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Divine additions at Sherman Creek

EDGEucation Pavilion Winning Design

The last untouched half-acre of this former brownfield is set to become a boathouse.

MTA pulling out all the stops

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The transit agency is testing high-tech gear in hopes of saving fallen straphangers.

Bronx bus driver faces teen attacker at sentencing

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She's still scared, two years after the brutal attack.

Top judge assigns 'SWAT team' to Bronx

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Ten additional judges have been assigned to help the criminal cases.

EPA wants Queens site in Superfund

Former Wolff-Alport Chemical Co. on Irving Ave., which shuttered in early 1950s.

The building was where materials for the Manhattan Project were developed.

Ruiz: Queens supermarket owner is real Grinch

This employer left his workers in the cold.

Dismissed! Panel rejects pricey Red Hook plan

A pricey new private school called Basis Independent Brooklyn is slated to open next fall on Columbia St. in Red Hook.

Developers wanted to open a $23K-per-year school blocks from a housing project.

Writing's on the wall in gentrifying Bed-Stuy

An anti-development tagger hit one of the luxury apartment buildings opening in Bed-Stuy.

A luxury tower was tagged 'Gentrify Here.'

Bloomberg’s S.I. Ferris wheel plan gets no love

The $330M project was left off the list of 824 projects selected for state funding.

Today's Big Stories

Nassau County police commissioner resigns in disgrace

Police Commissioner Thomas Dale, pictured here in 2007 when he worked for the NYPD, tendered his resignation after a meeting was held about his "questionable influence within the Nassau County Police Department," announced Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

A Long Island police commissioner resigned in disgrace after it was revealed he may have used his influence as Nassau County's top cop to get a witness in a politically-motivated case arrested, officials said.

Charles Rangel spends chunk of campaign cash to fight congressional censure

Rep. Charlie Rangel, 80, strongly hinted he was going to run again next year but didn’t state it outright.

The Lion of Harlem burned through $117,000 of the $323,543 raised in the 10-month period ending Sept. 30, federal records showed.

Up in smoke: Gov. Cuomo dismisses pot legalization bill as ‘nonstarter’

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Cuomo’s not high on a proposal to make New York the latest state to legalize pot. A bill was proposed Wednesday that would allow anyone over 21 to possess up to two ounces of weed.

Methodist Hospital promises changes to expansion plan after community outcry

New York Methodist Hospital released new renderings for its large outpatient center Thursday night to a skeptical Park Slope audience. This is the view from 6th St. looking east.

Park Slope residents appear to have goaded New York Methodist Hospital to return to the drawing board.

Honey, we're home! De Blasio family FINALLY opts for move into vacant Gracie Mansion

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said Wednesday he is moving on up to Gracie Mansion, a decision that followed weeks of agonizing over whether to leave his artsy Brooklyn enclave behind.

Charter elementary school in New York will keep makeshift padded cell

Officials at an uptown New York charter school on Wednesday refused to back down from their controversial use of a padded cell to confine problem students.

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Acclaimed Brooklyn restaurant owner busted for receiving package of club drug Molly

A rooklyn restaurant owner was allegedly trying to boost his bottom line.

Cameron Diaz buys $9M Chelsea condo

Cameron Diaz who is in New York to film 'Annie' is just one of the celebs snatching up condos at Walker Tower.

The Art Deco condo conversion on West 18th St. has drawn a red carpet's worth of celeb interest, but it's Cameron Diaz who will be enjoying the "Vanilla Sky" views from her private terrace.

Tribeca residents halt plan to move criminal court into neighborhood

Tribeca peeps winning fight against a criminal court being moved into a building in the area. Building in question is 71 Thomas St.

The Bloomberg Administration has backed off on its plan to move a busy part of its criminal court system into an annex in Tribeca after well-heeled neighbors filed a suit to block it.

Long-awaited report spells recipe to remake Sheridan Expressway

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Planners called for the northern end of the little-used Sheridan Expressway to be transformed.

New York City lets water bill scofflaws off hook for $27M: Controller

City lax on scofflaws, audit says.

The Department of Environmental Protection has failed to recover delinquent water bill payments for some 325 properties, including city-subsidized affordable co-ops and state properties.

Staten Island woman who smuggled 2.5 kilos of cocaine in her girdle gets two years in jail

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Michelle Blassingale, 36, was nabbed at Kennedy Airport on Jan. 26 after Customs and Border Protection officers noticed her walking 'with an awkward gait.'

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Dec 13th, 12:35AM

SOB story: Cops looking for "person of interest" in September SoHo nightclub shooting

BY THOMAS TRACY There’s one of those SOBs! Cops have released a photo of a man wanted for questioning in a September SoHo nightclub shooting that left four people wounded. Police said a crew of clubgoers tried to get on stage inside SOB’s (short for Sounds of Brazil) on Varick ...

Dec 12th, 11:42PM

Cops: Son of mobster busted with kiddie-porn

BY THOMAS TRACY This bad apple has fallen pretty far from his mobbed-up tree. The son of a one-time Genovese crime boss has been arrested for dabbling in la cosa kiddy-porn, officials said.  Cops cuffed Joseph Nigro, 35, of the Bronx, on Wednesday after ...

Dec 12th, 11:19PM

NYPD bogus: Fake cop scams seniors out of more than $400,000

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA Daily News Bureau Chief  A heartless thief posing as a cop has been preying on elderly women for more than two years, stealing their savings after convincing them he is investigating a banking case, police said Thursday. Cops are hunting the scammer, who ...

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