Paterson’s Protectionism Backfires
New York farmers say Governor Paterson’s crackdown on foreign farm workers and promotion of domestic labor is backfiring, leaving them with a shortage of hands in the fields that they say will lead to crop losses that harvest season. Farmers, who have for years relied on seasonal labor mostly from J…
Last Night’s Action: Is Beltran Back?
Mets 8, Reds 3: Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church homered back-to-back, the Mets roughed up Johnny Cueto and Oliver Perez waited until the sixth inning to melt down in a win of a rubber game at Shea Stadium. Jose Reyes got it all started with a loner and a stolen base before Luis Castillo tripled …
Cablevision Looks shut to Newsday Deal
Newsday reports that Cablevision is approach a deal with Tribune to buy…Newsday! The Bethpage-based company had tender $650 million, $70 million more than bids from both News Corp. and the Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman.
It was widely believed that News Corp. would be able to shut the…
Former Law & Order Actor Tried to Fly with Gun
Dennis Farina, two seasons as Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order, was arrested at LAX Airport when shield found a loaded .22-caliber pistol in his briefcase. Oops!
TMZ reports that Farina “was apologetic and cooperative” when he explained he had the “gun in his briefcase when he drove f…
Opinionist: Adding Machine
Photo courtesy Carol Rosegg.
Elmer Rice’s 1923 play The Adding Machine is an expressionist parable about a depressing bean counter named Mr. Zero who, after twenty five years at the same desk, is replaced by the titular technological marvel. For Rice, the roar of the twenties was the sound of c…
Fossella May Be Thinking About Re-Election
A shut friend of Representative Vito Fossella says the troubled Congressman is far from thinking about resignation. possibly! At first, former Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari told the Staten Island Advance Fossella “has every intention of running.” But next Molinari withdrew the…
Willis Loughhead Brings Nose-to-Tail Fare to Country
Ever since he started buying whole animals, Willis Loughhead, the new executive chef at Country, has been turning out some top-flight charcuterie, as well several dishes that incorporate offal. Loughhead gets his meat from Fleisher’s Grass-fed and biological Meats in Rhinebeck, N.Y. As you can s…
Bush Calls Daughter Jenna’s Wedding “Spectacular”
Yesterday afternoon, President Bush’s daughter Jenna was married in a sunset ceremony at the “Western White House” in Crawford, Texas. Her groom, Henry Hager, is from a “well-connected” Virginia family and had worked for Karl Rove.
Bush told reporters nowadays, “The wedding was spectacular…
Did Cops Racially Profile NYPD’s Top Black Officer?
Yesterday, the Daily News reported that one police officer was stripped of his badge and gun “for ordering the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed black officer out of his auto while the three-star chief was off-duty and parked in Queens.” Naturally, the incident has sparked outrage from both side…
Video of the Day: ’80s Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto gets an ’80s redux (heroin for 20 bucks back soon after seems a little unrealistic, however). whether you ever wondered what the game would have looked like on the original NES, that one’s for you:
Undoubtedly “the most violent game on the original Nintendo, besides Duck Hun…
Customers Rally for Vendor Injured external Courthouse
Photograph by Phil Ritz on Flickr
Last month, an out-of-control car jumped the curb external the State Supreme Court and injured a six people, including coffee vendor Jaweed “Joe” Naseri. Naseri was in his coffee cart at the day and said at the time, “All of a sudden there was a very deep aff…
Firefighters’ Integrity Tested with Drugs, Liquor, Ladies
The Uniformed Firefighters organization is sounding the alarm by “integrity” tests from the city’s office of Investigation. And the firefighters believe some of the tests include a man leaving a bag of what looked like cocaine and a woman giving cash to firefighters to thank them for freeing he…
Broadway Actor Breaks Wrists in Fall Before ‘Little Mermaid’
A performer in The Little Mermaid musical on Broadway broke both wrists after falling at least 20 feet through a trap door. Adrian Bailey, an ensemble performer who is plus the understudy for King Triton, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is in regular condition.
The accident occurred before…
