Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Severely Malnourished Girl Found Dead in Bushwick
Severely Malnourished Girl Found Dead in Bushwick
Police discovered the body of a 4-year-old girl weighing only 15 pounds this morning in Brooklyn. Apparently Marchella Pierce’s arms and legs were tied to her crib with twine and a jump rope; cops are questioning the mother, 30-year-old Carlola Pierce, who said she found Marchella’s lifeless,...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Owner Of Car Damaged By Jumper: "I Miss It. It’s My Baby."
Owner Of Car Damaged By Jumper: "I Miss It. It’s My Baby."
Photographs of the car—plus inset of Magill’s shoe, which landed on another car—from WABC 7 Maria McCormack lent her red Dodge Charger to her husband on Tuesday—only for the car to be totaled after cushioning the 39-story fall of an apparently suicidal man . She moaned to the...
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Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Subway To Get Its Own "Ring Of Steel"
Subway To Get Its Own "Ring Of Steel"
Flickr user SpecialKRB Now that we know the NYPD actually uses subway surveillance footage when it’s available, transit officials say they plan on ordering 340 subway cars equipped for surveillance cameras. Though the move will cost around $750 million, officials told the Post it’s cheaper...
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Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
De Blasio Hopes New Slumlord Watchlist Shames Landlords
De Blasio Hopes New Slumlord Watchlist Shames Landlords
Yesterday, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio launched a new online slumlord watchlist, in an attempt to hold landlords accountable in a way they never have been before. “When you or I get a parking ticket, we have to pay. When a landlord gets a violation for a health and safety problem, they ignore...
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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 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Central Park Ignores "Dangerous" Trees
Central Park Ignores "Dangerous" Trees
The fallen limb that took the life of a 6-month-old child in June. The Central Park Conservancy has been using a program called TreeWorks to determine which trees in the park are in need of attention and care. Trees are tagged with labels like “Priority 1″ and “immediate action,”...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Market Mayhem: When Jonathan Miller calls an article…
When Jonathan Miller calls an article the most accurate look at the post-Lehman housing market and “essential reading,” that’s good enough for us. So check out Saturday’s NYT piece , which begins in this very un Times ian way: “You have to wonder sometimes what they’re...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Guess The Year: All Aboard Edition
Guess The Year: All Aboard Edition
We were just sent this photo, with an exact location and the year it was taken in. Can you guess? As always, we’ll update this post later with the answer. (If you have any old photos you’d like to share for this series, send them to us !) See more here: Guess The Year: All Aboard Edition
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
State Senate Democrats Return Donation From Walmart
State Senate Democrats Return Donation From Walmart
The NY State Senate Democrats had to return a $15,000 donation from mega retailer Walmart after labor union leaders freaked out. According to the Post , “The action came just days after last week’s disclosure in The Post that the Democrats had accepted the cash from the union-resisting Arkansas-based...
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Posted by in New York on 08 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Cab Driver Slasher Moved To Psych Ward
Cab Driver Slasher Moved To Psych Ward
Stabbing suspect Michael Enright at his arraignment (Steven Hirsch/AP) The 21-year-old SVA student who stabbed cab driver Ahmed Sharif after finding out he was Muslim has been moved to Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric ward from Rikers Island after being evaluated by medical staff. Michael Enright...
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