozone Park in relation "to an ongoing ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252067/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:48:45 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252067/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sending the 89-year-old Parkinson’s afflicted son of Brooke Astor -- who was convicted of bilking her estate out of millions -- to jail on Thursday would be a death sentence, his attorney argued today. "It would be cruel and unusual punishment for Mr. [Anthony] Marshall at this age in this condition to be sentenced to jail," lawyer Kenneth Warner pleaded in Manhattan Supreme Court ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252068/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:48:44 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252068/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd More Columns New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowskiis scheduled to undergo back surgery on Tuesday to address chronic back pain. It will be his seventh surgery, and the second to his back — the first having been a microdiscectomyperformed in 2009 while he was a student at Arizona. This procedure is generally performed to decompress a nerve in the lower back in order to relieve nerve ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252069/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:39:49 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252069/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd More Columns What should really scare the Miami Heat is that Sunday night should have been a win for them. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh combined for 66 points and shot a combined 25-of-53. They even got a big game from a fourth player, Ray Allen, who scored 21 points off the bench and shot 7-of-10 from the field and 4-of-4 from behind the arc. The Spurs turned the ball over 18 times ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252070/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:39:48 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252070/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd New York City mayoral front-runner Christine Quinn took a broad swipe at her opponents during a speech in Harlem Monday afternoon. Quinn has put on the gloves and is fighting back, accusing her opponents of offering New York voters no real solutions. ';Like me, my opponents have spent many years in public office. But when you look at their records, there’s a great big hole where ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252071/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:39:48 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252071/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Under the state's tax cap law, school districts have two chances to get budgets passed. If they fail both times, they can't raise taxes at all in the next school ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252072/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:31:46 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215252072/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A passenger on a Newark-bound flight from Hong Kong has been restrained by passengers after reportedly telling the crew he had poisoned everyone on board.The United Flight 116 is due at Newark at 1:30pm and authorities will be waiting at the tarmac.ABC News reported that there is no evidence that passengers have been poisoned.Officials believe the man who made the claim is emotionally ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250880/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:46:01 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250880/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd FILE - Anthony Marshall, Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son, center, exits Manhattan State Supreme Court with wife Charlene, right, in this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 file photo taken in New York. Marshall, the 89-year-old heir to the famous Astor fortune is hoping to stay out of a New York prison. He had been due to surrender Monday June 17, 2013 to serve one to three years. He was convicted of ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250151/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:43:27 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250151/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd investigating last month’s derailment and collision on Metro-North’s New Haven line . It will be up to Gov. Dannel Malloy and legislative leaders to appoint members to the new Connecticut Commuter Rail Council. Current chair Jim Cameron noted it was Malloy who proposed the reorganization of the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250883/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:36:33 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250883/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd PISCATAWAY, N.J (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A new era for the Scarlet Knights has officially begun. Julie Hermann has started her first full day as Rutgers’ athletic director. A university spokesman tweeted late Monday morning that Hermann was on ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250882/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:36:33 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250882/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Apassenger claims he has poisoned everyone on board, CBS 2 reports. United Airlines flight 116 is scheduled to land in Newark at around 1:30 p.m. Monday. The passenger who made the claims has been restrained and is believed to be emotionally disturbed, CBS 2 ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250881/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:36:33 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250881/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- And just like that, he’s out. Former NFL star Chad Johnson is being released immediately from jail after apologizing to a judge for lack of ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250884/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:36:32 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250884/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd ';I’m a hell of a better football coach than I’m given credit for,'; the Jets head coach said, which prompted a reaction from the Dynamic Radio Duo and a montage of Al Dukes’ Rexy tributes from days gone by. When the dust settled, Boomer praised the defensive ';genius'; that is Rex, while Craigie was left pining for the days when his head coach was a sloppy, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250885/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:36:30 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250885/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd When complete the line will reduce overcrowding and delays on the Lexington Avenue line, improving travel for both city and suburban commuters, and provide better access to mass transit for residents of the far East Side of ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249945/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:33:10 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249945/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Officials say New York state's high school graduation rate held steady at 74 percent for the first class of students required to meet stricter graduation ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250887/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:28:51 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215250887/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd ALBANY - Democratic Senate co-leader Jeff Klein has introduced a bill to incorporate Gov. Cuomo's "women's equality agenda" that doesn't include the controversial abortion plank - a serious blow to Cuomo's chances of getting it passed, the Post has learned. Cuomo has said his proposal would codify under state law the abortion rights currently guaranteed on the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249537/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:44:04 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249537/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The city's 4-year high school graduation rate dipped last year for the first time in a decade - edging down to 60.4 percent, according to state education officials. The city's graduation rate was 60.9 percent in 2011, according to state calculations. The city's slide mirrored those in other big cities across the state, even though the state's overall graduation rate held ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249536/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:44:04 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249536/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd June 16--I appreciate newspaper nostalgia as much as any other ink-stained wretch, and so it was with a sense of keen anticipation that I took my seat for the late Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy," starring Tom Hanks in his Broadway debut. That "The Front Page," the 1928 Broadway hit by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, should remain the only well-known American play about ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249006/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:39 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249006/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Styrofoam containers . ';As we recycle more plastics, we’ll also tackle New York City’s final recycling frontier and that is food waste,'; Bloomberg has previously ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249543/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:41 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249543/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Mets need bats … badly. And they have arms — especially at the minor-league level — to trade for bats. But Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler aren’t the only pitchers who general manager Sandy Alderson isn’t willing to part with. Add closer Bobby Parnell to that list. New York will not shop the hard-throwing reliever at the trade ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249542/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:41 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249542/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd prospective teachers to achieve at least a B average in college before they can get state certification. The new 3.0 grade-point requirement would represent a slight increase from the current 2.75. Education deans at some colleges in the state said the change would not make much of a practical difference, The Press of Atlantic City reported. Neighboring Pennsylvania and Delaware already ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249538/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:41 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249538/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of the Jersey shore, thousands of homeowners are getting some relief from crushing rebuilding and insurance costs. The federal government has updated its flood maps laying out the likelihood of damage from future storms. The new maps significantly scale back the level of highest danger, the so-called V zones, which had caused many homeowners the greatest ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249541/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:40 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249541/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (WLNY) — Seamus Mullen has gotten rave reviews for his inventive and modern cuisine, but a few years ago his career almost ended after he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. But lucky for foodies everywhere, Chef Mullen is back on his feet — literally, and figuratively. He stopped by The Couch to give us a taste of his award-winning cuisine and to tell us about the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249540/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:39 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249540/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd still struggling with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy . The Staten Island Advance says break-ins left some residents on the island so frustrated and angry that they’d talked of setting booby traps and administering vigilante justice. In at least eight houses, thieves cut out recently-installed copper piping. That caused flooding in homes that were just a few weeks away from becoming ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249539/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:39 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249539/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Below you can listen to -- and download -- all of the memorable audio from today's (06/17) edition of the Boomer & Carton Morning Extravaganza in one nice little package for your convenience. Until tomorrow morning at 6 a.m., when the guys make their return to the airwaves, stay classy New ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249545/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:34 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249545/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Boomer is doing his best to see to it that the morning show staff is healthy by providing all of the ingredients to make delicious fruit smoothies, including fresh fruit. Craig partook in the smoothie drinking this morning and afterwards wanted to know where Boomer gets his fresh fruit. It was then that we learned that the Blonde Bomber has a ';banana guy'; (not pictured) — of ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249544/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:33 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249544/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Boomer and Craig got things started this morning by talking about the NBA Finals as Long Island’s own, Danny Green (pictured) rained down six more threes (bringing his five game total to 25, an NBA Finals record) and lead the Spurs to a 114-104 win over LeBron James and the Heat. Regardless of which team you’re rooting for, if you’re a fan of the game then you can’t help ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249546/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:12 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249546/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The New York state Senate's Independent Democratic Conference is countering Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point women's rights bill with one that drops the abortion proposal threatening to sink Cuomo's ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249548/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:26:17 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249548/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- With opponents of the natural gas drilling method known as fracking heading to Albany for a rally outside the state Capitol, a new statewide poll shows a slight increase among voters against ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249547/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:26:17 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249547/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A group of 7-Eleven managers, owners and workers in New York and Virginia were taken into custody by federal authorities Monday as part of a human smuggling investigation. The raid follows allegations that store owners helped smuggle workers into the U.S. from Pakistan. Authorities said the workers were forced to live in housing provided by the store ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249204/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:21:40 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215249204/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday. The general business index rebounded from a decline in May that followed three months of improvements, the Fed said. In June, the general business index for the Fed's New York District rose 9 points to 7.8. In an unusual twist, the general business index rose with 29 percent of respondents indicating conditions had gotten better in the past ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248795/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:13:32 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248795/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Image Caption: Crews work to attach the red stabilizing apparatus to the Muon g-2 rings at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York in preparation for moving them over land and sea to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. Credit: Brookhaven National ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248022/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:44:24 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248022/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The owners and operators of ten 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and four in Virginia have been indicted in a massive scheme to employ illegal aliens and steal "significant portions" of their pay, The Post has learned.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are in the process of rounding up the suspects, including mastermind Farrukh Baig, who owns, co-owns or controls a dozen of the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248329/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:42:43 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248329/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd listen live now to the exclusivestreaming radiostationfor Under The Dome here , featuring playlists influenced by the show’s characters, insights on the series from Stephen King and weekly episode ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247775/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:33:37 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247775/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Ian Clarkin of United States talks with Chris Okey during the 18U Baseball World Championship match between the USA and Canada at Mokdong stadium on September 8, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248330/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:33:33 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248330/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Federal agents and police raided nearly a dozen 7-Eleven stores on Long Island Monday morning as part of an investigation into identity theft and human smuggling. At least nine franchise owners are in custody and face identity theft, money laundering and other charges, 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248331/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:33:32 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248331/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd TV 10-55′s Alex Denis & the Mobile Couch hit SoHo to check out the line for the specialty treat, the croissant-doughnut hybrid, which went on sale in limited quantities about three weeks ago at the tiny downtown shop ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248332/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:33:31 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248332/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey Senate committee is taking up a bill that would require out-of-state law enforcement agencies to notify state officials if they want to conduct counterterrorism surveillance operations ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248333/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:26:03 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248333/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Both Clayton Kershaw and Clay Buchholz find themselves off to absolutely electric starts in the 2013 season. Their numbers in nearly every statistical category are downright silly, each dominating their leagues with extreme precision. Every GM would donate a kidney to sign either of these young dominate aces. So begs the question, which of them is the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248029/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:16:26 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215248029/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Conditions for New York manufacturers improved modestly in the month of June, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday, with the index of activity in the sector climbing into positive territory.The New York Fed said its ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246552/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:44:02 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246552/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd N.J. Transit is expanding the MyBusNow program to cover all of New Jersey. The service offers real-time bus arrival estimates to a specific stop within a 30 minute ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247231/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:33:04 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247231/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd no new tears in the tendon sheath around his inflamed right wrist . Teixeira got a cortisone shot Sunday. New York manager Joe Girardi said he will be re-evaluated next week. ';That’s a good thing,'; Girardi said before the team’s 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels. ';If he was to re-tear it, that would probably be it for the season. We’re looking at some ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247233/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:33:03 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247233/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – An 89-year-old heir to a famous fortune is hoping to stay out of a New York prison. Anthony Marshall had been due to surrender Monday to serve one to three years. He ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247232/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:33:03 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247232/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd LONDON (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring that’s on display in the Kremlin, but says he’s ready to buy him another ring as a gift. Putin was reacting Sunday through a spokesman to a New York Post story quoting remarks made by Kraft at an awards gala at the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247235/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:33:02 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247235/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NYACK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Recreational boaters are bracing for the impact of summer work on the Tappan Zee Bridge project. Newsday says two massive, barge-mounted cranes will arrive this week on the Rockland County side of the Hudson River. By the middle of next year, about 100 barges and 30 cranes will dot the river between South Nyack and ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247234/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:33:02 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215247234/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd For about a year, I've been saying the fix was in for Dr. Beach's "best beach" contest for 2013. Usually the runner-up from the previous year moves into the top position. And with the gorgeous Duke Kahanamoku Beach coming in second in 2012, it seemed a lock that the sand strand in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village would be No. 1 in 2013. Dr. Beach says he makes his picks ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245876/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:42:08 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245876/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Justin Turner of the Mets puts a pie in the face of teammate Kirk Nieuwenhuis after he connects on a three-run game-winning home run against the Chicago Cubs (Photo by Jason Szenes/Getty Images); Bob Costas (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246140/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:34:34 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246140/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd shooting that left a 9-year-old girl injured in the Bronx. Billie James, 17, has been charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon in Friday’s incident, police said. James was riding a bicycle on Bailey Avenue in Kingsbridge when he fired six shots, authorities ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246139/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:34:34 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246139/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Justin Rose of England looks to the heavens in acknowledgement of his deceased father after putting on the 18th hole to complete the final round of the 113th U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club on June 16, 2013 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246141/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:34:31 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215246141/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK - Stock futures rose on Monday after major equity indexes on Friday closed their third negative week in four, with traders focused on this week's Federal Reserve policy ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245510/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:25:45 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245510/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd View results New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s has ramped up his regulatory push in his final days of office and has a new endeavor - another one - to bring about a city filled with healthy people: food waste recycling.Food waste is ';New York City’s final recycling frontier,'; he said, during his State of the City address earlier this year, New York Magazine reported. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244601/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:51:17 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244601/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Gotham has Batman - and now Brooklyn has its own scrappy superhero.An edgy new Web comic by an award-winning artist centers on "The Red Hook" - a street-smart superhero inspired by the gritty waterfront neighborhood.Dean Haspiel, 46 - best known for his work on the late alt-comic legend Harvey Pekar’s "American Splendor" series and mainstream comics such as ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245139/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:45:27 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245139/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd MAMARONECK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - A man from Westchester County is on a mission to recover the remains of a man he never met. When the weather is clear, chances are that you will find Bob Contreras from Mamaroneckcrisscrossingthe Long Island Sound near Rye and Greenwich. He’s been boating there for years. One of his boats even has the likeness of his father on it. ';Put a mural and a ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245140/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245140/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Don Mattingly is eagerly looking forward to his first visit in uniform to the Bronx since 2007. The former Yankees star and current Dodgers manager will be back Tuesday night when Los Angeles opens a two-game interleague series at New York. The Dodgers have not played in the Bronx since clinching the 1981 World Series at the old Yankee Stadium. Mattingly left ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245142/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:58 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245142/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd off-duty officer was shot and wounded as he tried to stop an assault in Queens, police said. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Sunday at a home on South Road in Jamaica. Off-duty Officer Joseph Koch, 29, was leaving a barbeque when he heard an 11-year-old boy screaming for help as his mother’s ex-boyfriend was allegedly assaulting her. ';A young boy runs out and says ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245141/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:58 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245141/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd More Ernie Palladino Columns The longer this pre-All-Star break period progresses, the more the reality begins to sink in. There's a better than even chance that the 2013 baseball season in New York ends Sept. 29. Playoff baseball? Even as 98 games remain on the Mets' schedule, and 93 on the Yanks', the postseason appears impossible for both clubs. Especially if you refuse to be ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245143/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:57 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245143/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd http://bit.ly/11SG1F3 ) says that when customers find themselves without cash and a credit card, conductors can use the device to scan their driver's licenses. Then the LIRR sends them a ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245144/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:29:52 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215245144/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd ALBANY – Another poll out this morning shows a majority of voters ready to give Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver the boot over the way he handled sexual harassment claims against pervy ex-pol Vito Lopez. Fifty-two percent voters think Silver should step down, according to a Siena College Poll of New York voters released today. They say he "failed the people of New York and the women who ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244203/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:47:37 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244203/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd You are using Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is unsupported by this site and you may experience layout and functionality issues. It is recommended that you upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or switch to another browser. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244204/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:39:37 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244204/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Police say Officer Joseph Koch was leaving a party when a child ran out of a nearby home, shouting for help. The boy said his mother was being ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244205/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:32:23 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215244205/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A hero cop was shot in the arm last night when he left a Father’s Day barbecue in Queens to rescue a woman after her desperate young son told him, "Someone’s trying to kill my mother," law-enforcement sources said.Joseph Koch, a seven-year veteran, was off-duty when he rushed into the woman’s Jamaica home and pulled his weapon as the suspect was brutally attacking her, ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243401/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:51:51 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243401/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd EXCLUSIVE Three beefy city Transportation Department workers have been suspended after they were caught pumping iron at a Brooklyn gym on the taxpayer dime, The Post has learned. A DOT probe found that assistant city highway repairer Alvero Arias and his co-workers, Theodore Segure and Joseph Ortiz, were regularly spending part of their workday at Richie’s Gym in Sunset Park near their ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243402/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:51:50 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243402/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd He was thrown out with the trash.A young Irishman who came to the city to work for the summer was killed by a hit-and-run driver in The Bronx early yesterday, and his body was then stuffed into the back of a city Medical Examiner’s Office van - next to grimy bags of recyclable bottles.A two-man city ME crew can be seen in photos shoving aside the brimming sacks of trash to make room for ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243404/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:51:50 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243404/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd EXCLUSIVE A criminal-defense lawyer with a randy reputation could get the book thrown at him for using language that won’t be found in any law library.Paul Lieber, a married 69-year-old father of two, called two female public defenders "f--king c--ts" in an April 6 courthouse dust-up over who would represent a pothead busted in Greenwich Village, court records show.Lieber won ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243403/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:51:50 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215243403/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A talented young GAA player from Northern Ireland who was killed in a hit-and-run collision in New York was "the life and soul of every party", a friend has ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215242393/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:46:37 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215242393/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd There's a fine line between love and hate.Those two emotions intersected in Easton, Pa. Sunday, with Hitler-obsessed white supremacist Heath Campbell proposing to girlfriend Bethanie White in full Nazi regalia.The public proposal drew onlookers and ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215242003/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215242003/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A Co Down man has died in a hit and run car incident in New York. Kevin Bell, 26, from Newry was killed earlier today.SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley said: "Kevin's parents, brothers, sisters, family circle and friends are devastated and heartbroken at the news of his death in a hit and run incident in New York."Kevin was an exceptional young man who brought joy and happiness to his ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241276/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:12:11 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241276/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Stretching from nearby Westchester County northward to Albany and Troy, the Hudson Valley is rich in sites recounting the history of the ancient River Indians and early Colonial settlers who called its bountiful land home. Here, you can explore the majestic wonders of nature that provided the muse for America's first great art movement, the Hudson River School. A walk through the landscape ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241277/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:42 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241277/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Still the most famous man-made waterway in the U.S., the Erie Canal changed the face of commerce and the lives of countless Americans in the early 19th century. Completed in 1825, the Canal was then coined the Eighth Wonder of the World, and went through two additional expansions over the next 75 years to meet growing demand. Once the pivotal conduit for bringing produce to market from Lake Erie ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241278/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:42 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241278/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Top up or down, there's nothing like hitting the open road and taking in the sights. Whether you have an iron-clad itinerary or prefer to let the wind take you where it wants to go, New York State's highways and byways are chock full of scenic vistas, natural wonders and a freewheeling, spirit of adventure. Plug in your GPS and pack a picnic lunch. You're off to explore a world ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241280/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:41 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241280/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Touting the tagline "Preserving history, honoring excellence and connecting generations," the Hall of Fame lives up to its promise, telling the story of baseball and its key players both on and off the field. A whopping collection of 40,000 artifacts is constantly added to through donations and acquisitions and around ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241279/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:41 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241279/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (AP) -- Two New York City Council committees are holding a hearing on glitches to the city's emergency 911 system that at times have forced phone operators to resort to pen and ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241281/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:56:47 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215241281/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Welcome to New York University - now get out.Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, speaking out for the first time since The Post reported the school was giving him the boot, said pressure from Beijing had school officials planning his departure almost as soon as he arrived."As early as last August and September, the Chinese Communists had already begun to apply great, unrelenting ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240661/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:20:11 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240661/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A quirky installation hit all the right notes at Lincoln Center yesterday.Eighty-eight whimsically decorated pianos that had been placed around the city the past few weeks were gathered in the center’s plaza for the day.The public event culminated with a two-minute evening performance of Bach’s "Prelude in C," played simultaneously on all 88 pianos.The pianos, part of the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240660/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:20:10 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240660/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Euronews reporter Franois Chignac visited the Libreville, the capital of Gabon, to take a look at all things African at the New York Forum for Africa, this is what he found: ';As Europe is riddled with doubt and its economy suffers. Here in Africa it is green for go, some African states have registered remarkable economic growth. Still many problems persist, poverty, a population ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240463/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:00:08 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240463/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The 14-year-old daughter of a popular yoga studio’s owner was killed Saturday when an SUV smashed into her bicycle in East Hampton Village, cops said.Anna Mirabai Lytton was riding to her first day of work at Mandala Yoga, the Amagansett studio owned by her mom, Kate Rabinowitz, and patronized by such celebrities as Paul McCartney and Lorne Michaels. The girl’s father is photographer ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240077/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:49 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240077/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A married man living a "double life" bludgeoned his girlfriend to death yesterday and then killed himself in her Upper West Side apartment, cops said.Edwin Rodriguez, 58, had worked with his victim, Florenciana Martinez, 44, at a church thrift shop on West 96th Street, and the couple had a 5-year-old child.But all the while, Rodriguez was married to another woman and had a separate ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240080/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:48 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240080/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd It doesn’t always pay to be a "genius." New York steamfitters, map makers and costume designers make a lot more money than the tech experts working behind the Apple Genius Bar, a new - if unscientific - survey on job pay shows. Contributors at social link-sharing Web site Reddit started a poll asking New Yorkers to post their positions and salaries. While a Genius Bar worker makes ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240076/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:48 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240076/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A Bronx dad had the best Father’s Day of his life yesterday when his 9-year-old daughter, who was wounded by a stray bullet while playing outside Friday, was released from the hospital.Amanda Chauan left Jacobi Medical Center flanked by her happy mom and dad, who carried a string of big multicolored balloons, including a Barbie one, for the girl. "She’s doing good," said the ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240085/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:47 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240085/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd CLYDE, NY - An upstate man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law’s home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until police arrived.Jesse Daniels was charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after authorities say he interrupted the vandalism in the village of Clyde, 55 miles east of Rochester of Clyde.Daniels ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240081/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:47 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240081/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Young Life tried to get the case tossed on the grounds that Charles was "well aware of the risks" of using The Blob and had violated safety rules by squatting on it instead of sitting on the far edge, as instructed. But White Plains federal Judge Vincent Briccetti OK’d the case for trial, noting that an inspection by the manufacturer after the accident revealed that the toy ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240078/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:47 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240078/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd EXCLUSIVE It’s good to be Kings County’s top lawman.District Attorney Charles Hynes spends nearly twice as much to rent his cushy staff headquarters as all of the city’s four other district attorneys combined, The Post has learned.The posh Renaissance Plaza offices for Hynes and his prosecutors cost taxpayers nearly $12 million a year, records show. And he’s paying about ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240084/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:46 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240084/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn has a populist campaign phrase that’s got a familiar ring to it - it’s strikingly similar to rhetoric that rival Anthony Weiner used in his 2005 run for City Hall, documents show. The City Council speaker - who has hired Weiner’s former pollster, Joel Benenson - recently distributed campaign literature that reads: "As mayor, I’ll work ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240083/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:46 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240083/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mayor Bloomberg is planning to expand a food-recycling program that is one of his administration’s final pet projects - and to also seek proposals to build a plant that would turn the table scraps into bio-gas.In May Bloomberg launched a pilot program on Staten Island, where residents tossed their leftover grub into special sidewalk bins or communal baskets in apartment buildings. The waste ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240082/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:46 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240082/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The stroke victim who held out for eight hours while a heroic 911 dispatcher tried desperately to locate her is brain dead, The Post has learned. Mary Thomas, 54, a housekeeper who was struck ill in her employer’s Upper East Side home, was on life support at Lenox Hill Hospital late yesterday, her longtime boyfriend said. "She’s not going to make it. They just told me. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240079/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:27:46 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240079/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd CHICAGO (AP) -- Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, who co-founded Chicago's Second City theater and who nurtured the early careers of many of "Saturday Night Live's" biggest stars over the years, has died. He was ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240086/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:12:59 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215240086/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd June 17 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:59am EDT June 17 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * A record seven million students will graduate from universities and colleges across China in the coming weeks, but their job prospects appear bleak - the latest sign of a ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215239756/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:59:50 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215239756/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd In online communication, writing in uppercase letters often denotes yelling—a convention that older e-mail users don’t always seem to grasp. By the same token, New York City street signs have been shouting for years. But soon the city will provide a more subdued directional experience, aimed in part at helping aging drivers read more easily on the road. A federal mandate requires that ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215239352/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:35:07 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215239352/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Deemed too raw and unpolished to remain on the roster with James and Cleveland three years ago, Green now has a record on theNBA’sbiggest ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215239535/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:11:39 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215239535/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd LAS VEGAS -- A 25-year-old contestant from Connecticut won the title of Miss USA in Las Vegas on Sunday night.Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests. Asked if she agreed with the decision, Brady ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238859/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:39:42 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238859/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Ginobili broke out of a slump in a big way with 24 points and 10 assists in his first start of the season, and the Spurs beat the Heat 114-104 on Sunday night to take a 3-2 ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238879/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:35 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238879/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — If Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way, you might have to start separating food scraps out from your trash. A New York Times report Sunday said the mayor plans to being collecting scraps ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238880/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:34 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238880/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd The Dodgers and Yankees have faced each other 11 times in the World Series, the most matchups between any two teams playing for a championship in any sport. Former Yankees great and current Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was not a part of any of those 11 matchups. Nor was he a part of any World Series, having retired as a Yankee in 1995 before the Bronx Bombers won it all the very next year. ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238881/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:24:46 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238881/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd A nanny from Chile is suing her New York employers, alleging the couple kept her locked in a room with their three children, who abused her physically. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Felicitas del Carmen Villanueva Garnica, 50, claims Malu Custer Edwards and Micky Hurley brought her to the United States in December 2010 "under false pretenses and for the purpose of unlawfully ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238750/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:11:19 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238750/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd THEN & NOW: Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived with great fanfare at Washington Square Village last year (pictured), but now says NYU planned on removing him almost as soon as he ... http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238409/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:45:58 -0400 http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/215238409/scat/5a8b8c26522de7fd