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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. read more »
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. read more »
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. read more »
By 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. read more »
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. read more »
By 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. read more »
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 read more »
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? read more »
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.” read more »
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