Tag: New Yorkers
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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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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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MONEY, MONEY, MONEY AND FUN IN FUN CITY; We Spend Our Lives Focusing On the Dollars
Tuesday, January 21, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN AND PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers Money is at the root of all that troubles and excites New Yorkers. They fight about it and dream about it–far more, even, than sex. Many spend more than they have, and a large number have no savings at all.…
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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…
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Rudy, Merchants In Mega Food Fight
November 27, 1996 by BOB LIFF and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani and opponents of the city’s megastore plan yesterday accused each other of failing to talk turkey on Thanksgiving food prices. Merchants fighting the plan said the city Department of Consumer Affairs used bogus prices for a survey that found…