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NYC taxi drivers rip off passengers by $8.3 million

03/14/2010
NYC taxi drivers rip off passengers by $8.3 million

New York City taxi drivers have been caught out overcharging passengers by $8.3 million in the past two years. The drivers were found to have been setting their meters at double rate and at least 1.8 million rides were wrongly charged.

Bill may ban salt use at New York City restaurants

A bill introduced in the New York Legislature would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking, if it is passed. Restaurants would be fined $1,000 for each violation.

Bernard Kerik

Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, once dubbed "America's Cop" for his leadership after Sept. 11, was sentenced on Thursday to 48 months in prison for failing to report income and loans and lying to White House officials.

One possible design for the entrances to Moynihan Station Courtesy of Regional Plan Association.

The long-delayed plan to construct a new rail gateway at New York's main post office is set to receive $83 million in federal stimulus funds.

International Toy Fair kicks off in New York City

The 107th "American International Toy Fair" is underway at the Jacob Javits Center.

Transformer explosion shatters NY building windows

MARCUS FRANKLIN The Washington Post 02/12/2010
The Lincoln statue that once graced the lobby of the former Lincoln Building on 42nd Street.

Think “Lincoln” and “New York,” and the juxtaposition would most likely conjure up the tunnel or the performing arts center. Until this year, it might have also evoked the majestic Lincoln Building at 60 East 42nd Street.

Transformer explosion shatters NY building windows

NEW YORK -- An explosion in a transformer underneath a Manhattan sidewalk sent flames up the front of a landmark building Thursday, shattering windows and blackening the front of several stories. No injuries were reported.

New York's vehicle-free Broadway mall to stay, mayor says

NEW YORK — New York's experiment that closed parts of Broadway to vehicular traffic last spring will become permanent, city officials said Thursday, even though it fell short of achieving its chief objective: improving traffic flow.

Chilling aerial photos of 9/11 attack released

NEW YORK - A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week, offering a rare and chilling view from the heavens of the burning twin towers and the apocalyptic shroud of smoke and dust that settled over the city.


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