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The Breakfast Manifesto: New York Chefs Suck at Breakfast
Since when have eggs, pancakes, wafflesor granola ever made anything great? (Photo: Jon Mountjoy) Breakfast in this society being, at best, an utter bore, and no aspect of breakfast being at all...
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Helping Sandy’s Victims
When Congress was asked to authorize the expenditure of tens of billions to help this region’s victims of Superstorm Sandy, some critics expressed skepticism that the money would be wisely spent. The...
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Investigate the Port Authority
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is the latest public official stirred into action thanks to last year’s partial closure of the Fort Lee access lanes to the George Washington Bridge. Mr. Vance’s...
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Recchia and Grimm Release Fund-Raising Tallies
Former Councilman Domenic Recchia at his campaign launch. (Photo: Vanessa Ogle) GOP Congressman Michael Grimm and Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia’s latest fund-raising totals leave them with more...
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Michael Bloomberg: Make Philanthropy a Lifelong Habit
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Photo via Getty Images) New Yorkers are incredibly generous with their time and money, and I got to see just how true that is when I was mayor. By forming...
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De Blasios Donated to Brooklyn Food Coalition, Local Churches Last Year
Bill de Blasio walking down the street with his wife, Chirlane McCray. (Photo: Rob Bennett/NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, gave over $5,500 to charity last year,...
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City Pols Applaud End of NYPD’s Demographics Unit
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Mayor Bill de Blasio today hailed the closure of the NYPD’s so-called Demographics Unit, which used...
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Basil Paterson Dead at 87
Basil Paterson at his son’s swearing-in ceremony in 2008. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Basil Paterson, the longtime Harlem political leader and the father of former Gov. David Paterson, has...
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Morning Politics: ‘City Council Members Are Skittish’
Today’s Daily News. Headline of the Day: “Senate candidate suspends Twitter account: ‘It was never my intention to offend anybody.’” The Nation reviewed Mayor Bill de Blasio‘s first 100 days in office....
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‘The Gang of 4 Is No More’: Outpouring of Condolences After Basil Paterson’s...
The Gang of Four. (Photo: Twitter/@cbrangel) Friends and former colleagues offered an outpouring of condolences this morning for Basil Paterson, the trailblazing Harlem leader and the father of Gov....
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Morning Media Mix: Anna Wintour, the Dowager Countess of Condé Nast
Anna Wintour Anna Wintour, sounding like Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey wants the Met Gala to be more exclusive. And would it be so much to ask for the men to show up in white tie? “That means black...
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On the Market: Bay Ridge Is Not the Next Williamsburg and Soho is Not Soho...
dougtone/flickr Here we go again: is Bay Ridge poised to become the next Williamsburg, DNAinfo asks, citing the rash of new housing development in the very un-Williamsburg neighborhood. But not even...
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Craig Redman Finds Comfort in the ‘Eclectic and Weird’ Look of His Village...
Craig Redman. (Photo by Emily Assiran) Craig Redman is 35, but his tastes veer toward those of a 3-year-old. This isn’t meant as a slight. Along with colleague Karl Maier, Mr. Redman, whose clients...
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To Life! Colin Firth and Laurie Simmons Share Cherished Passover Memories
Daniel Dresbauch and Petra Levin pose with Van Cleef & Arpels models. (Photo by Patrick McMullan) It’s not Shindigger’s usual thing to mix wine-fueled bavard at galas and movie premieres with...
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Mayor de Blasio Urged to Kick Liam Neeson’s ‘Ass’ During Radio Interview
The Clinton Park Horse Stables during a tour with actor Liam Neeson in March. (Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images) Mayor Bill de Blasio was challenged this morning by the hosts of a hip-hop radio station to...
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Petition Challenges Fly in Recchia-Grimm Battle
Congressman Michael Grimm. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty) Congressman Michael Grimm is officially trying to boot his Democratic challenger from a crucial second ballot line. Mr. Grimm, a Republican, has...
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The Death of the Neighborhood Restaurant
Illustrations by Robert Samuel Hanson Sueños, a restaurant I liked a lot, is going out of business. Its talented chef-proprietor, Sue Torres, is admired by nearly everyone I know in the business for...
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Business Insider Is Just Moving Offices
Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal (via Twitter) Business Insider executive editor and ubiquitous Internet presence Joe Weisenthal unintentionally trolled the Internet by tweeting that it was his second...
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Cynthia Lopez to Be Named Next Film Commissioner
Cynthia Lopes. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Documentary filmmaker Cynthia Lopez has been tapped to become the city’s next film commissioner, according to sources and other media reports....
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Celebrity Hotspot Stalks Its Own Guests
The restaurant has two faces As a recovering gossip columnist, I thought I had seen it all. But this week, something new hit my in-box. It was a creep shot of Barbra Streisand, eating at one of her...
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