Writer David Crabb entertains audience with his coming-of-age story in the How I Learned series at Happy Ending Lounge on Broome Street. Photo: Ashley Balavender. By ASHLEY BALAVENDER The storytelling…
City: Hurricane housing aid helps
By SAMANTHA GRILLO The director of the city’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations told the City Council on Tuesday that $750 million will be spent to help those still displaced…
Writers Erica Hunt and Julia Parcho at BC
By CLAUDIO MARTINO Award-winning writers Erica Hunt and Julia Jarcho visited Brooklyn College to read excerpts from their publications and discuss the process of crafting literary works with Theater MFA…
David Vs. Goliath in Battle for Insurance Dollars After Superstorm Sandy
By LORETTA CHIN Big insurance defended its practices against a hailstorm of criticism at a legislative hearing on Tuesday probing how the industry handled claims related to Superstorm Sandy. “It…
Internet Chats Depict ‘Cannibal Cop’ Planning to Kidnap Former College Classmate
By Julia John-Scheder & Salvatore Romano An FBI special agent recited internet chats in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday in which the so-called “cannibal cop” discussed with fellow fetishists plans…
Red Hook Mom Seeks Help for Son Psychologically Buffeted by Superstorm
By CLAUDIO MARTINO A City Council Education Committee hearing Tuesday featured testimony from a Brooklyn mother advocating for aid to children who suffered psychological damage from Hurricane Sandy. Gladys Nunez,…
Consumers Sour on Sugary Drink Ban
By JANURIE ULETT Mayor Bloomberg’s recent push to extend the ban on supersize sodas statewide – thereby including such venues as supermarkets and pizza deliveries in the prohibiton – sparked…
DiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses to Rise 8 Percent
By JERMECIA EDWARDS Wall Street bonuses were expected to rise by eight percent to $20 billion this year, but there were fewer people working in the local financial industry ,…
Builder Says Titanic II ‘Unsinkable’; Where Have We Heard That Before?
By VANESSA WALKER The Australian billionaire who had the bright idea to build Titanic II, assured skeptics on Tuesday that history would not repeat itself when the replica of the…
Foes of NYU Expansion Win a Round in Court
BY DINA EXIL Opponents of NYU’s plan to expand by 2 million square feet in Greenwich Village won a legal skirmish on Tuesday when a state judge ordered the city…