Empire State Building Won't Go Red For Cardinal Dolan
Rep. Michael Grimm, eager to shift attention away from his possibly super sketchy donations, is trying to convince the Empire State Building to light up in red to honor newly elevated Cardinal Timothy Dolan. But if the ESB isn't honoring Mother Theresa, why honor Dolan? [ more › ]
Empire State Building Won't Go Red For Cardinal Dolan
Jen Chung
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:22:08 GMT
September 8, 2011 6:30am | By Julie Shapiro, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
SEE MORE PHOTOS BATTERY PARK CITY — When Stuyvesant High School's 3,000 students returned to their Battery Park City classrooms on Oct. 9, 2001, they thought the worst was over.
Less than a month earlier, the 14-to-18-year-olds had fled their school, some in tears and some numbly silent, as the World Trade Center collapsed just three blocks behind them.
The students at one of the city's most selective high schools were ready to get back to their routine of coursework and college applications, and ready to reassemble the pieces of their pre-9/11 academic and social lives.
But from their first breath of smoky, dusty air they took as they emerged from the subway that October morning, many of the students feared that they had returned to lower Manhattan too soon.
"We could see the fire burning [at Ground Zero] on our way to school," said Lila Nordstrom, who was a senior on 9/11.
"It was very clear it was not safe."
By RICH CALDER
Last Updated:10:08 AM, July 4, 2011
Posted:1:06 AM, July 4, 2011
Hey buddy, can you spare a square?
The city is so hard up for cash that it's rationing toilet paper in women's public restrooms -- to the point where bathroom attendants are doling out a few measly squares per patron -- along the world-famous Coney Island boardwalk.
The Post witnessed stone-faced Parks Department employees leave toilet-paper dispensers empty last week and instead force astonished female beachgoers to form "ration lines" in the bathrooms.
Regina Ballone, 25, of Brooklyn visited a boardwalk bathroom at West 16th Street Wednesday and was "grossed out" at the thought of someone else handling her toilet paper.
"Never in my life have I experienced anything like this," she said. "I walked toward a stall, and a bathroom attendant stopped me by shouting, 'Hey,mami! There's no toilet paper here,' and she whipped out a big roll for me to grab some."
Beachgoers also have been forced to line up for their paltry allotment of the city's cheap, single-ply toilet paper at the boardwalk's other women's restroom at Stillwell Avenue.
When deadbeats refuse to pay their parking tickets, towing and booting aren't enough, city officials say. Now they're going after vehicle registrations. Our Erin Einhorn reports: "When you don't pay, we're going to come after you as hard as we possibly can," said Finance Commissioner David ...
City Worker Wages To Be Docked For Parking Tix
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:02:10 GMT
Close to five years ago Sean Bell was shot in a hail of 50 bullets on a Queens, New York street.
Today, a new community center erected in the name of Sean Bell has opened on the intersection now known as Sean Bell way in Jamaica, Queens. It is called the Sean Elijah Bell Community Center on Sutphin Boulevard, reports the Daily News.
The center, which will offer mentoring, GED and tutoring programs for children and adolescents, as well as job-training referral programs for adults, is expected to be fully operational by June.
The nonprofit center, which is expected to serve up to 5,000 locals annually, was funded by a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant
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Sean Bell Community Center Opens In Queens
NewsOne Staff
Fri, 20 May 2011 14:55:21 GMT
After it was revealed that more than 400 cops could be facing disciplinary charges in a massive ticket-fixing scheme, Mayor Bloomberg discussed the seriousness and implications of the probe, which has been going on for nearly three year, on Friday. However, he noted that since July, the NYPD has adopted a new computer system to track tickets; as a result, he said "it would be very hard to manipulate the system." It seems that some cops didn't think it was that difficult. [ more › ]
Cops Figured Out Ways To Beat Electronic Scanners To Fix Tickets
Ben Yakas
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:19:10 GMT
