Posted by in New York on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Breslin Charges $25 "Forkage Fee" to BYO Dessert
Breslin Charges $25 "Forkage Fee" to BYO Dessert
Katie Sokoler /Gothamist Here we are again with another story about a shocked diner who could not believe a restaurant would discourage her from bringing outside food. As usual, the “victim” has her own set of special reasons why she should have been indulged: Rose Levy Beranbaum is a baker/blogger/cookbook...
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Armed Robbers Target Brooklyn Livery Cab Drivers
Armed Robbers Target Brooklyn Livery Cab Drivers
Cops are trying to track down two men suspected of mugging at least nine livery cab drivers in Brooklyn since December. In all of the reported robberies, the perps would hail a black cab and tell the driver to bring them to a destination in East Flatbush, often on or around East 35th Street. Once the...
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Posted by in New York, Real Estate on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
High-Rise Tenants Made "Homeless" Overnight
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...
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Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
You already know all about the NYC’s bed bug explosion , and the companies that are training dogs to detect them . But today Penelope Green at the Times files an in-depth feature on a day in the life of one small dog sniffing company, Bedbug Detectors . Great read, and when we say in-depth, we...
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Autistic Students Still Shaken Up About Hamster Heist
Autistic Students Still Shaken Up About Hamster Heist
Students at a Staten Island school for autistic children are still upset about a weekend burglary that left them missing computers, video game consoles, a sock monkey, and a beloved pet hamster. The perp took the classroom pet—named Star—and the stuffed animal—named Skippy—as...
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Canadian Lawmaker Advertises Pig Roast With 9/11 Image
Canadian Lawmaker Advertises Pig Roast With 9/11 Image
Canadian lawmaker Brad Wall decided to announce a fundraising pig roast with a colorful image of… the World Trade Center in flames. Never forget: the BBQ? (Coming up on April 10th!) According to the Vancouver Sun , New York City Fire Chief Richard Picciotto, who was in the north tower on 9/11,...
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Posted by in New York on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Last Night’s Action: Devils Double Up Rangers
Last Night’s Action: Devils Double Up Rangers
Devils 6, Rangers 3: This game started off with the Devils and Rangers trading goals. Then the Rangers forgot to score. Vinny Prospal answered Rob Niedermayer, Erik Christensen answered Bryce Salvador and then Brandon Prust answered Zach Parise. But the Devils countered with three unanswered goals —...
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Biggest NJ Pot Raid EVER; $10M Worth of Marijuana Seized
Biggest NJ Pot Raid EVER; $10M Worth of Marijuana Seized
Just months after signing a revolutionary medical marijuana bill into law, NJ authorities have seized more than $10 million worth of illegal marijuana and plants, the most in the state’s history. After sniffing a skunky odor coming from a suburban chimney, cops collected more than 115 pounds of...
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Stray Bullet Victim: "I Don’t Want To Go Outside"
Stray Bullet Victim: "I Don’t Want To Go Outside"
Dalila Gray, the 10-year-old struck in the arm by a stray bullet, tells the Daily News that she had no idea she was hit during the Monday night shooting that left a man dead on Pulaski Street in Bed-Stuy. She said, “I didn’t feel anything,” and only cried after her mom, who noticed...
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Mom Who Hired Hit Man Primped for Mug Shot
Mom Who Hired Hit Man Primped for Mug Shot
Susan Williams in surveillance footage and a mug shot (right) The Long Island mom who tried to engage an undercover cop to kill her husband couldn’t afford a full-priced hit, but she could throw down for a day at the spa. Susan Williams spent the hours before her arrest primping for her mug shot....
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