Sandy-damaged New York Aquarium reopens this weekend

New York Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney Island marine haven was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.The shorefront aquarium will partially reopen on Saturday.Visitors will be able to peer down into pools containing walruses, harbor seals and other mammals. Sea lions will perform in the renovated aquatheater.And there ...

Floating robot tries to save polluted canal in Brooklyn

MSNBC - Friday 24th May, 2013

Gowanus Canal. A forgotten relic of Brooklyn's industrial past, the garbage-choked waterway is now home to a putrid stew of toxic waste. Where barges once served tanneries and paper mills, all that remains today are high levels of mercury, lead, raw sewage, cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other pollutants. The Gowanus Canal achieved further notoriety in January 2013 when ...

Pedro Portugal Ecuadorean businessman found in New York after kidnapping

Global Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

NEW YORK – Police have rescued an Ecuadorean businessman who was kidnapped in New York City and held hostage for a month while his captors demanded his family pay ...

Delta Celebrates Upgrade Of JFK Terminal 4

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

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Fact Check Friday Is The IRS’s Lois Lerner A Liar

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

Internal Revenue Service Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner is sworn in before testifying to the House Oversight Committee – Washington, D.C. – May 22, 2013 (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ...

‘Mastermind’ Behind Robbery That Left Officer Peter Figoski Dead Found Guilty

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

was the mastermind behind the robbery that ended with the fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski. Nelson Morales, 29, was convicted of second degree murder and burglary. He faces 25 years to life at sentencing. Morales did ...

Giglio Mets’ GM Sandy Alderson Is Ringmaster In The Ike Davis Circus

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

More Columns Ike Davis' season is spiraling out of control, leaving Met fans and baseball analysts to dissect his game on an at-bat by at-bat basis. His fall from the 32 HR, 90 RBI slugger that emerged in the second half of 2012 to the listless, confused shell of ...

Exclusive New York claims more proof of bank mortgage abuses

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that Bank of America Corp, Wells Fargo and Co and other banks violated the terms of a settlement designed to end mortgage servicing ...

Duly Noted Google antitrust probe fearing Jay-Z NJ debt collector

New York Business Journal - Friday 24th May, 2013

May 24 (Bloomberg) -- In today's "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports on Google's CEO Larry Page facing new questions and a possibility of a new antitrust probe for the company. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." (Source: ...

For $75 milllion Penguin closes book on collusion accusations

New York Business Journal - Friday 24th May, 2013

The logo of the Penguin publishing house, part of Pearson Plc, is seen on a Kindle Fire HD e-reader. Penguin reached a settlement with 33 states and private plaintiffs over e-book pricing ...

David Beckham can cash-in thanks to New York City F.C.

New York Business Journal - Friday 24th May, 2013

David Beckham signed a deal in 2007 that promised him the right to a MLS expansion teamfor 25% of what the Yankees and Manchester City just paid for New York City ...

Its a mixed bag for three big retailers earnings

New York Business Journal - Friday 24th May, 2013

Retailers Foot Locker Inc. and New York & Co. reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings but Aeropostale Inc. swung to a loss and said it expects a further loss in its second quarter. Athletic footwear and apparel ...

Crystal Co. Exec Moves to Hub International in New York

Insurance Journal - Friday 24th May, 2013

Chicago-based broker Hub International's Northeast division hired Scott Konrad as senior vice president and not-for-profit business practice leader. Based in Hub's New York City office, Konrad will be responsible to build, brand, grow and lead a specialty practice serving the insurance, risk management, and employee benefit needs of nonprofit organizations throughout Connecticut, New ...

Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

San Diego Union-Tribune - Friday 24th May, 2013

In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, shields her face as she is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013 in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment building. (AP ...

Ringleader of burglary crew that murdered NYPD officer Figoski convicted

New York Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

Nelson Morales A Brooklyn jury convicted the ringleader of a burglary crew that murdered a NYPD cop on felony murder and burglary charges today.Nelson Morales organized the armed crew that broke into the home of an East New York drug dealer in 2011. One of the other burglars, Lamont Pride, was convicted of fatally shooting responding police officer Peter Figoski earlier this year.Figoski's ...

Woman injured in last weeks Conn. train crash suing Metro-North Railroad for negligence

New York Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut say they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North Railroad.Attorney Joel Faxon says the suit was filed Friday in federal court in Bridgeport to gain access to witnesses and allow victims and their families to be involved in the investigation. He said it was the first ...

Bloomberg Public financing wont solve Albanys scandal problem

New York Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

Placing himself on the opposite side of Gov. Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg argued today that public financing won't get rid of the corruption that pervades Albany. "Public financing wouldn't have cured anything," the mayor declared on his weekly WOR radio show."What is clear is that they have a lot of corruption. Most of the things that have been in the paper would not be cured ...

Unusual condition seen before Conn. train wreck

The Miami Herald - Friday 24th May, 2013

Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters and damaged ...

Brookfield Square adds Body Central Torrid and Glitter loses New York and Company

Journal Sentinel - Friday 24th May, 2013

Women's apparel retailer New York and Company is closing its Brookfield Square mall store, and the space will be divided to accommodate two new stores. One side of the New York and Company space will filled by young women's retailer Body Central, while the other will house a relocated Champs shoe and sportswear store, Scott S. Oleson, manager of Brookfield Square, said Friday. Both ...

Citi Bikes land in New York what to expect from the long-awaited scheme

The Guardian - Friday 24th May, 2013

New York in the early hours of Friday, greeted with a combination of curiosity, puzzlement, and not a little suspicion.Which is hardly surprising, as it's not been plain cycling so far. Residents of the West Village think the docking stations will destroy the area's historic character. In Brooklyn, treasured parking spots have been usurped. Tabloid columnists fear the city's ...

Elevated Levels Of Radium Found In Bethpage Drinking Water Supply Well

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

Bethpage Water District has shut down one of its drinking supply wells after elevated levels of the known carcinogen radium were detected. A second water well has also been shut down as a precaution. Water District Superintendent Michael Boufis said the levels are not considered hazardous and do not exceed federal or state standards. ';The water is absolutely safe to drink,'; Boufis ...

Federal Funding Made Available For School Security Post Sandy Hook

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Connecticut is making $5 million available immediately to cities and towns to help reimburse them for school safety and security upgrades following the massacre ...