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Italy’s famed sandwich shop All’Antico Vinaio opens pop-up in New York City
New Yorkers love their sandwiches: hoagies, Italian heros, banh mis, Cubanos and burgers even fall into this…
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First Responder Who Stood With Jon Stewart To Fight For 9/11 Victims Fund Enters Hospice Care – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There is a heartbreaking update in the ongoing saga to keep the victims’ compensation fund for 9/11 first responders open.
Lou Alvarez, one of the retired NYPD officers who just sat in an emotional congressional hearing with Jon Stewart, announced he has entered hospice care due to the incurable nature of his cancer.…
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A Guide To The First Contested Queens DA Primary Since 1955
Queens district attorney candidates debating their positions at WNYC's The Greene Space on June 12, 2019. (Asha MacKay/The Brian Lehrer Show) Queens has not seen a contested primary for district attorney in over sixty years. That means the borough’s main legal decision maker—about who to charge with crimes, about whether social…
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Hempstead School Board Members Take Exception To Intervention Proposal, Fight For Independence In Albany – CBS New York
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The New York state Senate passed unprecedented legislation Wednesday calling for intervention to help the struggling Hempstead School District.
The Assembly was expected to get the bill next.
It’s a measure just short of a state take-over after dysfunction and alleged corruption that CBS2 has reported on for years.…
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Nearly 50 Jimmy Buffet Fans Suffered Severe Illness In Dominican Republic
Jimmy Buffett fans (not necessarily those who recently fell ill in the Dominican Republic) flocking to a Gwen Graham campaign event in August 2018. (Michele Eve Sandberg/Shutterstock)
A pandemonium of Parrotheads became violently ill during an April visit to the Dominican Republic, suffering symptoms that sound eerily similar to…
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