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Former Senator Bruno Will Serve Two Years
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Former NY Senate Leader Bruno Sentenced to Two Years
Thursday, May 06, 2010
New York, NY —
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has been sentenced to two years in prison. Bruno was convicted on two counts of felony federal corruption charges last December. He has also agreed to pay $280,000 in restitution. Prosecutors had been seeking an eight-year ...
Did Sully Do the Right Thing?
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger sits in the ...
Today in History: World's Fair Opening 1939
Friday, April 30, 2010
Remembering Fallen Construction Workers
Thursday, April 29, 2010
St. Patrick\'s Cathedral April 28, 2010 (Photo by Stephen Nessen)
Thousands of construction workers, union contractors and families filed into St. Patrick's Cathedral Wednesday in remembrance of the 11 construction workers who ...
Today in History: Works Progress Administration Passed by Congress
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Help Us Find WPA Public Art in New York City
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the passage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration. In addition to putting 8.5 million Americans to work, the WPA was instrumental in creating public art across the country. Much of it has ...
Today in History: Remembering the Day Dr. King Was Killed
Friday, April 02, 2010
Today in History: Cigarette Radio Advertising Dies
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Battery Park Opens Green Library
Thursday, March 18, 2010
While the state has cut funding for public libraries around the city and many have been scaling back their hours and cutting services, it's not all grim news for the New York Public Library system. Today, a new branch is opening at Battery Park City.
An Irish Soundbite
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Many critics say we are living in a soundbite culture, and they blame everything from the 24-hour news cycle to the cavalcade of emails we receive daily to Google. But any student of Marshall McLuhan knows that the medium has been shaping the message ...
Injured Organs, Emergency Surgery--Just the City's Latest Anti-Smoking Campaign
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
(Courtesy of the Department of Health)
The latest gross-you-out-of-smoking campaign is out. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the latest batch of anti-smoking ads from the city's Department of Health is the most graphic yet. The $2.3 million campaign features ...
City's Condom Contest Winner Chosen
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Winning design-- the electronic power button, by Luis Acosta
The first city with it's own branded condom now has a new wrapper. More than 15,000 online voters chose the 'power-on' design by Luis Acosta from Kew ...
Dolphin Spotting in Newtown Creek
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
(Image courtesy of Ann Fraioli)
This morning, a couple of teachers from the Harbor School were down at the Newtown Creek in Brooklyn and snapped this photo, of what they believe is a dolphin. Could it be the nearly extinct ...
Harlem Residents React to Rangel Giving Up His Gavel
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Rep. Charles Rangel (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Harlem residents have mixed emotions about news that their Congressman, Rep. Charles Rangel, is stepping down temporarily as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means ...
Farewell Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger sits in the ...
Got a Ride? Share It: Taxi Ride Share Starts Wednesday
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Look for this sign (Courtesy of TLC).
For commuters tired of cramped subway and bus rides or paying full fare for a taxi, there are now other options for getting from point A to B. ...
Today in History: 'King Kong' Released
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
New York Hunters Killed 1,487 Black Bears Last Year
Monday, March 01, 2010
(Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Due to an increased black bear population, hunters in New York State 'harvested' the second highest number of black bears ever recorded last year, according to the State Department of Environmental Conservation. They ...
Why is My Flight Delayed? An Air Traffic Controller Explains
Friday, February 26, 2010
Stephen Abraham, the president of the local National Air Traffic Controllers Association at JFK (Photo by Stephen Nessen)
Starting Monday, air traffic controllers at John F. Kennedy International airport are going to have to work with one less runway. The busiest ...