Posted by Queens Crapper on 02 9th, 2010 |
No Comments From the NY Times : now, for the first time in its 75-year history, the New York City Housing Authority wants to knock down an entire high-rise complex, Prospect Plaza in Brooklyn — a move that has surprised and angered a number of former tenants and advocates for low-income housing. In the past decade, the authority has chosen to renovate rather than tear down its aging housing stock, often at...
Posted by Queens Crapper on 02 9th, 2010 |
No Comments “First off, THE WAVE is a QUEENS NEWSPAPER Located in the Rockaways, it is the third oldest paper in NYC, and recently was honored by both NEW YORK MAGAZINE, and THE VILLAGE VOICE as being the Best of the Best in NYC. I am one of the reasons for that. My name is Elgin Bolling, AKA Subwaysurfer. I am the Editorial Artist, for the Paper, and my cartoons have helped to add to the papers already...
Posted by Hugh Merwin on 02 9th, 2010 |
No Comments The Devils jumped out to an early lead, thanks to Zach Parise and they made it 2-0 on a shorthanded goal from Anssi Salmela. But, Salmela took a vicious elbow from Jeff Carter on the play and had to be carted off on a stretcher. The cheap shot invigorated the Flyers, who came back with three-straight, blitzing Martin Brodeur with 37 shots, to win the game 3-2 .
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Posted by Queens Crapper on 02 9th, 2010 |
No Comments From the NY Post : Senate Democratic leader John Sampson is considering nixing a highly anticipated vote to expel disgraced lawmaker Hiram Monserrate, Republicans charged yesterday. One GOP lawmaker told The Post that the Democratic conference leader had settled on the wrist-slap punishment of “sanctions” for the Queens state senator. That’s the lesser of two penalties recommended...
Posted by Queens Crapper on 02 9th, 2010 |
No Comments From Gothamist : Rappers in the outer boroughs will soon have a new area code to rhyme stuff with. According to a press release , “929” will join “718” and the much-maligned “347” in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
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929 area code coming soon
Posted by Queens Crapper on 02 9th, 2010 |
No Comments Flood insurance and driving hazards notwithstanding, sometimes my parents dream of having a home on the waterfront. This month, their dream came true, with a sewer project tearing up two blocks of 62 Drive in Forest Hills. While it is a routine sewer project, this section of the street once followed the stream bed of Horse Brook , which was buried in time for the 1939 World’s Fair by the future...
Posted by Hugh Merwin on 02 8th, 2010 |
No Comments Bonafide, left, who Lynde admitted to killing The alleged serial cat killer has escaped from jail island. Sean Lynde, 37, had been charged with killing five of his girlfriend’s cats between October 2008 and January 2009 . He pled guilty today in a no-jail deal, where he admitted to killing one of the cats, Bonafide (who was a 2-month-old male, somehow broke two vertebrae in his neck, slipped...
Posted by Jake on 02 8th, 2010 |
No Comments The rat problem in the Upper West Side’s Verdi Square, once called Needle Park, has gotten so bad that recently the Parks Dept. called for back-up. “We have sent an extra staff person there in the early morning and later in the day,” said Cristina DeLuca , a spokeswoman from the Parks Dept. “The park is now being cleaned as much as three times a day to address the rodent issues.”...
