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Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at Nyc Dot
A DOT employee who crushed a Manhattan pedestrian with a dump truck and left the scene was not charged with a crime, was cleared of all traffic violations, and remains on the payroll.
4 hrs ago | New York Post
Furor over NYPD's planned Fort WTC
The NYPD plans to build a fortress around the World Trade Center site once it's completed - and the measures have downtown residents up in arms.
9 hrs ago | The New York Times
Diner's Journal Blog: Fast and Neat, Female Bartenders Compete
Arguably the best - or at least the fastest - female bartenders in America were under one roof at a Lower East Side nightclub Thursday night.
Trade center may be isolated again, this time by security
NEW YORK>> The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began imagining how the devastation of 9/11 could be redeemed - in some way - by a new World Trade Center, one that would be fully joined to the rest of Lower Manhattan rather than standing apart in chilling isolation.
NYC names stretch of Broadway after its first immigrant
Armando Batista, 34, at the ceremony for Broadway's co-naming of Juan Rodriguez Way on Wednesday, May 16.
DealBook: Investor Aiming for the Top, Again
On Wall Street, the wheel of fortune can spin around and around, from enormous cash bonuses and luxurious perks one year to the unemployment line the next.
NYers furious over photos taken through windows
A visitor views the photography of Arne Svenson on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Julie Saul Gallery in New York.
Some Kinda Time! Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Revisit Dogfight and A Christmas Story at Joe's Pub
The score of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul 's Lucille Lortel Award-winning musical Dogfight hit the Internet April 30; that same day the duo was nominated for a Tony Award for the Best Original Score of Broadway's A Christmas Story, The Musical .
LaMaMa Presents the World Premiere of False Solution, Beginning 6/13
FALSE SOLUTION, a world-premiere play about an architect's struggle to design a Holocaust museum in Poland, written and directed by Oren Safdie , will be presented Off-Broadway with previews starting Thursday, June 13, 2013 at La MaMa in Manhattan.
Turn On, Tune In, Drop $14 M. On an UES Penthouse
The Park Regis at 50 East 89th Street isn't what normally comes to mind when one thinks of $14 million penthouses.
NYC: Motorists Killed at Least Two Pedestrians in Marty Golden's District in April
A pedestrian struck by a motorist on April 1 in Bay Ridge died from her injuries.
Review: Sailors find love in lively 'On the Town'
There is a photograph of Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden and Adolph Green sitting around a piano, and they are all so young that, in Bernstein's case in particular, they are almost unrecognizable.
Audra McDonald stars in - Broadway at NOCCA' series
When the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Institute began putting together plans for a "Broadway at NOCCA" series, organizers had big dreams as to whom they wanted to bring to Lupin Hall, the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts' main performance venue.
10 Travel Apps for Visiting New York City - Smartphone Travel App Showcase
Bin Laden son-in-law wants to hire lawyer facing indictment
In Nassau Cnty road construction. two lanes closed on The Northern St Pkwy WB between Post Ave/X32 and The Grand Central Pkwy In Smithtown construction work on NY-25A WB between Hwy 111/Hwy 25/Middle Country Rd and Rt-25/Rt-25a/Jericho Turnpike/Main St In West Islip road construction.
Flavorless sushi and slipshod service at Sen
I've never eaten at Sen in Sag Harbor, the go-to sushi joint for sparkly Hamptons habituA©s like Calvin Klein, Kelly Ripa, Steven Spielberg and Paul McCartney.
St. John's Park was considered, from the 1820s-1840s, an "Eden," as one newspaper described it.
Mean Streets: Barrier Ridge: New city traffic plan includes Manhattan-style pedestrian fencing
FENCED IN: The city is considering installing pedestrian barriers, similar to the black fenced seen here at Herald Square in Manhattan, on Fourth Avenue near 86th Street in Bay Ridge Island in the stream: The city is suggesting a concrete island to give refuge to pedestrians crossing Fourth Avenue on the southern side of 86th Street.
The Best High Schools Aren't Necessarily Elite New York City Prep Schools
BARTOW, Fla. Which is better: a public school in a semi-rural town where a cow pasture is next to the football field, or the elite private school in Manhattan where neither cattle nor quarterback is ever likely to set foot? You know where this is headed, don't you? It's May, and the air is thick with words of reflection and advice from commencement ... (more)
Michael Longoria Performs Free Concert at Hardware Bar Tonight
In his return to the New York City nightlife scene, Michael Longoria, best known for his star turn as Frankie Valli in the Tony Award Winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys, offers a free concert in his favorite part of town.