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Life in the Cellar
By Suketu Mehta Monir is lying on a mattress in a dark room in a Queens basement, smoking, dressed in a sarong. He is in his 50s, and has lost most of his hair and his life-spirit. He left Bangladesh … Continue reading
Credit History Discrimination
By The Editorial Board People fall behind on their bills for many reasons — a recession that costs them jobs, a divorce, an illness. Now comes a further obstacle to getting their lives in order: employers who screen job applicants … Continue reading
New York City Cigarette Proposal Would Raise Age For Purchases To 21
By Jennifer Peltz No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in the city under a proposal unveiled Monday to make it the most populous place in America to set the minimum age that high. Extending a decade … Continue reading
Jobs keep creeping out of downtowns
By Haya El Nasser The recession put the brakes on job growth but did nothing to reverse a decades-long trend: job sprawl. Despite the economic slump, the share of metropolitan areas’ jobs farther from downtowns increased from 2000 to 2010, … Continue reading
How corrupt is New York? Very
By Greg David New York is more corrupt than other states, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesday, in announcing the arrest of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and others in the latest bribery scandal to rock the Empire State. He didn’t say how … Continue reading
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The First Honest Cable Company
I grew up with free over the air television. Between the UHF and VHF bands New York City had a plethora of content available. While it may not have been 24 hour broadcasting and would have proven to be of … Continue reading
CIAs Gus Hunt On Big Data: We Try To Collect Everything And Hang Onto It Forever
By Matt Sledge NEW YORK — The CIAs chief technology officer outlined the agencys endless appetite for data in a far-ranging speech on Wednesday. Speaking before a crowd of tech geeks at GigaOMs Structure:Data conference in New York City, CTO … Continue reading
Dispatch From Brooklyn: Fraying Patience With NYPD’s Protection
By Jamilah King, Monday, March 18 2013 It’s a Thursday night and East Flatbush is fuming. New York City police officers are stationed at every corner for miles along Church Ave., which is this Brooklyn neighborhood’s main thoroughfare. Traffic clogs … Continue reading
Bishop Walsh Named Vicar General of the Archdiocese
Congratulations a little late to a mentor of many, including myself!! Bishop Walsh Named Vicar General of the Archdiocese – Catholic New York.
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Never Say ‘Never Again’
Our foolish obsession with stopping the next attack. By Juliette Kayyem There will be no politicians at the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. They are no longer invited. Organizers of the memorial have now … Continue reading →