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Phantom Piano Haunts the East River
Sing us a song now, piano man. Oh and one minor detail—hammer it out it in the East River. A Mason & Hamlin piano has been poised for underwater performances beneath the Brooklyn Bridge since...
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Bill de Blasio Furiously Refuses to Denounce Rabbi Tirade
Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office) A defiant Mayor Bill de Blasio again refused to denounce an Orthodox rabbi who ranted against reform and Conservative Judaism, even after a couple of...
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Winnie’s Grown Up! ‘The Wonder Years’ Cast Reunites (Video)
The cast of The Wonder Years. (NBC) If you want to see an example of a perfect pilot, go on Netflix and watch the first episode of The Wonder Years. It’s really an art form, one that we take for...
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Bill de Blasio Says He Hasn’t Moved to Bring Ferrets Back
Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office) Hold your…ferrets. A less than enthusiastic Mayor Bill de Blasio said today he has not moved yet to lift the city’s ban on keeping pet ferrets, despite...
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Zoo York: Three-Foot Alligator Found Sunbathing by Brooklyn Pool
Forget about “No Running.” Brooklyn pools may want new signs. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images) First dolphins, then ferrets, now alligators, oh my! New York City is turning into a bona fide zoo. Tanning...
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Study: NYC Anti-LGBT Violence Rose 26% in 2013
Marchers make their way to a makeshift shrine where Mark Carson was shot in a 2013 hate crime. (Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images) The streets are growing increasingly unsafe for LGBT New Yorkers, a new...
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‘We Have Such Similar Priorities’: Bill de Blasio Bonds With Paris Mayor
Mayor Bill de Blasio bonds with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. (Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty) He’s a proud liberal Democrat still in the early days of his first term. She’s a Socialist Party pol who...
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Thief Robs Art Dealer, Leaves Art
This crime makes also makes us blue. You don’t have to have be an art connoisseur to appreciate the tastelessness of this crime. Prolific Upper East Side art dealer Paul Quatrochi, 58, was robbed at...
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Tyler Coates Going to New York Post’s New Entertainment Site
Tyler Coates (image via Twitter) Flavorwire deputy editor/Jesse Tyler Ferguson lookalike Tyler Coates is leaving for Decider.com, the New York Post‘s new entertainment site, where he will have the same...
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Lady Killer: Drug Dealer Murders Rival While Wearing a Dress
May the best dressed live. (Flickr) This skirted chaser thought he could get away with murder. Drug ring lynchpin Saquan Wallace killed a rival trafficker while dressed as a woman at a loud party in...
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More Anonymous Than Facebook: Winklevii Drop $14.5 M. in Soho, Perhaps
Winklevii?? (Patrick McMullan) The real estate developer Justin Ehrlich, whose projects include 471 Washington Street, 949 Park Avenue and 250 Bowery, once told Monticello Motor Club magazine that auto...
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A Booming Luxury Market, But Trophies Continue to Languish
A unit that sold for $29 million last year at 15 CPW. Not bad, but it’s not $88 million. The market for luxury condos is, as the abundance of “devastatingly vast” condos and penthouse sky pool attests...
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Adriano Espaillat Courts Crucial East Harlem Voters
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Adriano Espaillat and a local official campaigning in East Harlem. (Photo: Paula Duran) After a full day of activities that included visits to schools and...
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As Cuomo Secures Working Families Party Endorsement, de Blasio Regains His Clout
Mayor Bill de Blasio with Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week. (Photo: Vanessa Ogle) It was thought that the governor was playing chess, the mayor playing checkers. The governor was the feline, the mayor the...
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The Edward Snowden Story Will Get The Oliver Stone Treatment
Oliver Stone will make a thriller based on Snowden Files . (Patrick McMullan) Director Oliver Stone is set to turn the Edward Snowden story into a big-budget film. Mr. Stone and his long-time partner...
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Too Damn High? Brooklyn Homeowner Ordered to House Homeless Tenant for Free
Mr. McMillan might have to reconsider. (Photo: Pool/Getty) For one homeless woman, the rent isn’t too damn high. In fact, for her most recent digs, it was non-existent. In a lawsuit against the New...
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Bill de Blasio Wants City’s Minimum Wage Beyond $10.10
Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office) The $10.10 minimum wage is just the beginning for Mayor Bill de Blasio. Mr. de Blasio told reporters in Manhattan today that he is fully behind Gov....
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UES Woman Pays for Neighborhood Homeless Man’s Funeral
Richard Coleman was buried at an unmarked grave in New Jersey. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images) He may not have had a true home when living, but a few Upper East Siders have ensured that one homeless man...
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Peter King Says Solider Released From Afghanistan Is ‘Not a Hero’
Congressman Peter King. (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Congressman Peter King doesn’t think an American solider released after five years of captivity in Afghanistan is especially heroic. Mr....
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Bill de Blasio Is Finally Moving to Gracie Mansion
Gracie Mansion. (Spencer Platt/Getty) It’s happening. After months of staying mum, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife announced today the de Blasio family would start packing their bags for Gracie Mansion on...
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