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Some New Yorkers would prefer endless summer hours
UPDATED 4:31 P.M.: For many New Yorkers, the joy of receiving an extra hour of sack time — as will happen this Sunday when we turn our clocks back one hour - is eclipsed by dismay at darkness descending earlier, and the various physical and family chaos this will cause.
Having to switch time twice a year "is a headache!" exclaimed Jack Blazejewicz, 42, a transit worker who lives... » more
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Way ahead in the polls, de Blasio must think about transition
Front-running mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio now reaches a peculiar place — one known strictly to candidates who hold huge leads in polls less than a week before Election Day.
It would be seen as crass and divisive to start handing out appointments before a single vote is counted. All the same, a de Blasio ally argues it would also be “irresponsible” to put off all internal discussion of a... » more
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Ray Kelly booed off stage at Brown University
NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's speech on proactive policing at Brown University was pre-empted yesterday afternoon when he was booed off the stage by protestors, according to the Providence Journal.
New York's top cop was greeted at the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions by students and activists carrying signs reading "Stop & frisk doesn't stop crime" and "Stop... » more
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Taxi e-hails approved by state court for yearlong pilot program
The taxi e-hail lives on -- for now.
A state Supreme Court's Appellate Division yesterday OK'd the city's yearlong e-hail pilot program, which lets New Yorkers hail yellow cabs using smartphone apps, after livery cab owners sued saying it would be unfair to them and that the program exceeded the Taxi and Limousine Commission's authority.
"New York City has always been a taxi-hailing... » more
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Man accused of Riverside Park rampage indicted for attempted murder
Julius Graham, 43, the homeless man accused of stabbing five people in Riverside Park, including an 18-month-old toddler, was indicted yesterday on five counts of attempted first degree murder, five counts of attempted second degree murder, and other assault charges.
Graham "destroyed the sense of safety and respite that all New Yorkers have a right to feel in their city parks. Thanks to... » more
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City's tech jobs grow to 150k: Report
A city business coalition found that the Big Apple is not just booming when it comes to tech; the sector is boosting overall commerce.
A report issued by the Partnership for New York City found there are 150,000 technology jobs throughout the five boroughs and their average weighted wage is $96,400.
The group said it counted jobs not only in emerging tech firms, but also related positions... » more
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Tammany Hall, known for its role in political corruption, given landmark status
The home of the city's Democratic establishment in the 19th and early 20th centuries -- and a site synonymous with some of New York's worst political corruption -- was given landmark status yesterday by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The neo-Georgian Tammany Hall building, at 100 E. 17th St., was completed in 1929 and was the headquarters of the corrupt Tammany Hall Democratic political... » more
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MTA unveils designs to keep the subway dry
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and federal officials saw the future of subway flood prevention Tuesday during the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.
Flood-prevention devices such as stronger walls, an inflatable bladder and station entrance covers are some of the options as the agency seeks to keep water from entering the subway system from about 600 points.
"During Hurricane Sandy, the largest... » more
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NYPD cop indicted for perjury in botched drug dealing case
An NYPD detective was indicted yesterday for two counts of perjury in connection with a 2010 East Harlem drug bust in which the alleged drug dealer was set free.
Abel Joseph, 39, a narcotics officer who lives in the Bronx, told a grand jury in August 2010 he and his partner could not find two men who bought PCP from a dealer and never lost sight of the man selling drugs, according to the... » more
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Ask an Expert: I can't stand my super. What can I do about it?
I really can't stand the super in my co-op building. He's obnoxious and acts like a shareholder. What's a girl to do? Help!
There's no need to suffer in silence, say our experts.
"There is only one shareholder in the equation, and it’s not the employee," says property manager Thomas Usztoke of Douglas Elliman Property Management. "Make your issues with staff known to the... » more