Email Author Roy Edroso

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 15, 2008

  "Blogosphere Guide"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Runnin' Scared

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2010 Stories by Roy Edroso

• G Train Weekend Closings Debut with Rain, Shuttle Buses

  published Jan 18, 2010

  The G train began four straight weekends of suspended service, from 10:30 pm Fridays to 5 a.m. Mondays, last Friday. On this inaugural weekend, use of other trains was recommended, and shuttle buses w... More >>

• Governor Paterson Soars to 38% Approval in Poll; Gillibrand More Disliked

  published Jan 18, 2010

  A new Siena Poll shows that Governor Paterson's approval rating has risen 11 points since October. Unfortunately, that only gets him to 38 percent. Most voters still have an unfavorable opinion of hi... More >>

• Lucia Rodriguez, Missing Woman, 79, Found Dead on Fire Escape

  published Jan 18, 2010

  We put up the APB on Lucia Rodriguez, 79, of The Bronx this weekend; she'd been missing since Friday. We regret to report that she has been found dead on the fire escape of her apartment building, two... More >>

• Governor Paterson Neck-Kiss Tryst Denied by Paterson, "Player"

  published Jan 18, 2010

  This weekend's Post report that Governor Paterson was "neck-kissing" a "Latina lovely" at a Jersey restaurant has been denied by the Governor. Paterson's companion at the River Palm Terrace in Edgewa... More >>

• Duane Reade Security Claims PA Cops Pushed Them Not to Report Shoplifters

  published Jan 18, 2010

  Fascinated as we are with the mini-crime-waves that occasionally pop up in neighborhoods despite the great numbers from the NYPD -- which aren't definitive in every case and can be misleading -- we we... More >>

• Happy MLK Day

  published Jan 18, 2010

  If your boss is part of the 28 percent who gave you the day off, congratulations! In The Bronx, some church groups are doing volunteer work in celebration and would love to have you; if they can't ac... More >>

• Rightbloggers Keep It Sweet on Haiti -- Unless You Attack Rush, Are Obama, Etc.

  published Jan 18, 2010

  The disaster in Haiti has obsessed both mainstream media and bloggers, and for the most part rightbloggers have been exceptionally well-behaved about it. Even some normally obstreperous critics hav... More >>

• Bruce Blakeman to Announce for Senate on Sunday

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Maybe Pete King and Susan Molinari haven't got the stomach to run against Kirsten Gillibrand as the Republican candidate for Senate this year, but Bruce Blakeman does. Having floated the possibility i... More >>

• Harold Ford Jr. Way Behind Gillibrand in Poll, or "Picking Up Steam," Depending

  published Jan 15, 2010

  A new Marist poll shows Kirsten Gillibrand ahead of newcomer Harold Ford Jr. by 43 to 24 percent. But the undecided total is high at 33 percent, leading the Post to proclaim that "Ford picks up steam ... More >>

• Flight 1549 1-Year Anniversary Provides Momentary Uplift

  published Jan 15, 2010

  On the first anniversary of the heroic Flight 1549-Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Hudson River landing, the crew and passengers get a Park Avenue party with the Mayor and the Governor. It's part of a da... More >>

• Wyclef Jean's Haiti Charity Made Dubious Payments: Smoking Gun

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Governor Paterson's office suggests a number of venues to which citizens may donate Haiti relief funds, among them the Yele Haiti site, whose sponsor Wyclef Jean has used Twitter ("text 'Yele' to 5015... More >>

• NYU Students Who Went to Haiti Rescued; New Yorkers Send Relief

  published Jan 15, 2010

  As Tom Robbins observes, Haiti is the only story, albeit with some local angles. Now it is reported that two NYU doctoral candidates, Nathalie Pierre and Greg Childs, who had gone to Haiti before the ... More >>

• Manufacturing Surges in New York; New Jobless Claims Up

  published Jan 15, 2010

  The glory days of New York manufacturing may be over, but it's been coming back at a surprising rate. While manufacturing nationally was down a tenth of a point last month, the Federal Reserve Bank o... More >>

• Governor Paterson's Campaign Fund One-Fifth of Cuomo's; Also Behind Levy's

  published Jan 15, 2010

  The Times headline, "Paterson Has More Than $3 Million in War Chest," sounds promising for the Governor's 2010 campaign, until you find out further down that Paterson used to have $5.4 million, but sp... More >>

• Bloomberg Implies Bank Tax Will Turn New York into Detroit

  published Jan 15, 2010

  President Obama's plan to tax banks to recoup bailout funds is supported by Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, and described by "Time, BusinessWeek, and others as a "populist" measure. But popul... More >>

• Carlos Beltran, Mets Squabble Over Surgery; Are Mets Doctors Too Keen to Clear Hurt Playersr

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran is saying that before he had surgery on his knee this week, he got the okay from Mets GM Omar Minaya. He says via his agent Scott Boras that he spoke to Minaya on Tuesda... More >>

• Eduardo Juarez, El Diario Columnist, Sued by Cuomo for Immigrant Rip-Off Scams

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Edward Juarez says the mission of his International Immigrants Foundation is "to help immigrant families and children achieve their aspirations for a better life in the United States." But New York a... More >>

• Jay Leno Takes Over Tonight Show: TMZ

  published Jan 14, 2010

  TMZ stakes it, and the world reverberates: Jay Leno is moving to 11:35 on weeknights on NBC. That makes Leno, by the ancient rules of television, the host of the Tonight Show, which has heretofore bee... More >>

• Courtney Love Busy, Nude

  published Jan 14, 2010

  We were beginning to consider her reclusive, but Courtney Love has recently been a whirlwind of activity. She is starting up the band Hole again -- albeit with no other original members, though Meliss... More >>

• Have You Seen... Multi-Tasking Dunkin' Donuts Robber in Queens

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Check out this guy who robbed a Dunkin' Donuts on Merrick Avenue in Jamaica on Sunday night: he flashes a gun at his hip and intimidates the server into handing over cash from the register -- while... More >>

• Carlos Beltran Got a Knee Operation, Didn't Ask Team, May Miss Opener

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Mets star Carlos Beltran's knee was bothering him, so he got surgery. Usually players ask the team for permission first, but Beltran appears not to have done so. Bleacher Report doesn't blame him: "He... More >>

• Scott Ritter, WMD Whistleblower, Accused in Kid-Sex Sting: Reports

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter got quite a bit of play back in the day for telling the world that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, which turned out to be more accurate th... More >>

• Hiram Monserrate Should Face Expulsion Vote: State Senate Committee

  published Jan 14, 2010

  The state senate committee report on Hiram Monserrate is slightly rougher than previously advertised. As promised, it recommends "expulsion, or in the alternative, censure with revocation of privilege... More >>

• Have You Seen... Queens Mostly-Masked Robbers

  published Jan 14, 2010

  This crew had a December armed robbery spree in Queens, hitting a mini-mart in Ozone Park on the 9th, a car care center in Bellerose on the 10th, a 7-11 in Kew Garden Hills on the 19th, an a grocer... More >>

• Jason Barry, 17, Leaves Bomb Joke on Apple Store Mac, Faces 7 Years

  published Jan 14, 2010

  It's great that you can use the computers at the Apple Store, but as with amy public forum, you have to expect some offensive speech. Jason Barry, 17, left a bomb threat on a Mac at the Staten Island ... More >>