Posted by in New York on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
You already know all about the NYC’s bed bug explosion , and the companies that are training dogs to detect them . But today Penelope Green at the Times files an in-depth feature on a day in the life of one small dog sniffing company, Bedbug Detectors . Great read, and when we say in-depth, we...
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Posted by in New York on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
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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Posted by in New York on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Soda Tax Gathering Momentum
Soda Tax Gathering Momentum
As Governor Paterson returns to Albany today to headline a symposium about a revived penny-per-ounce soda tax , he’s picked up some more support from Mayor Bloomberg, who’s always up for taxing vice . “In these tough economic times, easy fixes to our problems are hard to come by,”...
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Posted by in New York on 03 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Ethics Scandals Hit Democrats At A Bad Time
Ethics Scandals Hit Democrats At A Bad Time
It’s not a good time to be a Democratic politician. With elections just eight months away and Democratic leaders already under scrutiny for their positions on healthcare and the economy, ethics scandals involving Gov. Paterson , Rep. Charlie Rangel and Rep. Eric Massa have given Republicans another...
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Posted by in New York on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Air Traffic Controller Let Kids Do Job Twice, Pilot Defends Him
Air Traffic Controller Let Kids Do Job Twice, Pilot Defends Him
After news broke yesterday that an air traffic controller at JFK airport let his young son clear planes for takeoff five times on February 16th, it emerged that the father did it again the next day with the boy’s twin sister. The controller, Glenn Duffy, 48, of Stony Brook, Long Island, has been...
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Posted by in New York on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Dolphins Spotted Near The Brooklyn Navy Yard
Dolphins Spotted Near The Brooklyn Navy Yard
NYPD Marine Company 6 Dolphins are everywhere! The day before a dolphin was photographed in the putrid Newtown Creek , a fireboat captain says he saw two dolphins swimming in the East River. Captain Bill Hannan told the Daily News he spotted the animals near the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday. On Wednesday,...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
A Four-Color Times Square?: After a few hints about what…
A Four-Color Times Square?: After a few hints about what…
After a few hints about what a future, all-pedestrian Times Square might look like, the city yesterday released reNEWable Times Square , its Request for Proposals for a temporary Times Square redesign. Archpaper has the details, and they’re lookin’ a little scant: designers may propose using...
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Posted by in New York on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Rangel Might Reconsider Running For Reelection
Rangel Might Reconsider Running For Reelection
What week it’s been for Rep. Charles Rangel . He’s gone from being found guilty of violating rules by the House Ethics panel and defiantly announcing he would run for a 21st term in Congress to ” temporarily” stepping down from his position at House Ways and Means Committee chair....
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Posted by in New York, Real Estate on 03 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Midweek Special: NYC Restaurant Review Roundup
Midweek Special: NYC Restaurant Review Roundup
Choptank’s chicken (courtesy Always Hungry ) This week Sam Sifton at the Times bestows zero stars on Choptank, the new Chesapeake Bay-themed restaurant in the Village. In Times parlance, zero stars (out a potential four) means “satisfactory,” but Sifton is not satisfied, and he really...
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Posted by in New York on 03 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Kids Say Darndest Things When Taking Over JFK Control Tower
Kids Say Darndest Things When Taking Over JFK Control Tower
An air traffic controller at JFK airport brought his young son to work on February 17th and let the bright young lad do his job for him. Now the FAA is investigating all the employees who were in the tower that day, and an audio recording of the child’s instructions to pilots has surfaced. Listen:...
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