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| Pols trash gov's budget bid
June 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM
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|  ALBANY -- Just a pile of trash. That's how the state's top lawmakers treated Gov. Paterson's last-ditch effort to balance Albany's books yesterday. They left his plan sitting on an office floor and voted to boost spending by hundreds of millions of dollars. "The Legislature did... | | |
| Spy ring's 'femme fatale'
June 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM
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|  A ring of 10 Russian moles right out of a Cold War spy novel was smashed yesterday — and among those busted was a flame-haired, 007-worthy beauty who flitted from high-profile parties to top-secret meetings around Manhattan. Russian national Anna Chapman — a 28-year-old divorcee with a masters in economics, an online... | | |
| Holy masquerade! Cat woman strikes
June 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM
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|  Cat Woman is on the prowl. A serial stickup artist with a penchant for disguises -- including a cat mask -- has sunk her claws into shoe and beauty stores in Manhattan and Queens, The Post has learned. The last two hits by the sleek, amber-eyed thief took place last... | | |
| Hugs and tears of relief for officer
June 29, 2010 at 4:09 AM
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|  He beat the rap -- no baton necessary. The cop charged in the brutal 2008 beating of an prone, unarmed Iraq war Army vet that was caught on tape was cleared of assault charges yesterday by a Manhattan jury. David London, a 45-year-old father of three from The Bronx and... | | |
| Kick in the nanny
June 29, 2010 at 4:09 AM
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|  Supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her polo-playing husband aren't just fighting over the kids in their messy divorce. They're battling over the nannies, too. Seymour and her billionaire, paper-magnate husband Peter Brant squared off in a Connecticut courtroom yesterday after a judge hauled the former Victoria's Secret model... | | |
| Bats & 'bets' for HS coach
June 29, 2010 at 4:09 AM
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|  A former baseball coach at a Brooklyn high school played ball with the mob -- helping to operate an illegal sports-betting operation for the Genovese crime family, authorities charged yesterday. Gerald Bruzzese, who resigned last year as a volunteer coach at Xaverian Catholic HS in Bay Ridge, was among 16... | | |
| Riders: What's my line?
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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|  What a wild ride! Straphangers endured the first weekday of the MTA's massive service cuts yesterday, with baffling results. "It was like 'Groundhog Day,' " said Sara Sommers, 26, who missed a business meeting after trying to take two M trains to lower Manhattan -- the line's old route... | | |
| Andy urging Dave to slice foes' pork thin
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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|  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo sided with Gov. Paterson in his battle with state lawmakers yesterday, advising the governor to yank the Legislature's prized pork-barrel spending as punishment for rejecting his spending plan. In one of his strongest condemnations of the Legislature since their budget battle with the governor... | | |
| Gun ruling not 'gat' bad: Mike
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | The Supreme Court's decision casting doubt on Chicago's tough gun ban won't have a "detrimental effect" on New York City, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live. But the... | | |
| Council rolls out the pork barrel
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | Sure, there's a budget crisis, but there's music in the air at City Hall. The City Council is funding a all sorts of music programs in its annual pork-barrel spending plan released last night. Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Queens) earmarked $5,000 for the Sol Zim Jewish Music Foundation... | | |
| Hardened con let down
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | No peeking! A prison inmate won't be allowed to review the medical records of two other cons as part of his suit against a jailhouse nurse he says didn't properly treat his dangerous erections. The fellow inmates also suffered from priapism -- persistent, painful erections -- according to... | | |
| Douglas eyes escape from NY in new ex war
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | Oscar-winner Michael Douglas loves filming and living in New York -- just don't ask him to deal with his ex-wife's bid for half of his "Wall Street 2" money in a New York courtroom. And Douglas is "desperate" not to have New York Supreme Court matrimonial Judge Matthew... | | |
| Look out below!
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | Please stand clear of the falling bricks. MTA officials knew the ceiling at the 181st Street station on the No. 1 line was a collapse risk for an entire decade -- and still were unable to repair it before bricks rained down on the tracks last summer, according to a... | | |
| State raid$ racinos
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | Gov. Paterson and lawmakers are raiding cash from New York's racino operators to help balance the state budget -- even while entertaining bids today to open new slots at Aqueduct Racetrack, The Post has learned. Albany will take an additional 1 percent of revenues from nine slot operators to... | | |
| Mike rips charity tax
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | An Albany plan to limit charitable tax deductions for those making $10 million a year or more was attacked yesterday as "devastating" by Mayor Bloomberg -- one of the nation's most generous philanthropists. Gov. Paterson and the Legislature appear ready to slice the deduction from 50 to 25 percent... | | |
| Paterson's last Silver bullet: veto
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | ALBANY -- Now that he's been out maneuvered and humiliated by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the crucial struggle for a new budget, Gov. Paterson has no choice but to declare war on the man who has long personified state government's hidebound tax-and-spend ways. That means veto, veto... | | |
| NY stays 'course' as top ed. spender
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | New York state led the nation in education spending for the fourth straight year -- shelling out nearly $17,200 per student, compared to the national average of $10,259. Most of that difference arose from the state's sky-high spending on instructional salaries and benefits in 2007-08 -- which... | | |
| Teachers in deKlein
June 29, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | No contract, no love. Only one-third of public-school teachers said they were satisfied with Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's leadership this year in an annual survey that for the first time rated the man on top. The 35-percent approval rating came after a year of battles between union and management... | | |
| City Dem in assault probe
June 29, 2010 at 3:14 AM
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| | The City Council is investigating one of its members for possibly assaulting a staffer. The council's Standards and Ethics Committee yesterday opened a probe into Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), who last year won a special election to succeed indicted Miguel Martinez. The committee assigned three members to find out what... | | |
| Stray bullets hit two boys
June 29, 2010 at 2:45 AM
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| | Two boys playing on a Brooklyn street last night were hit by stray bullets. The boys, 10 and 12, were on Legion Street near Sutter Avenue in Brownsville at around 8:15 p.m. when shots rang out from a crowd. The 10-year-old was shot twice in the leg and... | | |
| NYPD Daily Blotter
June 29, 2010 at 2:42 AM
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| | Manhattan He's going need to need a lawyer now. David Farrell was charged with burglary after he slipped into the New York Law School in TriBeCa without a pass, police said yesterday. He allegedly went into an office where a woman was seated at her desk. She called security... | | |
| Tree-trim after death
June 29, 2010 at 2:41 AM
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| | Tree-trimming crews descended on Central Park yesterday, cutting branches and pulling ivy from trunks in the wake of Saturday's horrifying accident in which a 6-month-old New Jersey girl was killed by a falling limb as her mom posed for a snapshot with her. The Post spotted workers pruning trees... | | |
| Cell-suicide cops yanked
June 29, 2010 at 2:35 AM
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| | An NYPD sergeant and police officer have been suspended after a prisoner hanged himself inside the holding cell of a Brooklyn station house in an apparent suicide. The officer, John Wai, left his post at the 90th Precinct in Williamsburg Sunday at about 8 p.m. to use the bathroom... | | |
| More kids at deadly beach
June 29, 2010 at 2:34 AM
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| | Students from a Manhattan elementary school were frolicking in the surf at an unguarded Long Island beach while a girl from another city school drowned there, sources said yesterday. Fifty-one children from PS 3 in the West Village were on a trip to Long Beach when Nicole Suriel, 12, a... | | |
| Feather friends save hawk
June 29, 2010 at 2:31 AM
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| | Bronx bird lovers joined forces to save a baby red-tailed hawk. The bird tumbled from its nest atop an air conditioner on 149th Street and Melrose Avenue Saturday. Local bird watcher Lee Rivera rescued it from traffic and rushed it to Brook Park. There, Rivera and friends decided to take... | | |
| Window washers rescued
June 29, 2010 at 2:30 AM
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| | Firefighters pulled two window washers to safety at a Midtown high-rise after the motor on the men's scaffolding went kaput. The Bravest removed a 26th-floor window from the inside 575 Fifth Ave. to get access to the pair. They had been stranded in the air from about 8:30... | | |
| Hate-crime killer guilty
June 29, 2010 at 2:28 AM
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| | It took a Brooklyn jury only seven hours last night to convict a man for murder as a hate crime in the savage beating of an Ecuadorian immigrant. Keith Phoenix's first trial ended in a hung jury in May after one juror held out for a manslaughter conviction, while... | | |
| No joke: 'L' is for lovelorn
June 29, 2010 at 2:26 AM
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| | Lonely hearts are looking for love -- where else, but on the L train! The hottest subway spots for "Missed Connections" postings -- where riders try to reconnect with someone they may have seen in a fleeting moment -- are on the L line, according to an analysis of Craigslist... | | |
| City bullish on Wall St. taxi shares
June 29, 2010 at 2:24 AM
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| | The city yesterday rolled out a new group-ride taxi stand catering to the Wall Street crowd. Set to rival the decades-old "Wall Street run" at 79th Street and York Avenue -- where bankers split fares amongst themselves on their way to manage the world's finances -- the Taxi and... | | |
| Motel's TV caper
June 29, 2010 at 1:01 AM
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| | 76th PrecinctCarroll GardensCobble Hill–Red HookHot screensA guest at the hotel at the mouth of the Battery Tunnel left jaws agape when he stole two big TVs on June 22.Cops said that the thief checked into one room inside the Brooklyn Motor Inn, which is at Hamilton Avenue and... | | |
| Clones win second in a row
June 29, 2010 at 12:31 AM
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| | Renegades 2Cyclones 5Monday, June 27 at MCU ParkStarter Yohan Almonte scattered six hits and struck out five, while the Cyclone offense battered Renegades pitching with a 13-hit barrage that earned the Brooks their second straight win.After the Renegades scored in the first, it was almost all Cyclones, with two... | | |
| LC Fest, in fifth year, is perfect for short attention spans
June 29, 2010 at 12:21 AM
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| | For those with musical ADD, this one's for you.Over five days, from July 7-11, the Local Correspondents festival, or LC Fest, presents more than 60 local acts in three songs, perfect for the listener constantly on shuffle."What's so amazing about it is you can sit there... | | |
| Deal paves way for Domi-YES from Council
June 29, 2010 at 12:11 AM
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| | Pass the sugar!A key City Council committee is poised to pass the $1.2-billion Domino redevelopment project this morning — with the blessing of an anti-project Williamsburg lawmaker — thanks to a last-minute deal that would reduce the size of the project's tallest towers yet not eliminate any affordable housing... | | |
| Paterson to veto Legislature's budget additions
June 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM
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| | ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said Monday he will veto all 6,900 budget additions and pork-barrel projects approved hours before by the state Legislature in its budget. "The reality is the day of reckoning in the state has come," Paterson said before vetoing the first bill, which would... | | |
| Boardwalk boards would make good wood
June 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM
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| | Last month's nor'easter put a beating on the Sheepshead Bay footbridge, and one local official wants to see it rebuilt on the cheap — with free wood from the Riegelmann Boardwalk."I have to walk across the bridge on my tippy toes because I'm afraid to put my... | | |
| Model elders sparkle on the runway at Caton Pk. Nursing Home
June 28, 2010 at 9:01 PM
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| | Fugghedabout Bryant Park — Caton Park Nursing Home was the new kid on the style runway when the golden set teamed up for a fashion show to show 'em all how it's really done!Clients at the elder facility on Caton Avenue, between Argyle and Rugby roads, strutted their stuff... | | |
| Hot dog contest shocker! Kobayashi may miss Nathan's contest
June 28, 2010 at 8:27 PM
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|  The International Federation of Competitive Eating confirmed that Takeru Kobayashi and the IFOCE were "at an impasse" in contract negotiations to bring Kobayashi, who earns thousands for each competition, to the sport's flagship event at the historic Nathan's Famous hot dog stand on Stillwell Avenue. IFOCE Executive Director... | | |
| Wally Backman is intense, man
June 28, 2010 at 8:16 PM
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| | How intense is Cyclones manager Wally Backman?Look no further than last Thursday night, when Backman's team was up 16-3 in a laugher over the Hudson Valley Renegades. It was the ninth inning, with one out and one on, when an opponent hit a long fly ball to right... | | |
| Young players sport awards at KBYO ceremony
June 28, 2010 at 7:56 PM
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| | "It's hard not to give an award to a child!" said Kings Bay Youth Organization President Louis Spina. "They look forward to it because they worked hard for it."The chief didn't disappoint his young charges, Saturday, when he presented each of the more than 200 pint-sized players... | | |
| 'Too hot' banker files gender complaint against Citibank
June 28, 2010 at 7:25 PM
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| | A tearful Debrahlee "Debbie" Lorenzana read a prepared statement Monday morning explaining why she is a victim of sex discrimination. Lorenzana and her attorney, Gloria Allred, are asking for a human rights investigation. She claims she was fired from her job as a business banker job at Citibank after complaining... | | |
| Jet ski teen's legacy lives on
June 28, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | Paul Zaccaria was hailed for his free spirit during a ceremony, coordinated by the motorcycle club Rolling Thunder Chapter 1, NY, whose members rode from Marine Park to his family's home on National Drive where they cast flowers in the water during a touching tribute.Paul's mother, Jo-Ann... | | |
| Coastal rallyers form a human chain in Coney Island
June 28, 2010 at 6:21 PM
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| | Leave only your footprints!Pint-sized activist Illyria Ivana's placard said it all as the Brighton Beach girl joined coastal gladiators from across the borough to protest hazardous offshore drilling, and demand clean energy — "NOW" — with a rally in Coney Island, June 26.Families, students and seniors teamed up... | | |
| Hector Tricoche and Chris Alfinez show
June 28, 2010 at 6:13 PM
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| | Hector Tricoche, an international Latin pop and salsa musician, will perform with rising Latin music stars Chris Alfinez as part of this year's SummerStage Series. Call 212-360-2777 or visit nycgovparks.org for more details... | | |
| 33 Years of 'Salsa Gorda'
June 28, 2010 at 6:10 PM
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| | This event will feature Julio Castro Y La Masacre de Puerto Rico and celebrate an tropical music icon. Tickets are $35-$55; call 718-960-8833 or visit lehmancenter.org for more details... | | |
| The 30th Anniversary of Fever Records: TKA, Corina and Noel
June 28, 2010 at 6:08 PM
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| | Part of the SummerStage Series, head to Crotona Park for this tribute to the 30th Anniversary of Fever Records, which was established in 1990 by hip-hop and Latin freestyle music pioneer Sal Abbatiello -- a Bronx native. Freestyle artists TKA, Corina and Noel will join him at this free event... | | |
| 'American Schemes' show
June 28, 2010 at 6:05 PM
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| | Directed by Charlotte L. Brathwaite, "American Schemes," a special commission by the City Parks Foundation, explores the mystery behind the American Dream in three acts. The show is part of the citywide SummerStage Series; call 212-360-2777 or visit nycgovparks.org for more details... | | |
| 'American Schemes' show
June 28, 2010 at 6:04 PM
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| | Directed by Charlotte L. Brathwaite, "American Schemes," a special commission by the City Parks Foundation, explores the mystery behind the American Dream in three acts. The show is part of the citywide SummerStage Series; call 212-360-2777 or visit nycgovparks.org for more details... | | |
| Trial for Serbian basketball player in B'klyn man's beating postoponed
June 28, 2010 at 6:00 PM
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|  BELGRADE, Serbia — Serb judges on Monday postponed until September the trial of a ormer college basketball player charged with beating an American student into a coma and then fleeing to his native Serbia after jumping bail in the U.S. Miladin Kovacevic, accused of inflicting severe bodily harm with possible... | | |
| Learn to play tennis at Van Cortlandt Park
June 28, 2010 at 5:58 PM
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| | No pre-registration required for this event, which is appropriate for children ages 5-16. All equipment is provided; call 718-760-6999 or visit nycgovparks.org for more details... | | |
| Kickball roundup: Lobos howling at the top of the leader board
June 28, 2010 at 5:56 PM
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| | The 7-0-1 Majesty suffered its first defeat of the season, 4-2, to the surprising fifth-ranked Lobos, who continue to make statement wins over the league's traditional powers.After falling behind in the first inning due to a fielding error, the Lobos put four runs on the board behind the... | | |
| Hot dog contest shocker! Kobayashi is out in contract 'impasse'
June 28, 2010 at 5:46 PM
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| | The International Federation of Competitive Eating confirmed that Kobayashi and the IFOCE were "at an impasse" in contract negotiations to bring Kobayashi, who earns thousands for each competition, to the sport's flagship event at the historic Nathan's Famous hot dog stand on Stillwell Avenue.IFOCE Executive Director George... | | |
| Our weekly events calendar!
June 28, 2010 at 5:46 PM
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| | Fri, July 2Greenpoint Flea Market: noon–8 pm. Greenpoint Reformed Church [138 Milton St. between Manhattan Avenue and Franklin Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383-5941]. Film, "The Animals Film": As part of "Contraband Cinema," a series on films that deal in transgression, allegory, agit-prop and personal essay. $12 ($8 members). 2... | | |
| Summer Shake Up! With The Public Theater
June 28, 2010 at 5:34 PM
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| | At this SummerStage event, appropriate for students from 6th grade on, you'll experience the workings of a major American theater company and partake in an encounter with Shakespeare, led by artists from the Public Theater. You'll investigate Shakespeare's works through games and improvs -- and even get... | | |
| This Condition concert
June 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM
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| | The Long Island-based band performs at FLC with Belladonna, The Life I Lead, Treephort and Animals & Architects. Visit bronxunderground.com for more info... | | |
| Killed on the corner
June 28, 2010 at 4:46 PM
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| | A young couple was killed on June 25 following a harrowing motorcycle accident at a Marine Park corner.Police said that a 22-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were zipping down Quentin Road at 12:30 am when their 2009 Kawasaki slammed into a Altima motoring along East 38th Street... | | |
| Our exclusive family calendar!
June 28, 2010 at 4:46 PM
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| | Fri, July 211:30 am: Storytime with Emily. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com. 3 pm: "Illuscination." Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's new summer circus. $10-$50. Coney Island Boardwalk [Surf Avenue at West 21st Street in Coney... | | |
| NYPD cop acquitted in brutal beating of war vet
June 28, 2010 at 4:41 PM
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|  The housing cop charged in the brutal, 2008 baton beating of a prone and unarmed Iraq war veteran was found not guilty of assault and of filing a false police report by a Manhattan jury after one day of deliberations this afternoon. David London, a 45-year-old father of three from... | | |
| Civic calendar
June 28, 2010 at 4:31 PM
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| | Thurs, July 8Community Board 7. Monthly cabinet meeting. 10 am. Community Board 7 office [4201 Fourth Ave. at 43rd Street in Sunset Park, (718) 854-0003]. Community Board 1 Public Safety Committee. Monthly meeting. 6:30 pm. Community Board 1 office [435 Graham Ave. between Frost and Richardson streets in Williamsburg... | | |
| It's 'Flea' at last in Greenpoint every Friday
June 28, 2010 at 4:31 PM
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| | Want to find a good deal in Greenpoint? Go to church.After two postponements, the long-awaited Greenpoint Flea Market Bazaar opened on June 11 at the Greenpoint Reformed Church on Milton Street.The market, open on Fridays, is the brainchild of Natasha Ryan and has received much encouragement from neighborhood... | | |
| Flagged-off area to get a flagpole
June 28, 2010 at 4:01 PM
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| | A cordoned-off area of the Graat Lawn at Marine Park has some visitors wondering what's going on. "Maybe they're going to plant a garden," said Hannah Horn, as she strolled by the aproximately four-foot by four-foot site, which is near Fillmore Avenue and East 32nd Street. "That would... | | |
| Courts of appeal: Marine park handball fix
June 28, 2010 at 3:51 PM
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| | That plot of land, located between the handball courts facing Fillmore Avenue and the tennis courts off East 32nd Street, was demolished last week to make way for new blacktop, picnic tables and possibly a concession stand.Local residents are happy about the work, which will cost $90,000, since... | | |
| Method Man pleads guilty to NY tax evasion charge
June 28, 2010 at 3:43 PM
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|  Hip-hop star Method Man pleaded guilty today to a tax evasion charge -- making the final $40,000 payment in restitution to New York officials. The former Wu-Tang Clan member was busted last Oct. 9 on charges he failed to pay state and personal income taxes from 2004 to 2007... | | |
| Tales from the crypt: Locals dying to get into the new Canarsie Cemetery
June 28, 2010 at 3:41 PM
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| | People are just dying to get into the Canarsie Cemetery!The ink on the deal isn't even dry yet, but owners of the Cypress Hills Cemetery — poised to take over the neighborhood boneyard this fall — said they already have a waiting list of 10 people wanting to be interred... | | |
| Wildlife Refuge hosts trucks and cranes
June 28, 2010 at 3:41 PM
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| | Parts Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge are being used as a staging area for Department of Transportation Belt Parkway bridge reconstructions — making it look like a containment area for a certain oil rig explosion.Grimy sand and floating containment barriers etch the marine landscape below Paerdegat Basin bridge. But agency officials... | | |
| Leaving Flatbush — and her art — behind
June 28, 2010 at 3:31 PM
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| | South Midwood resident Lori Hayes is leaving Brooklyn at the end of July, but some of her artwork will remain behind on the streets of Flatbush."It's like leaving footprints," Hayes explained, as she nestled one of her creations comprising a small painted square embedded in resin on a... | | |
| Head into the wild with Great Elk at Bar 4
June 28, 2010 at 3:31 PM
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| | Great Elk may be named after an extinct species, but things are starting to pick up for the Brooklyn band.With an EP four years in the making and a solid lineup, the band has started to garner attention for its gritty folk sound and impassioned performance.It all started... | | |
| Cory is at the 'Vaughn' guard of Cyclone success
June 28, 2010 at 3:16 PM
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| | It's only the third week of the season, and Cory Vaughn — the Cyclones' speedy right-fielder with a surprising amount of power — is emerging as the face of the team. Vaughn, a 21-year-old prospect who carries himself with the air of a locker room leader, has shown only glimpses of... | | |
| Prisoner can't see other inmate's medical records in erection lawsuit: judge
June 28, 2010 at 3:14 PM
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| | No peeking! A prison inmate can't examine the medical records of two other hardened criminals as part of his suit against a jailhouse nurse he says failed to properly treat his dangerous erection, a judge has ruled. The fellow inmates also suffered from "priapism" -- the medical term for... | | |
| Former Xaverian baseball coach nabbed in mob betting ring
June 28, 2010 at 3:11 PM
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|  A former Xaverian High School baseball coach was cuffed today in a sweeping crackdown on mob-run sports betting rings that netted $20 million annually. Gerard Bruzzese, 46, who volunteered as the Bay Ridge Catholic school's freshman baseball coach, was allegedly a ringleader of nysportswager.com, an illegal site run... | | |
| Hot dog contest shocker! Kobayshi is out in contract 'impasse'
June 28, 2010 at 2:56 PM
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| | The International Federation of Competitive Eating confirmed that Kobayashi and the IFOCE were "at an impasse" in contract negotiations to bring Kobayashi, who earns thousands for each competition, to the sport's flagship event at the historic Nathan's Famous hot dog stand on Stillwell Avenue.IFOCE Executive Director George... | | |
| Toddler story time at Barnes & Noble
June 28, 2010 at 2:54 PM
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| | You'll read different books and sing songs at this weekly toddler story time. Call 718-982-6983 or visit barnesandnoble.com for more details... | | |
| Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre: 'Sleeping Beauty'
June 28, 2010 at 2:52 PM
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| | Princess Aurora and the rest of the "Sleeping Beauty" gang will come to life in this revamped version of the classic fairy tale. Call 212-360-8385 or visit nycgovparks.org for more details... | | |
| Nylon Wound concert
June 28, 2010 at 2:46 PM
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| | At this free event in the Conference House Museum, Gregory Askins and Joseph Parisi will perform original compositions and arrangements for two guitars. If it rains, the concert will be held Sunday, July 11. Call 718-984-6046 or visit nycgovparks.org for more details... | | |
| The Mus-o-meter registers Great Elk's new EP
June 28, 2010 at 2:26 PM
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| | Before there was Great Elk, there was just Paul Basile. The singer-songwriter honed his sparse, visceral folk songs as a solo act, before recruiting a band to liven things up a bit and back his gravelly vocals. But to truly get a sense of the band's sound, we leave... | | |
| The Mus-o-meter registers Great Elk's new EP
June 28, 2010 at 2:26 PM
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| | Before there was Great Elk, there was just Paul Basile. The singer-songwriter honed his sparse, visceral folk songs as a solo act, before recruiting a band to liven things up a bit and back his gravelly vocals. But to truly get a sense of the band's sound, we leave... | | |
| Cuomo issues more warnings to mortgage firms
June 28, 2010 at 1:53 PM
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|  More than 30 companies that promise help for at-risk homeowners have been added to the growing list of firms getting letters from New York attorney general's office over illegal and deceptive practices. Andrew Cuomo said Monday his office has sent cease-and-desist letters to 31 mortgage-rescue companies. That's in... | | |
| 2 officers suspended after man hangs self
June 28, 2010 at 1:37 PM
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| | NEW YORK — The NYPD says a sergeant and officer have been suspended after a 46-year-old man was found hanged in a Brooklyn police station cell in an apparent suicide. Police say it appears the man used the drawstring from his shorts. He had been arrested on charges of domestic assault... | | |
| Power struggle ensues in Albany budget talks
June 28, 2010 at 1:35 PM
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| | ALBANY -- Gov. David Paterson tried to deliver his budget bill to the Legislature on Monday morning, but the Assembly and Senate majorities refused to accept them amid escalating tensions over a state budget nearly three months overdue. Instead, the Democratic majorities of the Senate and Assembly plan to pass... | | |
| Firefighters rescue stranded window washers
June 28, 2010 at 1:30 PM
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| | Two window washers had to be rescued this morning from a Midtown high-rise after the motor on the scaffolding went kaput. Firefighters removed a window on the 26th floor of 575 Fifth Avenue to pull in the two men, who were stuck from about 8:30 to 11:30 a... | | |
| Cool it! Our guide to all the local public pools
June 28, 2010 at 12:26 PM
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| | Dive right in to summer: outdoor public pools opened on June 29.Here's a look at some of places to practice your crawl stroke in Brooklyn. Commodore Barry Pool [N. Elliot Place at Flushing Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 243-2593]. Open every day from 11 am–7 pm. Closed... | | |
| These kids learned the independence spirit
June 28, 2010 at 12:05 PM
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| | King George III and Continental Army Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene were spotted in the shadows at PS 15 in Red Hook — a stone's throw away from Fort Defiance at Red Hook Point!The Revolutionary War figures were among the Loyalists and Colonists portrayed in a shadow puppet performance by... | | |
| Clones are back on track
June 28, 2010 at 12:05 PM
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| | Cyclones 6Ironbirds 3Sunday, June 26 at AberdeenThe Cyclones ended their losing streak at two games — and vaulted back into first place — with a convincing 13-hit win over the pesky Ironbirds.The first six hitters in the Cyclone lineup all had hits, including a first-inning two-run blast by Cory Vaughn and... | | |
| Task force create to address on chronic absenteeism in schools
June 28, 2010 at 12:05 PM
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| | Mayor Mike Bloomberg just announced on Thursday, June 10 the creation of an interagency task force to reduce long term absenteeism by students in public schools.The new task force will be headed up by the mayor's chief adviser for the policy and strategic planning. The goal of the... | | |
| Despite Faulty Intro Pianos Rock
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | Despite a few kinks at the start, four pianos across the borough are unlocked and ready to be enjoyed by Bronxites.As part of the "Play Me, I'm Yours" project, which has brough 60 pianos to parks and street corners around the five boroughs, pianos have been set up... | | |
| Residents look for Outlook Avenue improvements
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | Outlook Avenue needs paving, residents of one condo complex contend, but more importantly they would like to see curbside parking restricted so that vehicles can get in and out of the 66-unit development, located at the end of a street, more easily.Two matters are causing concern for members of... | | |
| Massive bus cuts hit straphangers hard
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | The community is bracing for cuts to bus lines that will add minutes to the commutes of thousands of straphangers after Sunday, June 27. One of the few bright spots in the service reductions is that free and reduced fare student MetroCards have been saved. The cuts will affect bus... | | |
| Friends Put on Funeral for Joe The Pipe
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | Although Joe LaBarbera had no real home or family in the area, when he passed away last month he was given a full burial service and laid to rest in a grave in St. Raymond's Cemetery.LaBarbera, who earned the nickname "Joe the Pipe" because he was often seen... | | |
| Marano elected CB 10 chairman
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | Community Board 10 has a new chairman. John Marano, a member of the board since 2007 and chairman of the Muncipal Services Committee, was elected during the last general board meeting before summer break on Thursday, June 17.Marano replaces Diane Lock, the current chairwoman who did not seek re-election... | | |
| Still 'Gotta Have It'! Spike Lee's first feature is still a classic
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" is coming full circle.Filmed in Fort Greene, the 1986 film is coming back to the neighborhood on July 5, screening as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's "Contraband Cinema" series. The filmmaker's feature debut follows Nola Darling, a... | | |
| This band really enjoyed those free pianos (you can, too)!
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | "Play Me I'm Yours," an installation of 60 upright pianos throughout the city, invites you to do just that — play.The pianos are scattered across the five boroughs, including the Coney Island Boardwalk and McCarren Park in Brooklyn, free to play.Among the intrepid include DC-based keyboard-driven indie band... | | |
| NYC unaffected by Supreme Court gun ruling, officials say
June 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| | Officials do not believe Monday's Supreme Court ruling casting doubt on a Chicago area gun ban will have any effect on New York City gun laws. The justices ruled that the Constitution's "right to keep and bear arms" applies nationwide as a restraint on the ability of the... | | |
| Hey, Joe, nice rack! And thanks for the press release about bike apparatus
June 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM
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| | There's a new bike rack at the East River State Park — and a Williamsburg assemblyman is taking the credit.The state budget remains at an impasse, so Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D–Williamsburg) occupied himself with other things last week — getting a new bike rack on Kent Avenue near the... | | |
| Fountain blues along the Shore Road bike path
June 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM
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| | It's strictly BYOB — bottles of water, that is — on the Shore Road bike path, and the city's failure to provide working fountains along the popular leaves cyclists joggers and pedestrians at risk of heat stroke.There's not a single water fountain on the five-mile stretch from the... | | |
| 'What kind of America'? Hate-filled rally to stop mosque
June 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM
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| | If they build it, they will bomb.Angry Sheepshead Bay residents came out in a show of force on Sunday to protest a planned mosque and Muslim community center in their neighborhood. "If they build a mosque there, I'm going to bomb the mosque," said one outraged resident who... | | |
| Get wet and wild at Coney this summer
June 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM
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| | You won't have to jump in the ocean at Coney Island to get wet and wild this summer.Three inflatable water slides will open during the July 4 weekend on the beach across from the Parachute Jump as part of a new "Water Slide Beach."The main attraction will... | | | | 
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