August 2011
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The six-hour rescue operation involved hoisting... →
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18 Truths About the New New York →
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"Even if people don't want to see my photograph,... →
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WNYC's Transmitter: Brian Lehrer Show: 10... →
wnyc:
As part of WNYC’s Decade 9/11 coverage, Brian Lehrer is hosting a 10-part series of conversations - pairing interesting New Yorkers to talk about the last decade. Here’s the schedule - each conversation will be at 11am on WNYC.
-Jody, BL Show-
Monday, August 29th: Manhattan Community Board…
Recommended listening.
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Hurricane Irene: New York Transit System Prepares... →
peterwknox:
It takes at least eight hours to shut down the nation’s largest mass-transit system, Walder said. The MTA’s network of rail, subway and bridges stretches from Long Island’s East End to the Hudson Valley and up the Connecticut coast.
The subway system is especially vulnerable to flooding. On an average day, 13 million gallons of water are pumped out of it.
Walder said the MTA,...
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Hurricane Irene could cause New York City $35... →
Thanks, Nate Silver.
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NYPD Reviews Unsolved Rapes for Ties to Officer →
The police are investigating whether a New York City police officer, already charged with raping a woman last week at gunpoint in Upper Manhattan, may be responsible for other unsolved sex attacks, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said on Thursday.
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The average color of the New York City sky,... →
nickdouglas:
By Mike Bodge of Delete Yourself
Incredibly nerdy. And awesome.
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WatchLow - “Especially Me”
Today’s soundtrack at the office. Dave Bry apparently put Tom into a “Low rabbithole.”
“Just a new video which I watched because it’s NYC subways and made me want stuff from an earlier album.” So there you go.
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Big news in the world of media pixel-pushing: Jim... →
shortformblog:
In Jan. 2012, Romenesko will launch his own site — JimRomenesko.com — and become a part-time staffer for Poynter. He’ll post casually to the media-news blog, the soon-to-be renamed “Romenesko+,” and will continue tweeting from the @romenesko and @poynter Twitter accounts. Poynter’s Julie Moos, Steve Myers and Jeff Sonderman will also contribute to the revamped Romenesko blog.
In...
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“Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the NYPD has become one of the...”
– Whoo Bloomberg for president (via pareene)
Today’s Important Reading.
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WatchA time-lapse video showing the 9/11 memorial’s construction from 2004 to 2011. (via NBC New York)
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WatchR.I.P. Nick Ashford.
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The American Prospect: Michael Bloomberg's Young... →
His $127 million Young Men’s Initiative (YMI) has been called the “boldest and most comprehensive” plan to serve this population ever undertaken by a local government. Almost half of the total funding has come from the private philanthropies of two men, Bloomberg and his fellow New York billionaire George Soros. The program will seek to improve outcomes for young black and Latino men on...
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WatchWhy did Charlie Rangel agree to face off with Laura Ingraham on Fox News?
It was never going to end well, according to Steve Kornacki:
And when Rangel finally lost it and took his snide “pretty lady” shot at Ingraham, well, that was just a bit of the arrogance and condescension that all liberals are full of, bursting out, usefully, into the open.
“I’m really delighted that you came on,”...
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WatchSheila O’Malley -
Colin Farrell’s stalking masculine presence throws everyone in the neighborhood out of whack.
In their sexually repressed suburban world, he is a vision of a brand of masculinity most definitely left out of the picture: He doesn’t walk, he strides; he doesn’t eat an apple, he devours it in huge, juicy bites. He appears to be mainlining some kind of hypermacho...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration reached... →
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Go read this now. →
peterwknox:
A riff on DFW
Yup, you’ll want to do that.
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“The law does not mandate ‘work-life balance. In a company like Bloomberg, which...”
– Judge Loretta A. Preska in a 64-page legal decision dismissing claims that Bloomberg L.P. had engaged in a pattern of discrimination against new mothers and mothers-to-be.
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New York parents caught with any amount of... →
kateoplis:
The police found about 10 grams of marijuana, or about a third of an ounce, when they searched Penelope Harris’s apartment in the Bronx last year. The amount was below the legal threshold for even a misdemeanor, and prosecutors declined to charge her. But Ms. Harris, a mother whose son and niece were home when she was briefly in custody, could hardly rest easy.
The police had...
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“We have space to bring in people or technology that’s needed to assist the city...”
– Fort Hamilton base commander Colonel Michael Gould, who took command of the historic Brooklyn fort last year, and has led the public efforts to recast Fort Hamilton’s future role, along with Kirsten Gillibrand. 