Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Caroline Giuliani May Be Scrubbing Toilets
Caroline Giuliani May Be Scrubbing Toilets
Now that a judge has sentenced Caroline Giuliani to a day of community service for shoplifting at an Upper East Side Sephora , what exactly is will America’s Mayor’s daughter be doing? The Post reports that while the Harvard student “has reportedly been estranged from her famous father...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Rent Wars: Tribeca Complex Actually Was Illegally Deregulated, Judge Says
Rent Wars: Tribeca Complex Actually Was Illegally Deregulated, Judge Says
Tenants in Independence Plaza North were on the Stuy Town bandwagon long before there was a Stuy Town bandwagon. They filed a lawsuit five years ago arguing that landlord Laurence Gluck had illegally destabilized rents in the Tribeca complex after getting J-51 tax breaks. Gluck attempted to take care...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Brooklyn College Alum "Disinherits" School Over Assignment
Brooklyn College Alum "Disinherits" School Over Assignment
Brooklyn College alumn Bruce Kesler has cut his alma mater out of his will over what he is calling an “unacceptable” book assignment. Like most colleges, Brooklyn College requires that incoming freshmen all read one book before they move in; the “common experience” is supposed...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
No More Inmates For Markowitz’s Concerts
No More Inmates For Markowitz’s Concerts
Following the news that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has been using Rikers Island inmates to do his dirty work for years, the Brooklyn Paper reports that his chain gang may be going the way of the Canada goose. If his shows in Asser Levy Park are even allowed to go on next summer (neighbors...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
New Yorkers Are The Most "Efficient" Cell Phone Users
New Yorkers Are The Most "Efficient" Cell Phone Users
A new national analysis of cell phone usage based on wireless bills has revealed that New Yorkers talk for a lot less time on the phone than you’d imagine. New York ranks 15th in the nation for total number of calls, but is nearly last for the duration of its conversations. “The data support...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
15 Penn Plaza Approved By City Council Subcommittees
15 Penn Plaza Approved By City Council Subcommittees
Members of key City Council subcommittees gave the proposed 15 Penn Plaza building their full approval —all 1,216 feet of it. Though a full City Council vote is expected later in the day, the votes signal that the project will be moving forward as planned, regardless of ESB owner Anthony Malkin’s...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Judge Punishes Loving Couple By Making Them Get Divorced
Judge Punishes Loving Couple By Making Them Get Divorced
The terrifying world those Prop 8 supporters worried about has arrived—judges are forcing loving, straight couples into divorce! Queens Supreme Court Justice Charles Markey is refusing to throw out one couple’s divorce case, even though they say they’ve reconciled, because their divorce...
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Posted by in New York on 08 18th, 2010 | No Comments
Blind Serving The Blind At Dans Le Noir?
Blind Serving The Blind At Dans Le Noir?
The concept of ” Dark Dining ,” a meal in which the customer is blindfolded, is not very new . But Community Board 3 just gave the green light for a liquor license to “blind dining” franchise Dans Le Noir? , who will be adding an extra twist to their New York establishment: blind...
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Posted by in New York on 08 15th, 2010 | No Comments
The Best Worst Quotes On Staten Island’s Racial Tensions
The Best Worst Quotes On Staten Island’s Racial Tensions
With heightened police presence and weekly community rallies, Staten Island residents seem to be trying everything to ease the tensions that have arisen from a streak of hate crimes in the borough. Unfortunately, the tensions are still there . The Staten Island Advance chronicles some of the locals’...
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Posted by in New York on 08 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Should These Chains Come to NY?
Should These Chains Come to NY?
Eater compiled a list of 10 chain restaurants that should come to New York , and most of them make some sense. (Though they’re kind of stretching it if they think Cracker Barrel is going to set up shop .) We do agree New York is in some serious need of Sonic’s Cherry-Limeade, and we shouldn’t...
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