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Mitchell Wiener

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    August 11, 2009

    NY1: Swine Flu Victim Wife Sues City

    ​You remember Queens I.S. assistant principal Mitchell Wiener, the first New Yorker to die in the recent swine flu epidemic (which outbreaks, the Department of Health tells us, have dramatically decreased in recent months). Wiener's wife, who had accused the city of not acting quickly enough t ... More >>

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    June 1, 2009

    11-Week-Old 5th Suspected Swine Flu Death in City

    Oddly, after a few suspected swine flu deaths which were announced but whose victims remain unnamed, we learn that 11-week-old Steven Montañez is thought to have died from the virus this weekend. Both "the boy's family and an official close to his case" tell the Daily News the infant went unc ... More >>

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    May 26, 2009

    2 More Swine Flu Deaths; Schools Open, Close

    Nine of the 23 city schools that were closed for suspected swine flu last week are reopening tomorrow -- but six more schools are closing in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Meanwhile two new presumed swine flu deaths in New York have been announced: in addition to Queens Assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener ... More >>

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    May 22, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    The last Chico mural for New York. Thanks, EV Grieve. What a week. Everyone was pissed at us. Williamsburgers didn't appreciate being called dorks for trying to silence ice cream trucks. Horace Mann students got mad when we suggested they were faking swine flu to get out of school. Allison Benedi ... More >>

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    May 18, 2009

    4 More Schools Close for Swine Flu

    To the 11 schools that were recently closed due to suspected swine flu infection, you can add P.S. 209 and its special affiliate, P9, in Whitestone, P.S. 19 in Corona, and P.S. 32 in Flushing. New York State's swine flu case count is at 259, with 186 in the city. Oh, and there might be a new case in ... More >>

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    May 17, 2009

    Queens Assistant Principal with Swine Flu Dies; More Schools Close

    Mitchell Wiener, the Assistant Principal of Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, Queens who was reported critically ill with swine flu last week, has succumbed. He was 55 Though he was in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator, his family held out hope as recently as this weekend because his c ... More >>

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