By
Katie Sosin From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local For 35 years, Nisa Caraballo has relied on the tree-lined path within the Masaryk Towers apartment complex to run her errands. From her Lower East Side apartment, she uses the walkway to see her sister who lives nearby on Pitt Street, to go to the grocery store and to visit her daughter.
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By
Alex Kane From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local Green Party presidential nominee and former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney announced July 9 that New York City’s own Rosa Clemente will be her vice-presidential running mate.
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By
Steven Wishnia From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local In the last two decades, no New York politician did more to raise rents than Joseph Bruno, who stepped down as state Senate majority leader June 23 — although Mayor Michael Bloomberg is working on being equally destructive.
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Chris Cascarano From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local Whether it's a poor economy or the higher prices he is charging, Rodriguez says business is sagging. "It's tough out here," he says.
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By
Jonathan Shannon From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local Local farmers in greenmarkets across New York are being squeezed from all sides by rising prices linked to oil and natural gas.
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Nicholas Powers From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local Khaled Ebed has been feeling the crunch at the pump. He used to pay $29 a day, but after the recent spike in gas prices he now pays at least $50 a day to fuel his yellow cab.
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By
Indypendent Staff From the
July 19, 2008 issue | Posted in
Community Calendar,
Local Events in the New York area from late July through early August
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By
Chris Cascarano From the
June 26, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local Cranes fall. Billion-dollar corporate giveaways are negotiated behind closed doors. Greedy politicians and executives seek to dismember a not-for-profit healthcare company utilized by millions of people. Each of these stories and a hundred others like them are presented randomly by the media. Yet, a single-minded logic flows through them all. As our city is auctioned off to the investor class, is there room for any other concern besides maximizing profit?
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By
Judith Levine From the
June 26, 2008 issue | Posted in
Local Carving Up New York Part 2 of 3: Let’s keep this in perspective, implied New York mayor Mike Bloomberg the day two construction workers died in the crane collapse on East 91st Street in Manhattan. Yes, the accident was “unacceptable,” he said. Still, “construction is a dangerous business and you will always have fatalities.”
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