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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Hitting Broadway on a Date
Most matchmakers will tell you that it’s not worth going to a Broadway show on a first date. First of all, you want to evaluate the chemistry that the two of you have, and if you’re sitting in a dark theater being entertained, you’re not going to get a feel for that chemistry. Second of…
Hope & Possibility in Central Park
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…
Ready for College…at 13
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…
Trash Cans in Red Hook Only for the Rich, Study Finds
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 group…
Protestors Light Up Along Brighton Beach Boardwalk
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, Citizens Against…
Smoking Banned at New York’s Funnest Public Spaces
As New Yorkers begin gearing up for another summer of fun in the sun at the city’s many parks and beaches, smokers will have to find alternative venues for lighting up. Beginning on Monday the air in New York’s public parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas will be significantly fresher, as it will be illegal to…
New York’s Costume Institute Gala 2011
Everybody who is anybody was in attendance on Monday night for New York’s Costume Institute Gala, honoring the late British designer Alexander McQueen. A day before the big event, Sarah Burton, fresh from her incredible triumph as Kate’s wedding dress designer, spoke at the Metropolitan Museum of Art about the upcoming event. Divine Gala Opening…
Kiryas Joel is a Poor Village with a Rich Culture
According to the strict numbers, of the 3,700 US villages, towns and cities with populations over 10,000 there is none more impoverished than Kiryas Joel, New York. This town, about 50 miles northwest of New york City, is a quiet community composed of mostly town houses and garden apartments, and yet about 70% of its…
Controversy Brews Over World Trade Center Victim’s Remains
National September 11 Museum- Artists Rendition Many Victims of 9/11 Still Unidentified There are still 1,123 victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center which have not been identified, representing 41% of the total number of victims there. As a result of this distressing situation many relatives and loved ones feel an unbalanced…
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