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News Articles by Amy Eddings

Knicks Introduce New Coach D'Antoni

May 13, 2008

by Amy Eddings

The New York Knicks introduced Mike D'Antoni as their new coach today, hoping his high-scoring brand of basketball will turn around a team with seven straight losing seasons. D'Antoni brings his pre....

Staten Island Congressman Has Child Out of Wedlock

May 08, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Following his apology for driving drunk, Congressman Vito Fossella admitted earlier today that he had a child with a woman who is not his wife, Laura Fay, who bailed him out of jail. Fossella, who is....

Bell Protests Snarl Afternoon Traffic

May 07, 2008

by Amy Eddings

There were widepread protests this afternoon against the acquittal of three police detectives in the fatal police shooting of Sean Bell. The protests focused on busy traffic points, like the entrance....

Bell Protestors Take to the Streets

May 07, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Scores of protestors are demonstrating near busy traffic points to urge federal prosecutors to file a civil rights lawsuit against the three detectives acquitted in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell. ....

NYC - Site of Police's Final Concert

May 06, 2008

by Amy Eddings

The Police - the band, not the NYPD - say they'll play their final concert sometime this summer, in New York City. The band, which reunited for a 30th anniversary tour last year, says it has a speci....

Queens Hit Hardest by Foreclosure Crisis

April 29, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Signs of a deepening housing crisis in New York City -- an on-line real estate service, Realty Trac, says foreclosures are up 34 percent for the first three months of this year. A spokesman for the ....

Sharpton vows to Continue Fight Following Acquittal in Bell Case

April 25, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton vows to continue his fight for the family of Sean Bell and the victims of the police shooting that took Bell's life. Speaking at his Harlem headquarters, Sharpton s....

Con Ed Probes Manhole Blast

April 17, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Con Edison is investigating what prompted low-voltage cables beneath a Midtown manhole to smolder, prompting a fire, and an explosion of the manhole cover. No one was hurt in the early morning incid....

JFK Scanner Can See Through Passengers' Clothes

April 17, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Authorities at JFK Airport will now have the ability to peer beneath a passenger's clothing to detect concealed weapons. A body scanner was installed today at a single checkpoint at the airport. Los....

Picket Lines Force Closure of three Catholic Schools

April 15, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Picket lines formed again outside ten Roman Catholic high schools in the city and its suburbs, just days before Pope Benedict is to arrive for a three day visit. The strike, by the Lay Faculty Assoc....

Workman Dies in Fall After Failure of Safety Strap

April 14, 2008

by Amy Eddings

An Upper East Side construction worker has died in a nine-story fall. Borough President Scott Stringer says the site has a history of safety violations. Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster say....

Albany Passes $121.7 Billion Budget; 5 Percent Spending Hike

April 09, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Nine days past the budget deadline, state lawmakers passed spending bills on a budget agreement that increases spending, despite what Gov. David Paterson has deemed an economic recession. The budget....

New Air Traffic Czar to Eye Airport Delays

April 08, 2008

by Amy Eddings

A new air traffic "czar" was named today to help solve chronic delays at Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports. Marie Kennington-Gardiner was named director of the Federal Aviation Administ....

Bloomberg: Traffic Fee Should've Been Up for Vote

April 08, 2008

by Amy Eddings

The day after the state assembly refused to take up congestion pricing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the proposal would have passed had it been put to a vote. After a speech in Washington on the....

Second Day of Defense in Former Newark Mayor Corruption Trial

April 02, 2008

by Amy Eddings

The defense attorneys for former Newark Mayor Sharpe James rested, after their client refused to take the stand in his federal corruption case. The 72-year-old former mayor is accused of improperly ....

Isiah Thomas No Longer President of Knicks

April 02, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Isiah Thomas is out, as president of the New York Knicks, at least. New president Donnie Walsh, introduced today to the media, says he will wait a few days to decide whether to keep Thomas on as coa....

Prosecutor Says Spitzer Ordered Aide to Release Records

March 28, 2008

by Amy Eddings

A criminal prosecutor says former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer ordered the dirty tricks scandal to discredit Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, but Albany DA David Soares is not calling for any in....

Lawmakers Agree to State Budget Framework

March 28, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Lawmakers continue to work out the details of a budget, the framework of which was agreed to last night between Gov. David Paterson and legislative leaders. Observers say New York could have a budge....

Bloomberg Introduces, but Doesn't Endorse, Obama

March 27, 2008

by Amy Eddings

Sen. Barack Obama was introduced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Cooper Union. The mayor did not endorse Obama. He says his support will go to the presidential candidate with specific, brave ideas. ....

Tishman Speyer To Develop Far West Side

March 26, 2008

by Amy Eddings

A new chapter has opened in the fate of the Hudson rail yards on the Far West Side, considered the last remaining substantial piece of undeveloped property in Manhattan. The Metropolitan Transportat....