Whether you love graffiti or not, and whether you consider it an art form or not, the Pandemic Gallery at 37 Broadway does. Mutz, or Moody, a graffiti vandal who has managed to turn himself into an artist, is now exhibiting some of his work at the gallery. Growing up in Bensonhurst, he’s been writing his tag on the walls of the are...
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Mark S. Cohen, former assistant US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and presently a partner at a Manhattan law firm since 2002, was appointed by Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis to monitor alleged bias at the Fire Department of New York. Cohen’s mandate will be to check that the nation’s largest fire...
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Yesterday in Central Park was a day for walking, running and racing. Achilles International hosts a five mile Hope & Possibility Race each year that takes place at 67th and Central Park West. There were three races as part of the day, including a five mile Opening Ceremony race, a five mile wheelchair race and a third five...
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Most parents have a hard time parting with their kids as they head off to college. They don’t, however, usually have to do so when their child is 13. That will be Mr. Ashante’s experience this coming fall as Autum Ashante starts the University of Connecticut. The Pelham Parkway teen will actually be moving to Norwalk, Connecticut...
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Great Trash Can Divide in Red Hook Six high school seniors spent hours after school counting trash cans and observing trash to discover that the more gentrified part of the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn is incomparably cleaner than the poorer, residential areas. The students’ efforts were done with the backing of the community...
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The new smoking ban imposed in all New York parks, playgrounds and along 14 miles of public beaches was challenged last Saturday by a crowd of smokers lighting up along a section of Brighton Beach Boardwalk near Brighton 6th street. Smoke-In In an irreverent show of civil-disobedience these smoking enthusiasts, leg by CLASH,...
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