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New York – Assemblyman Vito Lopez Reverses Course, Will Resign Monday
New York - A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he’s expelled from the Legislature. Assemblyman Vito Lopez informed leaders on Saturday he
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New York – Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold In Va., Will Split $190M With Holder Of Winning NJ Ticket
New York – A Mega Millions ticket sold in Farmville matched all six numbers in the latest drawing and will split the estimated $190 million jackpot with the holder of another winning ticket bought
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New York – Winning Numbers Drawn In Powerball Jackpot
New York – Lottery officials say the winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn. They are: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11. Officials say the latest Powerball jackpot figure
Read More »New York – Bloomberg Appoints Former IBM Chief In Wake Of Terminal-Spying Scandal
New York – Bloomberg LP appointed former IBM Chairman and CEO Samuel Palmisano as an independent adviser on security and data issues, as the company seeks to address customers’ concerns about possible breaches in
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New York – Plans Languish For Overhaul Of NYC’s Penn Station
New York – The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena. Pennsylvania Station, a gateway to the nation’s biggest city, was
Read More »Albany, NY – Cuomo: Expel Lopez Now
Albany, NY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Democratic Assemblyman Vito Lopez must be expelled from the Legislature over claims of sexual harassment. Cuomo dismissed Lopez’s announcement Friday that he’ll leave the Assembly at the
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Albany – NY Assemblyman Lopez To Resign, Run For NYC Council
Albany, NY – Democratic New York City Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he will resign amid a sexual harassment scandal and run for New York City council. Lopez says he’ll step down June 20. Lopez
Read More »New York – Powerball Jackpot Soars Again To $600 Million For Saturday Drawing
New York – The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $600 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket. The announcement Friday by the Multi-State Lottery Association
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Brooklyn, NY – 48th Council District Candidate Chaim Deutsch Raises Eyebrows With Fund-Raising Abilities
Brooklyn, NY – After not even registering with the Campaign Finance Board until after the first filing deadline, Democratic candidate for Councilman in the 48th District, Chaim Deutsch, has raised eyebrows by topping the
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New York – NY Assembly Speaker To Propose Lopez Removal
New York – New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will introduce legislation on Friday recommending that state lawmakers expel Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who is accused of sexual harassment. Silver will also ask the Assembly
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Walk For Israel:From Jamaica Estates To Indonesia
Karen Hochberg, who founded a Memorial Day weekend march for Israel in her Jamaica Estates neighborhood a dozen years ago, now coordinates larger-scale marches around the world for the nonprofit group Afakim to honor
Read More »Claims Conference Bungled Early Fraud Warning
Questions were being raised this week about the actions of the Claims Conference in its handling of a 2001 “smoking gun” letter that spelled out details of the fraud that ended up costing the
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‘Closure’ On Claims Conference Fraud
A former senior employee of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and two codefendants were convicted last Wednesday in Manhattan federal court of helping defraud the organization out of $57.3 million intended
Read More »Ramapo, NY – FBI Raids Town Hall, Seizes Documents, Hard Drives
Ramapo, NY – FBI agents cleared employees from a suburban town hall Wednesday, then began a search related to a federal investigation, a bureau spokesman said. Spokesman Jim Margolin would not say what the
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New York – Arrested Cigarette Smuggler Linked To Murder Of Ari Halberstam
New York – A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups, authorities
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NYC’s Subway System Preparing For Next Big Storm
Removable panels and inflatable plugs are among the ideas New York City’s transit officials are considering to stop the next big storm from flooding the subway system the way Superstorm Sandy did, officials said
Read More »Albany, NY – DA: Vito Lopez Conduct ‘Alarming’ Not Criminal, Silver’s Action ‘Encouraged’ To Harass Again
Albany, NY – A prosecutor said Wednesday that Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s behavior toward women on his staff was “alarming” and that Albany lawmakers were too interested in protecting their political careers with secretive, back-door
Read More »Albany – NY Gov.: Assemblyman Lopez Should Resign
Albany – Gov. Andrew Cuomo says an assemblyman accused of sexual harassment should resign or be removed by the Assembly. But Cuomo wouldn’t comment on whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should be stripped of
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Survivors, Bronx Girls Connect At Senior Home
The first group gasp came when Marion Sacher told about her childhood in the Third Reich. Sacher, a refugee from Nazi Germany, is a resident of the Kittay House independent living seniors apartment building
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Touch-Screen Time Travel In The Park
On a warm Sunday morning last month in Washington Square Park, parents were leisurely pushing strollers, sunbathers were strewn about on the grass, and people of all ages were lounging on the wooden benches
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