Posted by in New York on 08 27th, 2010 | No Comments
After $400 Million Oops, Christie Fires Education Commish
After $400 Million Oops, Christie Fires Education Commish
Bret Schundler Days after an error on NJ’s Race to the Top application for hundreds of millions in federal education funds became widely publicized, NJ Governor Chris Christie has fired his education commissioner, former Jersey City mayor Bret Schundler. In fact, Schundler’s photograph has...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Drunk Man Pees On Prayer Rugs At Queens Mosque
Drunk Man Pees On Prayer Rugs At Queens Mosque
If it’s not a drunken man allegedly stabbing a cabbie because he’s Muslim , then it’s a drunken man entering a Queens mosque and urinating on its prayer rugs. Last night, at the Al-Iman Mosque on Steinway Street, an apparently intoxicated man stormed in and “shouted anti-Muslim...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Seatless Subways: Definitely Not Happening
Seatless Subways: Definitely Not Happening
Photo by Rachel Pincus/Gothamist Last week we spotted the ” seatless subway “—furnished with seats that easily flip-up during busy rush hour commutes to create room for more straphangers. You know, so we can work our way towards being more like Japan . At the time, Deputy Director...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Hipster Day Trader: Friend Said I Didn’t Need To File Taxes
Hipster Day Trader: Friend Said I Didn’t Need To File Taxes
The so-called “hipster day trader” who faces a $172 million tax lien from the IRS over unfiled 2006 taxes is talking and he says it’s all a simple mistake. Marcos Esparza Bofill, now 32, assured the Daily News , “I only have to fill [out] the correct forms and everything will...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Heads Up: Flyover Near Statue of Liberty This Morning
From the city’s Office of Emergency Management: “There will be a flyover involving nine airplanes near the Statue of Liberty beginning at 10:00 AM this morning. The airplanes will enter New York Harbor, fly over the Verrazano Bridge, pass the Statue of Liberty, and continue north above the...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Paul Outlaw and Jen Catron, Jen-N-Outlaw’s Fish-Fry Truck
Paul Outlaw and Jen Catron, Jen-N-Outlaw’s Fish-Fry Truck
Food truck backlash, meet your match. Raised in the America where catfish is served fried and dressed and crawfish boils are the social events of the week, the team behind Jen-N-Outlaw’s Fish Fry Truck decided to bring the culture to the east coast. And, speaking from experience, they know what...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Gov. Christie To Obama: Ever Heard Of Google?
Gov. Christie To Obama: Ever Heard Of Google?
According to New Jersey’s Governor Christie, their loss in the competition for Race To The Top funding was a federal government conspiracy. Christie says that the feds should have just called if they wanted to know how much the state spent on school funding in 2008 and 2009 (instead of the projected...
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Posted by in New York on 08 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
Empty Condo Becomes Party Hot Spot In Williamsburg
Empty Condo Becomes Party Hot Spot In Williamsburg
With so many empty condos in Williamsburg, it only makes sense that some enterprising folks have decided to commandeer them for their own personal party spaces. Earlier this month , an all-night rave went down in the courtyard area of 66 North 1st Street, and now it seems the rave is coming from inside...
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Posted by in New York on 08 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
Spike Lee, Brooklyn Ready To Celebrate Michael Jackson Again
When we interviewed Spike Lee last month, he told us, “we will be having our 2nd annual Michael Jackson birthday Brooklyn extravaganza in Prospect Park on August 29th. It’s going to be bigger and better this year. People come the world over.” He was less enthusiastic when asked about...
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Posted by in New York on 08 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
Michelle Obama, Laura Bush Plan 9/11 Event In Shanksville
Michelle Obama, Laura Bush Plan 9/11 Event In Shanksville
Next month, to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, First Lady Michelle Obama and former FLOTUS Laura Bush will appear at ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania , where United Flight 93 crashed after the crew and passengers fought back against terrorists who were planning...
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