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Monserrate Defends Obama Rip-Off Logo, Cynthia Nixon Attacks
Monserrate Defends Obama Rip-Off Logo, Cynthia Nixon Attacks
At right, the Obama campaign logo and Hiram Monserrate’s “Yes We Can” party logo, which is obviously different. No, really! Yesterday ousted State Senator Hiram Monserrate held a press conference to formally announce his bid to get his old job back in a special election Tuesday. After...
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MTA Considers Saving Some Bus Routes
MTA Considers Saving Some Bus Routes
After a series of contentious public hearings in which four people were arrested, the cash-strapped MTA announced that is considering saving several bus routes that had been slated for elimination . According to the Daily News , a “small number” of bus routes might be spared, though a final...
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Ravitch’s State Fiscal Plan: Borrowing, GAAP, Review Board
Ravitch’s State Fiscal Plan: Borrowing, GAAP, Review Board
Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch has just unveiled his five year fiscal plan for NY State. Details had been leaked over the past few days, so it was no shock that the plan includes limited borrowing, adopting GAAP accounting, and creating a Financial Review Board to monitor and review the plan. The...
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Boozing Buggy Driver Busted!
Boozing Buggy Driver Busted!
via gerryvisco A Central Park carriage horse driver was busted with a boozy lunch, according to the NY Post . 49-year-old Saverio Colarusso was spotted drinking a Michelob Light on the job by Special Agent Joseph Pentangelo of the ASPCA back in January, and the organization said yesterday that he’s...
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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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New York is Super Serious About Coffee Now, Times Decides
New York is Super Serious About Coffee Now, Times Decides
Today the Times has a list of the top 30 places to get coffee in the city, praising New York for finally shedding its shackles as a “second-string city when it came to coffee.” With places like Abraço and Café Grumpy, we can stop relying on fancy pants San Francisco companies to roast...
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The Mad Men Get Barbie Treatment
The Mad Men Get Barbie Treatment
When Mad Men comes back on the air in July, you’ll be able to buy your own Barbie versions of Joan Holloway , Don Draper, Betty Draper and Roger Sterling (somehow Peggy got left out of the plastic party—though you can see her in this alt version ). Mattel is marketing the dolls for adults...
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Google Maps Now Offer Bike Directions
Google Maps Now Offer Bike Directions
Google has added bicycle directions to their American Maps. This handy video shows you how it works, but it’s not brain surgery; you just click on “Get Directions” link in Google Maps and choose the “Bicycling” option from the drop down menu. Enter the origin and destination,...
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NYPD Probes Carroll Gardens Beating as Possible Hate Crime
NYPD Probes Carroll Gardens Beating as Possible Hate Crime
Carroll Gardens ( Daniel Krieger’s Flickr ) Police are investigating a possible hate crime that allegedly took place in Carroll Gardens shortly after 8 p.m on Tuesday, March 2nd. Investigators say the victim, an unnamed 22-year-old man, was severely beaten by five men shouting anti-gay slurs,...
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Mobsters Charged In WTC Extortion Scheme
Mobsters Charged In WTC Extortion Scheme
Photograph by Joe Woolhead/Silverstein Properties Prepare to be shocked, readers: The feds have charged eight members of the Colombo crime family with extortion, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and embezzlement of union benefit funds in connection with construction at the World Trade...
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