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Last Night’s Action: Two Big Points
Rangers 5 Atlanta 2 : New York stormed out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back. Vinny Prospal scored tow goals and added an assisted on the other goal in the first period. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots as he rebounded nicely from his debacle the other night against New Jersey. Memphis 119 Knicks...
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High-Rise Tenants Made "Homeless" Overnight
That scaffolding doesn’t look too safe… Just a reminder that real estate horror stories happen to rich and poor alike in this city: tenants of 54 high-rise apartments in the landmark building at 1182 Broadway were abruptly evicted from their homes yesterday. WCBS reports that the city ordered...
Posted by on 03 12th, 2010 |
No Comments Rangers 5 Atlanta 2 : New York stormed out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back. Vinny Prospal scored tow goals and added an assisted on the other goal in the first period. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots as he rebounded nicely from his debacle the other night against New Jersey. Memphis 119 Knicks 112 : It’s the same old story. Knicks fall way behind by not playing defense and then make things...
Posted by on 03 12th, 2010 |
No Comments Under Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed city budget , the number of NYPD officers on the streets would fall to its lowest point in 20 years. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that if the Mayor’s $46.5 billion budget is approved, the force would lose 892 officers due to attrition while welcoming aboard just 112 recruits—making the NYPD as small as it’s been since 1990. With just 32,817...
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No Comments Richard Izquierdo Arroyo, grandson of Assemblywoman Carmen E. Arroyo and nephew of City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo, is facing civil charges in an alleged abuse case at a charter school he helped run. According to the Daily News , Arroyo is named in the suit (even though he no longer runs the school) because he didn’t do enough to stop a teacher who’s accused of assaulting a student...
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No Comments If Jack Kerouac were still alive, he’d be turning 88 today! The author and voice of the Beats made his way all over New York City during his lifetime (the Columbia Spectator just visited some of his old urban haunts)—but his life in Queens was never really well documented, even though he lived there for 12 years (leaving in 1955). His homes in the borough were at at 133-01 Cross Bay Blvd...
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No Comments From the CSPC site The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning about infant slings today. The agency noted that babies under the age of four months do not have have much neck control, so they may suffocate from while in the sling. The sling-style carriers are popular, because they allow the babies to be close to the parents’ chest and are not as bulky as other structured carriers—...
