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D'Amato, speaking on NY1, called the remarks "silly" and "divisive." He contended that the mayor actually hurt other candidates with his remarks, and helped de Blasio by making him more sympathetic. "It was amateur hour," D'Amato said.Meanwhile, form...
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Hynes voted in an apartment building on Shore Road, and then visited two schools, a community center and a senior center. Thompson publicized an endorsement from rap mogul Russell Simmons and made his own rounds.Since there has been no public pollin...
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Queens activist Luis Flores, for example, reported a major problem with casting his vote earlier today. He tells us that a voting machine was broken in the 63rd Election District in Jackson Heights, Queens, and then he got a hard time for complaining...
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The Sheepshead Bay apartment building there the ring was allegedly based.
We're not saying that you deal drugs. And you really shouldn't. But in the event that you decide to dabble in the controlled substance arts, it seems important to keep sever...
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Yesterday's Alice + Olivia presentation launched the Spring 2014 line of this native New York label, replete with sophisticated, whimsy-chocked apparel.
Let's just preface this with: the clothes were magnificent. And that's less of a complement tha...
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1. This Jets fan reps his team from Florida with an admittedly impressive decal job on his car. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the one and only Jets Mobile.
2. This Jets fan makes friends with some Pats fans with a not-so-PC joke, complete wit...
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Spitzer chatted with Hot 97's Ebro on election morning.
De Blasio already had an edge over his rivals in the polls when he appeared on Hot 97 on August 29. After the station endorsed him, he surged even further into first place--he was leading his...
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If you find yourself tiring of watching poll results trickle in, here's a worthy distraction: Animal Planet will premiere a one-hour documentary on 9/11 K-9 Disaster Relief units. Hero Dogs of 9/11 goes on tonight at 8 p.m. The special will t...
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There's little surprise in the news that Pat Robertson has threatened to sue the filmmakers behind the devastating new documentary Mission Congo. After all, the film, unveiled at the Toronto International Film Festival, actually beats Robertson himse...
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Just a couple of months ago, people were saying things like "I'm not a huge Weiner fan but I guess I'd rather vote for him than Quinn" and "The real question is, who faces Quinn in the runoff?" and "I like de Blasio but I don't wanna waste my vote on...
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced a statewide election day hotline, a way for people encountering any trouble accessing their right to vote to get help. This is the second time the hotline has been used. The first was last Nov...
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The new mayor, whoever he or she may be, isn't even the mayor yet, but that hasn't stopped NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly from accusing that person of being soft on terrorism. In a speech before the Association For a Better New York's Council on Foreign...
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Bowery Boys is a webcomic exploring life Antebellum New York through the experiences of one of the city's most notorious gangs, the self-same Bowery Boys. Every week artists and veteran comics guys Cory Levine and Ian Bertram release three panels, ea...
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Anthony Weiner made his final television appearance of the campaign last night on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.
What happened next cannot be accurately described as an interview, as much as an all-out assault. O'Donnell invited Wei...
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Christine Quinn is having a tough time. She came into this mayoral race as the favorite, with all the momentum being the first woman Council Speaker and Bloomberg's acolyte grants. But when Anthony Weiner's campaign imploded, Quinn's faltered. Instea...
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New York is a big city, too big for one lowly news blogger to keep tabs on all by himself. That's why you, dear reader, should send us your tips!
See something crooked going on in your neighborhood? Know of any exciting civic projects or changes goi...
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That's the backdrop for the most recent release of city school related crime numbers: according to the New York Civil Liberties Union's count, safety agents arrests dropped by more than a third over the past year.
The decrease hasn't made a dent in...
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In a conference call arranged by the company Friday, Chobani named the mold behind last week's voluntary recall of the yogurt company's product. The mold Mucor circinelloides is allegedly behind the contamination at Chobani's Idaho production facilit...
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The City Action Coalition is an assemblage of conservative religious groups, whose members mostly pop up to oppose abortion and hold rallies against legalizing gay marriage. But this election season, they've also quietly expanded into city politics, ...
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Kanye knows good fashion
As much as we love floral skirts, it's the men's fashion collections that are wildly entertaining and beyond brilliant this Fashion Week.
Sunday morning, while most of New York was deep in slumber, we headed off to M...
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