Nobody rides for free, Governor Paterson announced a few weeks ago, offering only $25 million in the budget for student MetroCards. The teachers union is holding a city-wide protest in Manhattan, and Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio is asking people to protest by handing out flyers between 7 and 9:30 at subway stations around the city....
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February 18, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
East Greenpoint contaminated with toxic chemicals
The Brooklyn Paper reports that areas of northeast Greenpoint are dangerously contaminated. Some dry cleaning agencies are apparently using the area as their own toxic waste dump, and the state environmental agency is tasked with cleaning it up. This isn’t the first time Greenpoint has been a dumping ground for careless companies. Where’s John Travolta...
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February 18, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Marty Markowitz promotes free tax advice for low income earners
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the decimal is? Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is promoting free advice for long-income residents on prepping for tax season today in the Capitol One Building at 356 Fulton St.
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February 17, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Unemployed workers compete for census jobs
The unemployed, who had heard that there was work to be found as census takers, began arriving to take their tests at noon. One by one they rang the bell at Community Board 8’s office in Crown Heights and, once buzzed in, made their way to the front desk where they signed in before being...
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February 17, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
School bus hits and kills 4-year-old
A yellow school bus struck a 4-year-old boy at the intersection of 13th Avenue and 49th Street in Sunset Park just after 8 a.m. Amrom Altman, a resident of Sunset Park, died at the scene. Police identified the driver only as a white male, age 32.
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February 17, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Flying manhole cover injures two Con-Edison workers
Two Con-Edison workers were injured, one critically, when an underground explosion flung a manhole cover at the intersection of Broadway and Hart Street in Bushwick just after 3 a.m. The cover struck one worker in the head; he was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he is in critical condition.
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February 17, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Unidentified man stabbed in Prospect Heights
Police responding to a 911 call at 9:25 Tuesday night found a man on the third floor of 388 St. Marks Avenue with stab wounds to his torso. He was rushed to Kings Country Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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February 17, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Coney Island fire victim identified; police make arrest
The NYPD has identified the victim of yesterday’s fire at 2970 W. 24th St as 11-year-old Tavon Turpin. Police also announced the arrest of Melinda Mclain, 59, on charges of reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
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February 16, 2010March 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Boy, 11, killed in fire
An 11-year-old boy was killed in a fire on West 24th Street on Coney Island early this afternoon. Police responding to the fire found the boy unconscious and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at Coney Island Hospital.
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February 16, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
New amusement rides to open at Coney Island
The city unveiled plans for Luna Park at Coney Island, which will open by Memorial Day with 19 rides. The second phase, Scream Zone at Coney Island, will open in summer 2011 with roller coasters and go-karts for a total of 23 new rides. The two new parks will more than double the area used...