Month: August 2012
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Thoughts on the Williamsburg Domino-Development Documentary that Screens Tonight
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2012/08/29/thoughts-on-the-williamsburg-domino-development-documentary-that-screens-tonight
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2 Women Received $32,000 From Assemblyman, Beyond Money From State
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/nyregion/assemblyman-vito-lopez-paid-32000-to-settle-sexual-harassment-accusations.html?smid=pl-share
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NYC Housing Construction on Slow Road
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120829/REAL_ESTATE/120829869
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City Seeks Developer to Finance Parks on Greenpoint Waterfront
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-20/news/33290596_1_mta-vehicles-waterfront-assemblyman-joe-lentol
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Relic of the City Beautiful Movement: The Greenpoint Bathhouse
http://newyork.untappedcities.com/2012/08/22/relic-of-the-city-beautiful-movement-the-greenpoint-bathhouse/
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Small Election Race Makes Big Mark
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444812704577607703916713894.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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A Law to Expose City Parks’ Inequalities Is Neglected
A spokesman for Councilwoman Helen D. Foster, a Bronx Democrat who was a co-sponsor of the bill in 2008 and shepherded it through the parks committee, which she led at the time, said Ms. Foster “did not feel she remembered the legislation.” WTF?
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Lopez Stripped of Housing CommitteeChairmanship Over Sex Harass
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/148554/lopez-stripped-of-housing-committee-interns-over-sex-harass/
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Dog Day Afternoon
Onlookers in Gravesend take in the standoff. Photo: NYT 40 years ago today, John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Natuarale tried to rob a Chase Manhattan bank branch in Gravesend. The Times has and excellent post and archival slideshow on the resulting standoff.