Candidates Trade Punches for Laughs at Smith Dinner
New York's political elite joined presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama at the Waldorf-Astoria last night for the annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner. The event is traditionally a chance fo.... More
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Posted By: WNYC New York Public Radio on 2008-10-17 16:31:40.743
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The (Big) Round-Up: Monday
With the economy sinking fast, area day laborers struggle to find work—some even consider returning to their homelands. [NY Times] A Sunday morning kayak race around Manhattan ends in a perilous rescue operation near Battery Park. [NY Times] Twenty-seven gleaming steps to nowhere in the middle of Times Square. [NY Times] Hoping to transform Governors Island into an integral part ... More
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Posted By: The New York Observer on 2008-10-20 16:53:08.12
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The Round-Up: Tuesday
In response to reports of rampant and systematic abuse, the federal Railroad Retirement Board votes to increase its oversight of disability payments given to former LIRR employees. [NY Times] State racketeering and fraud charges to be filed against a local concrete-testing company for failing to properly test the strength of many of the biggest construction projects in the city, including ... More
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Posted By: The New York Observer on 2008-10-21 18:57:03.963
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Famed Queens Film Studio Expands
ELMO: Hi everybody, I'm so excited for Elmo's neighborhood Sesame Street to grow. REPORTER: Sesame Street's Elmo yesterday helped Mayor Bloomberg break ground on a 40,000-foot expansion of the Kaufm.... More
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Posted By: WNYC New York Public Radio on 2008-10-21 18:57:04.027
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GUT INSTINCT: BREW-HOO
Saturday’s itinerary did not include a squalid strip club, where a transvestite swiped our IDs between surgically created lady parts, then jammed folks’ faces into her silicone-plumped rack. But when in Farmingdale, Long Island, you do as locals do. More
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Posted By: New York Press on 2008-10-22 22:11:33.523
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Ten Contemporary Artists Invited By The Guggenheim
Jorge Pardo, Untitled, 2002, Walnut wood tables and chairs, colored spackle inlay, blown colored glass, polished aluminum, and 186 light fixtures, Overall: 10 x 20 x 20 m, Installation view, Abgeordneten-Restaurant, Paul-Lobe-Haus, Berlin. © Jorge Pardo, courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin. More
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Posted By: Art Daily on 2008-10-25 02:08:13.85
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Mayor: NYC seeks to boost its economy
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today that New York City is taking steps amid the U.S. economic crisis to boost the local economy. The following is the text of his weekly radio address as prepared for delivery on 1010 WINS... More
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Posted By: Staten Island Advance on 2008-10-26 17:33:26.857
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A New Yorker’s Election Night Party Guide
Are you wondering what to do while enjoying (or being on-edge during!) election night, November 4, 2008? Well, election parties are all the rage in the city that never sleeps. Read more… What are the people drinking more to in NYC — Obama or McCain? What is an appropriate beverage? And where to party as [...] More
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Posted By: Thirteen - WNET New York on 2008-10-27 17:14:10.14
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Service for Admiral Paul J. Early at Community Reformed Church
Rear Admiral Paul J. Early of Manhasset passed away on Oct. 24, 2008. He was born in Astoria in 1925 and graduated from Manhasset High School in 1943. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1948. More
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Posted By: Manhasset Press on 2008-10-31 12:12:53.67
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HVS EMEA Hospitality Enews – Week Ending 31 October 2008
Hilton Checks Out Two New Hotels In London. This week Hilton has signed a franchise agreement with London-based Surejogi Hotels, owned by Indian business man Joginder Sanger, which will result in Hilton’s second Waldorf Astoria property in Europe and its third Doubletree hotel in the UK. The chosen city is London and the two chosen properties are the 64-room Bentley Hotel London, in ... More
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Posted By: Hospitality Net on 2008-11-03 05:17:03.19
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