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Pedestrian in New York
by: Joel Chaffee
McGuinness Boulevard, a four-lane road stretching to the Pulaski Bridge into Queens to the north, ending abruptly at the BQE. Drivers on McGuinness seem to lose their minds and any sense of conscientious driving as they hurtle to and from the BQE.
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New Deputy Mayor, Old Faces
by: Joel Chaffee
and the startling admission that "Steel was a key architect of the government's [wildly unpopular] response to the crisis in the credit and mortgage markets."
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NYC Construction and the BQE
by: Joel Chaffee
A friend and I came across an enormous project in the middle of Broadway at West 4th Street, on June 11th. A large tube, perhaps fifteen feet below street level, appeared in the dug-up patches. Not electricity. Sewage? Secrets?
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Abandoned Lots
by: Joel Chaffee
Apartment sales in Manhattan, also, are "rebounding" and "surging," with more apartments sold in 2010 than this time in 2009; a 57% increase,
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Affordably Vacant Housing In New York
by: Joel Chaffee
...Ninety percent of landlords will just stop registering the apartment and tell tenants that it's not rent-stabilized.
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News > Pedestrian in New York
by: Joel Chaffee
McGuinness Boulevard, a four-lane road stretching to the Pulaski Bridge into Queens to the north, ending abruptly at the BQE. Drivers on McGuinness seem to lose their minds and any sense of conscientious driving as they hurtle to and from the BQE.
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News > New Deputy Mayor, Old Faces
by: Joel Chaffee
and the startling admission that "Steel was a key architect of the government's [wildly unpopular] response to the crisis in the credit and mortgage markets."
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News > NYC Construction and the BQE
by: Joel Chaffee
A friend and I came across an enormous project in the middle of Broadway at West 4th Street, on June 11th. A large tube, perhaps fifteen feet below street level, appeared in the dug-up patches. Not electricity. Sewage? Secrets?
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News > Abandoned Lots
by: Joel Chaffee
Apartment sales in Manhattan, also, are "rebounding" and "surging," with more apartments sold in 2010 than this time in 2009; a 57% increase,
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News > Affordably Vacant Housing In New York
by: Joel Chaffee
...Ninety percent of landlords will just stop registering the apartment and tell tenants that it's not rent-stabilized.
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News > Sh@t Tits Visitor Center/ Sewage Plant Visitor Center
by: Joel Chaffee
the Newtown Creek Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt - has glossy, wonderful explanations, like this about the large silver
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News > Lobbying, Revolving Doors, Campaigns, No Surprises
by: Joel Chaffee
Bribery, the "revolving door" for government employees turning lobbyists, and former Governor Pataki's Philip Morris funded 1995 trip to Hungary.
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News > The Safest Big City
by: Joel Chaffee
According to the NYPD's most recent numbers, murder and rape are up over 10% from 2009, while there are small increases in burglary and robbery, but overall crime is down.
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News > Bloomberg's Budget and Schools
by: Joel Chaffee
By "increasing competition" the Mayor hopes that new charter schools would "elevate the quality of our entire public education system." How is not made clear, unless there is some sort of trickle down or some other trickle going on between charter school students and public school students.
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News > Warrior Gateway
by: Joel Chaffee
the website is in Beta, and only features "service providers (nonprofits, government programs)," but promises that a Career Exploration and Job Search sections are soon to follow. (Hopefully in that order.)
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News > The BP and Greenpoint Oil Spills
by: Joel Chaffee
... the pings of attention being given to the long overlooked Greenpoint Oil Spill, estimated to be between 17 to 30 million gallons,
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Finance > MTA and the case of the missing 23 hours
by: Editor
The MTA is inflicting a tax you don't know about, and it is costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. Are we not getting taxed enough for a ride?
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News > 2010 Census Not Being Returned
by: Editor
So far, Queens has had the highest return rate, with a whopping 62 percent, and trailing behind in a distant 2nd place, Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
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News > Pillow Fight Scourges Union Square!
by: Raven Leal
...pillows, pillows and more pillows...this was a wonderful Saturday in the park!
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News > Biden has a potty mouth!
by: Editor
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News > Hackers fluctuate stock prices on Wall Street
by: Christian Hunter
The person, who is the sole proprietor of Broco Investments based in St.Petersburg Russia was able to capitalize by moving prices on these 38 traded securities which in turn allowed Broco to profit from up and down price swings.
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Op Ed > Soda Tax bubbles up some Controversy
by: Justin August
If the tax is meant to help out the budget issues of Ny schools, I would love it. If the tax was meant to help get NY out of debt, I would back it completely, but, alas, this is not the case.
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News > Hit and Run Suspect Surrenders
by: Editor
Frances Jasmin apparently had borrowed her sister(Cindy Jasmin)'s Acura Legend and fled the scene on the day that she struck Erinn Phelan(coordinator with Mayor Bloomberg's NYC Civic Corps) and her friend Alma Guerrero.
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Arts > SCOPE hits NY March 3-7
by: Christian Hunter
The SCOPE art show debuted it's 2010 season at Lincoln Center yesterday March 3rd. SCOPE, building on the magnitude of success from it's Miami edition is hosting galleries from over 20 countries.
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News > Snow Fall causes more harm than it's worth
by: Editor- Photos courtesy AP
Excessive snowfall over the weekend was the reason many mid-towners were out of power. While it may have seemed pretty and soothing as the white flakes fell from the heaven, the result was chaotic to say the least.
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