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cxenseparse_start Donald Trump’s foundation is under investigation by the New York state attorney general’s office. USA TODAY The New York state attorney general’s office is investigating whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation ever obtained the certification required by the state to solicit money from the general public, according to reports from The Washington Post and…
The NYPD crime blotter from the 84th Precinct includes a theft at CVS in Brooklyn Heights.View Full Caption DNAinfo/Nikhita Venugopal BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A $500 wedding ring, credit cards and electronics were swiped at Brooklyn Bridge Park on three different days last week — continuing a string of thefts that have occurred near the park’s sports venues. The…
Garment District ClosingsView Full Caption GARMENT DISTRICT — A trio of longtime fabric stores on West 39th Street will close by the end of the year — and a fourth will leave its longtime storefront — as Garment District landlords set their sights on higher-paying nightlife tenants, owners and real estate experts said. Paron Fabrics at 257 W. 39th…
Credit Photograph by Tamas Olajos / Getty Barrier Status: ‘none’ “Welcome to Los Angeles”? Thanks, but no, thanks—I’m from New York. I don’t need to engage in cordial small talk with strangers. In New York, we greet newcomers by giving them incorrect directions to Times Square and criticizing the way they spread their cream cheese….
I live in Manhattan, in Chelsea, on 27th Street between 6th and 7th, the same block in which the second IED was found. It was a surreal weekend, but it is increasingly becoming depressing as the media moves from providing information to stoking fear, the exact response that makes these events so effective. I’m not…
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” So says the bard (Geddy Lee), but Friday’s series premiere of the new HBO series High Maintenance added a new spin to it. We’re all pretty aware that New York, the home of 30 Law and Order spinoffs, is a city of infinite…
On Monday morning, President Obama addressed the series of bombs left around New York City and New Jersey, saying the investigation is “moving rapidly,” before asking the media to report only what authorities tell it to. “The investigation is moving rapidly, and as is my practice, I’m going to leave it to the FBI and…
Image via the FBI. According to reports, alleged New York City bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami was captured by authorities in Linden, New Jersey after shooting at a police officer. Police reportedly found him sleeping in the vestibule of a local bar. Rahami is a suspect linked to several bombs which were left around New York…
MANHATTAN — Leave the bomb, take the bag. In two separate cases, thieves snatching bags from city streets and train stations inadvertently helped law enforcement get the upper hand in an ongoing bomb spree that’s hurt dozens of people and spans both sides of the Hudson River, sources said. UPDATE: CAUGHT: Chelsea Bombing Suspect Taken…
Found: Video of Donald Trump celebrating an attack on New York City. “I knew this was going to happen,” Trump bragged early Monday morning in a phone interview with Fox and Friends about the bomb that went off in New York City this weekend, injuring 29 people. “I should be a newscaster because I called…