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Musician Honors Son With Home-Style Jazz Performances

Musician Marjorie Eliot has been hosting free home-style jazz concerts in honor of her son who passed away 19 years ago.

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VIDEO: Upper West Side Woman Drives Toy Car

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Going Forward With Halloween, After a Real Scare

Their parks and their schools were closed, but that didn’t stop Inwood Hill residents from having a semblance of Halloween.

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NYU Hospital Emergency Evacuation

New York hospitals saw their share of drama during Hurricane Sandy, with at least five city medical centers forced to evacuate.  New York University Langone Medical Center on East 30th Street and First Avenue on Manhattan’s far East Side was one of them.  Following is an account of the events.   Sunday Evening- As Sandy [...]

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Uptown Hospitals See Influx of Evacuated Patients

Elmo was recovering Wednesday at the New York Presbyterian Children’s Hospital on 167th Street and Broadway. On Halloween night the 3-year-old surgery patient had still been able to attend the hospital celebration as he healed from his third operation.  It was his “first Halloween.”  His young mother Annie knew the drill by now.  She had [...]

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Post Office Deals with Hurricane Sandy Backlog

If you were planning on getting in and out of the post office today in a hurry, you were in for a big letdown. Confused and disgruntled customers formed a long line that snaked around the post office on 104th Street and Broadway this afternoon. Laura Dwight spent 42 minutes in line, for stamps. “We tried [...]

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NYU Hospital Evacuates Hundreds

On Tuesday morning, Oct. 30, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, NYU Hospital completed an emergency evacuation of over 200 patients on Manhattan’s East Side.  The hospital, in an emergency evacuation zone between First Avenue and the East River, lost power overnight after its backup generators failed, forcing the staff to resort to emergency procedures. [...]

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Immigrant Women Revive La Marqueta

Spanish Harlem’s La Marqueta was home to nearly 500 vendors. Today, only 10 remain. But immigrant women are using their baking skills to bring the market back to life.

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Dissent Over Bike Lanes in East Harlem

Dissent Over Bike Lanes in East Harlem

City Transportation Department plans to build protected bike lanes along First and Second avenues in East Harlem meet resistance from local residents and business owners.

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Uncertain Future for Wadleigh Secondary School

Uncertain Future for Wadleigh Secondary School

Students and parents have their say as Wadleigh Middle School faces truncation, and eventual closure.

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