Posted by in New York on 03 12th, 2010 | No Comments
Woman Killed By 6 Train Was Retrieving Dropped Bag
Woman Killed By 6 Train Was Retrieving Dropped Bag
Photograph by Jim in Times Square Yesterday afternoon, a woman was fatally struck by a northbound 6 train at the 77th Street and Lexington Avenue station in Manhattan. Police now say that 48-year-old Rosemary Mankof had jumped into the tracks to pick up her fallen bag. Witnesses were yelling at her...
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Posted by in New York on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
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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Posted by in New York on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Is Licking Your Employee’s Hand Sexual Harassment?
Is Licking Your Employee’s Hand Sexual Harassment?
A fashion designer who worked for high-end coat company S. Rothschild & Co ., which supplies DKNY and Tommy Hilfiger, has filed a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against her former boss, claiming that she had to leave the company in 2008 because of his “egregious sexual harassment.”...
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Posted by in New York on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
State Police Chief Insists Resignation Not Admission of Guilt
State Police Chief Insists Resignation Not Admission of Guilt
Pedro Perez Pedro Perez, the acting superintendent of the NY State Police, resigned yesterday amid an investigation into his intervening role in the domestic violence case of former Paterson aide David Johnson. He took over as chief just a week ago after Police Superintendent Harry Corbitt , also implicated...
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Posted by in New York on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Brooklyn Library Staff Happy Head is Gone
Brooklyn Library Staff Happy Head is Gone
Flickr user xbettyx After being publicly embarrassed when a Washington Post reporter was allowed to watch their firings, the Daily News reports that former BPL staff members feel “vindicated” that chief Dionne Mack-Harvin has resigned in the wake of the scandal . On top of having their reactions...
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Posted by in New York on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Suspicious White Powder Sent To Brooklyn Judge
Suspicious White Powder Sent To Brooklyn Judge
One person was reportedly exposed to a suspicious white powder after an envelope containing the substance was delivered to Downtown Brooklyn’s Supreme Court building. According to the Daily News , the letter was sent to Justice Abe Gerges, who is currently presiding over a case involving a Staten...
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Posted by in New York on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Taxi Share Day 1 Results: Six Shared Rides
Taxi Share Day 1 Results: Six Shared Rides
How effective is this taxi share stand sign? Yesterday, the Taxi & Limousine Commission’s cab sharing program was launched at three Manhattan locations . And the day one results: Six shared rides . A NY Times reporter offered to share a taxi with one woman waiting on the Upper East Side; the...
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