Tag: Daily News
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Five Points Had Good Points By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
THE FIVE POINTS ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT In the early 1990s, a group of archaeologists began an excavation in Five Points. Their research revealed that there was much more to Five Points than the filthy, poor, and crime-infested area that early visitors had described. On February 22, 1998, the Daily News published an article by Michael O.…
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FLEETING INFAMY Many are called, but few are frozen in spotlight By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, Daily News Staff Writers
Sunday, May 4, 1997 Most people who grab fleeting notoriety — Sukhreet Gabel, the kid who stole the A train, Lady Bing and Yankee switcher Fritz Peterson — disappear quickly and quietly. Then there are those like Burton Pugach, resurrected at regular intervals, and Donald Trump, who never seems to leave the stage. Pugach has…
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AFFIRMATIVE INACTION City Work Scarce, Say Minority Firms By MICHAEL O. ALLEN
Sunday, March 23, 1997 Many female and minority contractors say they are doing far less business with the city since Mayor Giuliani overhauled an affirmative-action program created to boost their chance of getting contracts. Twenty of 30 minority and female-owned firms surveyed by the Daily News sharply criticized the 1994 policy shift, saying it has…
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$304,000 LOTTA GS FOR GIULIANIS
Saturday, April 13, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Rudy and Donna Hanover Giuliani’s combined income jumped to $ 303,889 last year, thanks to the First Lady’s blossoming radio, television and film career, their 1995 tax returns show. The 21% increase from the couple’s $ 250,343 reported earnings for 1994 marked the…