Tag: New York City
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TB Sidelines B’klyn Teach by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, April 20, 2001 Teachers at a Park Slope, Brooklyn, middle school learned yesterday that a colleague who had been out of school for over two weeks was hospitalized with tuberculosis. Health Department spokeswoman Sandra Mullin confirmed that a member of the staff at Middle School 88 has active tuberculosis but said the risk to…
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STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Rare street hopes makeover will be worth all the hassle By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, April 09, 2001 Residents of quiet 74th St., a few blocks from the Narrows in Bay Ridge, have been waking to the quaking of their homes lately as heavy machinery rolls in. Repairs to step street at 74th St. and Colonial Road in Bay Ridge have delighted tenants, though they must endure intrusion of…
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HERO, BROTHER, EVERYMAN: BRONX MONUMENT IS ONE ALL OF US CAN EMBRACE By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, May 24, 1998 The monument to Cpl. Walter J. Fufidio, which has come to serve as memorial to those who served in World War II and the other wars that have followed, stands almost nondescript most of the year in the square named after him. It will be spruced up in time for Memorial…
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SENIOR CITY-ZENS; They left only to find there’s no place like home
Sunday, October 26, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Horst Liepolt left New York City in 1995 for Berlin, where he was born 70 years ago, only to discover his heart belongs to the Big Apple. Ditto for Dolores White, now retired, who yearns to live in the city again. Howard and…
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60 Rally for Slain Teen By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, July 6, 1997 The Rev. Al Sharpton led about 60 marchers yesterday in peaceful protest of a grand jury decision that exonerated a white city cop in the shooting of a black Washington Heights teenager last April. Roma Cedeno, mother of the slain youth, Kevin Cedeno, 16, spoke of her sadness at her son’s…
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RUDY DISSES STATE DEPT: Curbs Diplo Parking Plan By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, April 13, 1997 Mayor Giuliani opened a new front in the New York City vs. the Rest of the World battle over diplomatic scofflaws, threatening to withhold scores of extra parking spaces promised to foreign envoys. The mayor announced the get-tough plan in retaliation for the U.S. State Department’s revision of the terms of…
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Now Call Interboro Jackie’s Basepath By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JON R. SORENSEN, Daily News Staff Writers
Thursday, April 10, 1997 The Interboro Parkway, 5 twisting miles that often require major league reflexes from drivers, will be renamed for baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, officials said yesterday. The change is expected to be made official by Monday — the eve of a Shea Stadium celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the…
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29 Job Agencies Cited as Slackers By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Thursday, March 27, 1997 Job-seeking New Yorkers are being ripped off by unscrupulous employment agencies that charge illegal fees, refuse to give refunds and violate other regulations, a new city investigation shows. Six consumer investigators who went undercover and applied for jobs through 29 employment agencies this month uncovered violations of city rules at all…
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They Rent & Rave To Ax Hikes By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 12, 1997 Facing an unprecedented loss of state rent protections, hundreds of tenants packed a municipal hearing yesterday and called on the City Council to preserve the regulations. Carrying signs and shouting at landlord advocates, the tenants demanded that the Council meet an April 1 deadline for reauthorizing laws that restrict the size…
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THE ZERO PROBLEM; Computer Glitch May Byte Big Apple
January 3, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GEORGE MANNES, Daily News Staff Writers New York City is facing a mother of all computer glitches that could cause key city services to crash in the next two years. Welfare, pension and payroll checks for thousands of New Yorkers may be mailed or computed incorrectly, or…