August 19, 2009
Jason Williams signs with Magic
APORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orlando Magic have announced signing free agent guard Jason Williams.Williams visited with the Knicks earlier this month and seemed to be in the lead for his...
More from the injury front
Here are some other injury updates from the Mets' camp today: OLIVER PEREZ:Jerry Manuel seemed to have a lot more confidence in the health of Perez's right knee today than...
Transit Debate Engages Park Slope Crowd
39TransAlt8.21.09PS, CGNews, BoroPoliticsWith PixTransit Debate Engages Park Slope CrowdeditedBy Aaron ShortWhat is the best way to get from Point A to Point B?Though this question was not asked, nearly every...
Putz on the verge of return
The Mets wish they could say the same about their lineup, but the bullpen is getting a lot healthier over the next week.As well as the anticipated return of former...
Prepare to rock out w/your LEGO out
I can't tell if this is awesome or going too far. Whatever the case, here's the new trailer for the "LEGO Rock Band" game coming this fall.What you're seeing here,...
'Saboteur' gets new gameplay trailer
"There are few things in the world that are sacred to me: My friends, my car and my women. But, if you hurt any of those things...pray God finds you...
Our 39th District debate is online — now!
The forum — featuring John Heyer, Gary Reilly, Josh Skaller, Brad Lander and Bob Zuckerman and moderated by Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman — aired on Tuesday night on the...
Yassky comptroller run gives ground in home borough
City Comptroller candidate David Yassky is finding that his failed race for Congress is beginning to erode political support in his home borough.Yassky, who currently represents the 33rd District in...
Yassky Wants to Know What’s Up with Vacant Lots
The preponderance of vacant lots in Williamsburg has been a long-festering problem, but it is rapidly gaining the attention of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York media as the...
Go, go, go, go the trolleys!
Just as Mayor Bloomberg hinted that he was interested in bringing streetcar service back to Red Hook and other waterfront areas, a local businessman is looking to divest himself of...
Pow! New York Comic Con comes to Brooklyn
Don’t be alarmed by the Imperial stormtrooperspatrolling Borough Hall Plaza on September 13 - they’ll be packing Star Wars blasters, not Taser guns, and they’re friendly. Sort of. Just throw...
I wonder . . . .
.. . . . . Who ever asked Rex Ryan to "kiss Bill Belichick's rings" and why, if the new Jets coach hadn't said that, whoever would believe he and...
Watch shot off scoreboard
Kansas State guard Denis Clemente makes an incredible trick shot:
Bat man on the loose
90th PrecinctWilliamsburg–BushwickBat man A bat-wielding madman assaulted a Williamsburg man on Montrose Avenue on Aug. 17. The Ruthian thief approached his 29-year-old victim on the corner of Humboldt Street at...
Sanchez meant Jets didn't need Favre
Rex Ryan, who was not head coach when Brett Favre played for the Jets last season, today explained the situation that led to the team granting the quarterback his outright...
Coming up at the National Theatre
The National Theatre in London has just announced a slew of upcoming productions and some look rather appetizing.I didn't care much for Katie Mitchell's "Waves" at the Duke last year,...
Game 120: Braves at Mets
The Mets will be in search of their fifth win in the past seven games tonight when rookie Bobby Parnell takes on the Braves at Citi Field. Parnell, who is...
Quarterback competition 'status quo'
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ The Jets' quarterback competition between rookie Mark Sanchez and Kellen Clemens appears to be at a stalemate.Rex Ryan today called the battle "almost status quo'' at...
Back on the Ballot
Strange bedfellows in 35th City Council raceGeoffrey Davis, brother of slain City Councilmember James E. Davis is hedging towards endorsing incumbent Letitia James in the upcoming 35th City Council District...
MRNY Visits South Williamsburg to Promote Transparency
For years, the address has sent shivers through the spines of tenants throughout North Brooklyn: 199 Lee Avenue.Home of Lee Avenue Shipping and Communication, it is the site of more...
George Hamilton, Biopic Subject
George Hamilton has plenty of experience in biopics -- he's played Evel Knievel, Hank Williams and playwright Moss Hart on screen -- so it's interesting to see Hamilton himself played...
This climbing gym is on the wall!
Here’s one workout that will drive you up the wall! Gowanus’s newly opened rock-climbing center — Brooklyn Boulders — is an urban jungle gym designed to push experienced mountaineers and...
Calendar: Aug. 20 to Sept. 2
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'Wett' your appetite in Fort Greene
Ethiopian food has, unfortunately, not been a big thing in Brooklyn, despite a foodie culture that once cherished the city’s only Cambodian restaurant (now moved to Manhattan), at least two...
Bill de Blasio endorsed for public advocate by BP Diaz
Borough President Diaz made an endorsement in the upcoming primary and general election for the citywide office of public advocate at a packed street festival he hosts every year. Senator...
Borough president to hand out $$
On his 100th day as borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr. announced plans to allocate $21 million to Bronx schools, parks, community facilities and institutions. Owen Dolen Recreation Center will receive...
Red Bulls keeper reps Castle Hill
Call him the Jennifer Lopez of Major League Soccer. New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul, acquired from the Colorado Rapids in June, hails from Lopez’ old neighborhood – Castle...
Silent Bernard returns
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - Yes, that was Rocky Bernard out on the practice field this morning. The veteran defensive tackle, in his first year with the Giants, was removed from...
Mammoth housing development in Melrose underway
Suits and hardhats gathered on a mountain of gravel in Melrose on Tuesday, August 4 to break ground on St. Ann’s Terrace, a 600-unit mixed-income housing development. The development will...
Tragedy on Zerega leads to youth’s death
A police investigation is ongoing in Zerega where a young male was killed earlier this month.On Friday, August 7, in response to a 9-11 call, police discovered Louis Gonzalez, shot...
Throggs Neck woman has harrowing story to tell
Geraldine Panattieri, of 1055 Edison Avenue, who suffers from a mental disability, was found by her neighbors and friends homeless and wandering the street. Panattieri, in her 50s, also is...
Street renaming in honor of Martin Gold
On Wednesday, August 12, Councilman Jimmy Vacca joined Congressman Joseph Crowley, Senator Jeff Klein, and Gold’s widow Helen in celebrating the renaming of Tenbroeck Avenue between Mace and Allerton avenues...
Vice Unit slams Bobbie’s Café Lounge
The Bronx NYPD Vice Unit busted into Bobbie’s on Thursday, August 13 and shuttered the Hone Avenue cafe lounge. Bobbie’s has generated a number of complaints, 49th Precinct Captain John...
Documentary spotlights LOTR swordfights
Hardcore gamers into cyber swordplay -- or any "Lord of the Rings" geeks out there, for that matter -- ought to check out the interesting new documentary film "Reclaiming the...
Mayor highlights Castle Hill Houses retrofit
Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. at the Castle Hill Houses on Wednesday, August 5 to promote an energy-conscious initiative.Bloomberg presented the Castle Hill Houses as a...
CBA draft delivered to Kingsbridge Armory developer
Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Kingsbridge Armory stakeholders have drafted a community benefits agreement and delivered it to The Related Companies. Diaz Jr. expects to enter negotiations with Related...
Kennedy aims for game next month
APTAMPA, Fla. -- Pitcher Ian Kennedy likely will pitch next month in the instructional league, his first game action since surgery May 12 to remove an aneurysm from beneath his...
Big Apple busts
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThis decade there have been plenty of stars who descended on the Big Apple in the twilight...
Game on at FDR
Bike bill passesBrooklyn transportation advocates rejoiced as Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the Bicycle Access Bill in City Hall.“This is huge!The biggest thing that New York City could possibly do to...
Iverson says he is close to deal
Allen Iverson tweeted yesterday that the Knicks, along with the Heat and Bobcats, were all considering signing him to a deal.Today the combo guard said that a contract is imminent."My...
Brooklyn Bridge Park is being built
Brooklyn Bridge Park is finally being built. The decades-old dream of a waterfront greenspace stretching from DUMBO to the foot of Atlantic Avenue — up to now, a dream deferred,...
Don't Brett on him
Do you think Brett Favre has a flower, and he is just picking the petals off one by one: Pluck, I retire. Pluck, I retire not. Pluck, I retire. Pluck,...
Four-Year-Old Boy Prepares Sleep Sacks for Homeless
One little Brooklyn boy is showing you’re never too young to lend a helping hand.Four-year-old Chase Hayden and his mother, actress Adele D’Man, formerly of Gravesend, paired up with non-profit...
Challenger: Stewart grows rich from landlord loot
Flatbush City Councilmember Kendall Stewart’s campaign is being built on the backs of local landlords, one of his challengers alleged last week.Gathering with local tenants outside the Flatbush Gardens apartments...
Many mourn the loss of Jacqueline Randazzo Page
Sheepshead Bay lost a giant personality this week with the death of Jacqueline Randazzo Page. She was 69.If you ever frequented Randazzo’s, the legendary Sheepshead Bay Clam Bar & Restaurant...
Coverage in The Post
For a team no longer in true contention, the Mets showed some fight Tuesday night against a team that is still very much in the race. The Amazin's eight-run, 10-hit...
19-Year-Old Boy is New York Lottery's Millionaire
A 19-year-old from Midwood is the latest winner of the New York Lottery’s Millionaire instant scratch-off game.Waquas Mazhar, a student at Kingsborough Community College, is one of four New York...
Prince Paul Presides over Pool Parties
Summer weather returned for the JellyNYC Pool Parties, as Brooklyn’s hippest crowd funked out to the synchronic beats of Prince Paul, Kenan Bell, Gravy Train!!!!, DD/MM/YYYY, and Del The Funky...
Light at the end of the tunnel
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ Good morning from Cortland, where I'm watching training camp wind down, but with a lot of spirit in today's first practice.The players have been more vocal...
In the 33rd district, six candidates speak on Brooklyn Bridge Park
Here’s this week’s question for the candidates for the 33rd City Council District, a seat that stretches from Greenpoint to Park Slope — and includes Brooklyn Bridge Park: After decades...
Festive Brooklyn Revs Up for the 42nd Annual West Indian Parade
Over one million people are expected to flood Eastern Parkway on Labor Day for Brooklyn’s annual extravaganza, the 42nd annual West Indian Carnival Festival Parade.The event, arguably the borough’s most...
Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree keeps it real
Park Slope is a long way from the hills and hollers of Appalachia, but you would never know it at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture where for two days...
And baby makes four! Candidate Skaller has a new constituent to feed
In the heat of the campaign to succeed City Councilman Bill DeBlasio, candidate Josh Skaller’s wife Kelly gave birth to the couple’s second child, a daughter named Selah, at New...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******Here's the thing, OK? I understand revenge. I get it. Actually, I wholeheartedly endorse it....
Nate being Nate
By MARC BERMANNate Robinson's arrest for driving with a suspended license is not what galled me, despite a long litany of DMV violations. It was the disrespectful tweeting during the...
3UP: CHURCH VS. MANUEL, METS SURPRISE OFFENSE
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. Let's assume the worse about Ryan Church. Let's -- for argument sake -- say he was soft and an underachiever and a malcontent. That still...
FIRST, DO NO HARM
At The WSJ, Martin Feldstein says ObamaCare is all about rationingABC's John Stossel on the truth about ObamaCare
In Brooklyn Heights, pork is the other light meat
A $2.7-million plan to install antique-looking lampposts will bring light to Brooklyn Heights — but it ain’t light on the wallet. The Brooklyn Heights Association is on the verge of...
All-Star game is a no-Cyclone contest
American League All-Stars 4National League All-Stars 2Tuesday, Aug. 19, at State College, Penn. Six Cyclones were named to the All-Star team last week, but in the game itself, members of...
Your land is their land
In the backyard of Zac Fisher’s Ditmas Park home, there’s a cabbage patch where the lounge chair should be. And where most people put the barbecue, Fisher has collard greens....
Emotion after the impact
NARRATIVE? Who needs a narrative? Certainly not Argen tine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel in her mesmerizing third feature, "The Headless Woman." In fact, a conventional narrative would only get in the...
Intriguing ideas falter in rough execution
TWO provocative premises get less than compelling executions at the New York International Fringe Festival, home to "Victoria & Frederick for President" and "Live Broadcast." The first -- Jonathan L....
Fowl foursome all clucked up
I guess Goateye, Pigtesti cle and Monkeyfinger were already taken as band names, so the stupor-group of Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith and Joe Satriani had to settle for...
'Time Traveler's Wife' may be TV series
FIRST, "The Time Trav eler's Wife" was a hugely successful novel, and now it's a box office hit -- and ABC is betting the story's success will translate into a...
Hatch back behind bars
Police in Rhode Island arrested Richard Hatch just hours after yesterday's "Today Show" interview where the "Survivor" winner said he thinks the reason he went to federal prison is because...
Paula-'Idol' talking
AFTER Paula Abdul's public fallout with Fox, she may be talking kiss-and-make-up with the network in order to get her "American Idol" chair back. Just weeks after she announced her...
Night of the long knives
'TOP Chef" returns to night for its sixth (yes, sixth!) season with the same old crew, a slew of new chefs and a new locale, Las Vegas. The contestants --...
Going, going gown
SAY "I do" to a new channel dedicated to shows about brides-to-be. The Wedding Central channel, which launched yesterday, promises to be a one-stop shop for everything from the dress...
Jon & Kate were 'done a year ago'
HAILEY Glassman in sists she's not the homewrecker of "Jon & Kate Plus 8." Why? Because, no matter what's been reported, Jon and Kate Gosselin have been busted up for...
Switcheroo
THE big channel swap starts today. Time Warner Cable subscribers used to seeing news stalwart CNN on Ch. 10 will now find dark drama-loving FX in its place, while those...
'West Side' substitutes
IT'S a sweltering August night, but inside the Palace Theatre, just be fore the curtain goes up on the hit revival of "West Side Story," there's a blizzard. A blizzard,...
'Affair' price for dad's guilt gifts
LONDON -- Every time Robert Charlton cheated on his wife during their 26 years of marriage, he bought her jewelry to make amends. When his daughter auctioned off her late...
Bam's Blame Game
TO listen to the White House and its supporters in and out of the media, you'd think that opposition to "ObamaCare" is the hobgoblin of a few small minds on...
Driver sells show with backseat ad
He's the most successful hack writer in the city. In 2000, screenwriter wannabe Mike Puerto, 45, quit his job trading derivatives on Wall Street, got his taxi license and began...
What -- You Want Responsibility?
NEW York City's five pub lic-employee pension funds lost billions last year, with taypayers on the hook to make up any benefit shortfalls. But the four City Council members vying...
Vick-tory for Cruelty: Pro Football's Dog Days
*** "This Man's Done His Time" (Aug. 17) is a great editorial and highlights the points I've been making all year. Michael Vick did his time, and he should be...
Mom's the word for Celine again
Singer Celine Dion is pregnant with her second child, her spokeswoman said yesterday. Dion, 41, is due to give birth next May, said Muriel Blondeau. Dion and her husband, Rene...
Drama after death fall
A construction worker who was not attached to a safety rope plummeted four stories to his death in Brooklyn yesterday as two co-workers who narrowly escaped the same fate watched...
Robert Novak: 1931- 2009
WASHINGTON -- Political columnist Robert Novak, a diehard conservative, pugilistic debater and proud owner of the "Prince of Darkness" moniker, died yesterday after a battle with brain cancer. He was...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan The NYPD is hunting a sexual predator who raped and robbed three women at knifepoint in Harlem, police said yesterday. The hooded thug (sketch above) first struck at 2:45...
Conviction thrown out
Ex-Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes' conviction for backdating stock-option grants was reversed by an appeals court that cited prosecutorial misconduct and ordered a new trial. A three-judge federal panel...
The Infinite Arm of O's 'Pay Czar'
'PAY Czar' Kenneth Feinberg's official government title is "special master for compensation." You'll be happy to know that he's really getting into the confiscatory spirit of his role. Asked by...
Mike likes Taylor-made
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday defended the decades-old Taylor Law, which prohibits strikes by public employees. "I think it is a very good law that has withstood the test of time," Bloomberg...
The Family Business
AFTER five years of "exile," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak this week re turned to Washington to reprise his classic role as a supposedly model Middle East peacemaker and staunch American...
NJ city: Curfew for adults, too
Curfews might not be just for kids anymore in one New Jersey city. Officials in Paterson are considering one for people of all ages in a bid to curb violence...
Group rips sex-bust candidate
A group that combats sexual violence yesterday called on a Brooklyn Republican to abandon his City Council run until sex charges against him are resolved. The Post first reported yesterday...
Business briefs
H-P earns Hewlett-Packard re ported third-quarter profit after job cuts and other expense reductions helped make up for slug gish technology demand. Third-quarter net income fell 19 percent to $1.64...
Review of AIG boss' $7M pay
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the $7 million salary for American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche "will go through the process" for government review of compensation...
Village burglar a triple threat
A sticky-fingered thief struck with near surgical precision -- breaking into three adjacent apartments in the same West Village building and making off with nearly $15,000 in electronics and jewels,...
New slay rap vs. Bx. 'killer'
The driver who allegedly mowed down a young dad walking with his son -- after getting into a fight with an ex-gal pal outside a Chuck E. Cheese last month...
Second Avenue $ubpar
It's the subway, stupid. It's not the stinking economy that's trashing the bottom lines and leading to layoffs at dozens of businesses on the Upper East Side -- it's the...
Uncle Sam draws bead on 150 tax cheats
Wealthy American tax cheats, watch your backs! That was the message Uncle Sam sent out yesterday: a warning that federal prosecutors were investigating more than 150 US citizens suspected of...
'Lemon' law kid back in drink biz
The 10-year-old West Side girl who got a $50 ticket for selling lemonade in Riverside Park was back in business yesterday and had a special customer -- Parks Commissioner Adrian...
Zell's ESOP fable
Tribune's short-lived experiment with employee ownership is coming to an end. While Tribune is still navigating the bankruptcy process, the creditors are unlikely to keep the employee stock ownership plan,...
See you in September: BusinessWeek bidders
WHEN McGraw-Hill said earlier this summer it wanted first-round bids for BusinessWeek to be submitted by late August, most people thought that deadline was overly optimistic. It turns out they...
Cost cuts pay off
Cost cuts helped retailers report better-than-expected quarterly results, but the recession still threatens prospects for the crucial fall and holiday seasons. Home Depot, Target and Saks eclipsed Wall Street's forecasts...
Bill/ary clinton
President Obama engaged in some shuttle diplomacy yesterday -- between Hillary and Bill Clinton! Upstaged by her husband's North Korean coup, Hillary Rodham Clinton got some respect at a private...
Mobster gets life in kin-whack
Genovese crime-family captain Angelo Prisco was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for orchestrating the 1992 murder of his first cousin -- whose sister blasted the mobster as "a black-hearted...
Dave yanks state cops out of Javits
ALBANY -- The State Police squad intended to keep mobsters from fleecing taxpayers and vendors at the Javits Center is the latest casualty of budget slashing by Gov. Paterson, The...
Transit agency fails its eco-vow
The MTA isn't going to meet a state order mandating that it uses 20 percent renewable power at 17 of the buildings it owns or leases, according to a new...
O's Secret Service 'soft' on gun nuts
WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service is in the line of fire over security procedures that allowed gun-toting protestors -- including one carrying an assault rifle on his shoulder -- to...
Moll: i want my cut
The star witness in the failed case against FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio is suing Hollywood studio Morgan Creek Productions, saying it stiffed her out of a $150,000 consultant's gig on...
'Grey's' nude tape 'stolen' by TV roomie
A dethroned teen queen yesterday said her rehab roomie -- crooner and ex-Roger Clemens mistress Mindy McCready -- leaked the scandalous "threesome" video starring "Grey's Anatomy" hottie Eric Dane and...
Justice 'denied' by crash husband
SHE got away with it. They all did. Diane Schuler mur dered seven people and committed suicide when she decided that drinking and drugging and driving two miles in the...
Struggling studio CEO overboard
Harry Sloan has been pushed aside as CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after finally exhausting the patience -- and nearly all of the money -- of the film studio's financial backers. According...
Up for grabs at Worldwide
WORLDWIDE Plaza's new ownership team, led by George Comfort & Sons, is sitting down with prospective tenants and is open for business with a mere 639,540 square feet ready to...
MTA board out of loop
The MTA's board was never consulted about taking sensitive contract talks with the Transport Workers Union to arbitration -- and likely would have rejected the 11 percent package of raises...
Ny hails its little giants
Big Apple baseball fans were hooting and hollering yesterday as their favorite sluggers prepared for a wild postseason run. We're not talking about the Yankees. And you know we're not...
'Public' humiliation
WASHINGTON -- The White House fell into full retreat yesterday from its earlier surrender of Democratic plans for a massive new government-run insurance agency as part of its health-care reform...
Feds ordered Citi to replace CFO
Citigroup forced high-ranking executive Ned Kelly to relinquish his duties as CFO in order to placate hard-charging regulators bent on getting the lumbering financial giant back on track. According to...
'Skank' boor's e-dress
Skank you very much. After an eight-month court battle, Google yesterday handed over the e-mail address of the anonymous blogger who smeared model Liskula Cohen as a "skank." It's kamouya1@yahoo.com....
Hey, Tom: Go 'Fix' . . . Tallahassee
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has tangled with the likes of George Pa taki, Eliot Spitzer and Michael Bloomberg -- and brought them to their knees. So one expects he'll manage...
Robert Novak, 1931-2009
Columnist Robert Novak, who suc cumbed to brain cancer yesterday at age 78, said that Americans must always love their country, but should never trust their government. OK, so he...
First, Do No Harm
It's the old story: The system's broke -- but personally I'm doing OK by it. That seems to be the message of some key recent polls on health-care reform. And...
Crackdown on car cell chats
Drivers chatting on hand-held cellphones are going to get socked in the wallet. Cops are planning a 24-hour crackdown on gabby motorists beginning at midnight tonight, slapping violators with $130...
Fugitive's quick exit
A man wanted for an attempted murder in Connecticut jumped out of a Queens hotel window in his underwear and stole a car owned by a retired cop when police...
Knick is whistled for a foul
Pint-sized Knick Nate Robinson came up short last night in The Bronx, where the slam-dunk expert was busted for driving with a suspended license, cops said. The arrest was the...
GM revs up output on Clunker success
Higher sales, in part from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, are spurring General Motors to boost production at several of its factories. The automaker said yesterday it will add...
Case done vs. Astor son
The Brooke Astor swindle trial reached a major milestone yesterday: Manhattan prosecutors rested their direct case after presenting 72 witnesses during 17 weeks of testimony. In seeking to prove that...
Whew! Riders are thisclose to a disaster
It was a disaster narrowly averted. The partial ceiling collapse on the No. 1 subway line's 181st Street station -- which sent rubble raining down on the tracks and platform...
'Houdini' the raccoon runs amok on roof
Undeterred by the fat cats who congregate at City Hall, a rotund raccoon took up residence on the roof yesterday, then managed to break free briefly after being captured, earning...
Coronary kills driver with kids on board
The driver of a school bus carrying kids home from a day camp died of a heart attack in Queens yesterday -- but a gutsy 15-year-old girl prevented a greater...
Gotti bid nixed
John "Junior" Gotti yesterday lost a bid to delay his racketeering retrial over new murder charges the feds added to his indictment earlier this month. Manhattan federal Judge Kevin Castel...
8 millionaires on enriched council
Eight City Council members are millionaires. The richest, according to Conflicts of Interest Board records released yesterday, is Domenic Recchia (D-Brooklyn). Recchia, who has a private law practice, is worth...
Pension pols get pilloried
ALBANY -- Good-government groups yesterday panned a loophole that has allowed several veteran lawmakers to collect their public pensions while collecting legislative salaries. At least five state lawmakers -- Sen....
'S&M shrink' blamed
Former Columbia University grad student Oliver Jovanovic has accused a Manhattan psychologist of inflicting the S&M wounds on the woman who helped send Jovanovic to prison as an online torture...
MJ's headed to the vip tomb
Now we'll finally see how Jacko stacks up against Hollywood's greatest entertainers. More than two months after Michael Jackson's shocking death, he'll take his third and final curtain call at...
'Driver,' 13, kills his dad
A father trying to teach his 13-year-old son how to drive was killed in The Bronx last night when the youngster accidentally mowed him down, police said. Witnesses said the...
Sabathia halts Yanks' skid
OAKLAND -- His hometown ball park is no longer haunted when it comes to CC Sabathia pitching in it. Sabathia's struggles at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum were a popular topic when...
Hondo has a Halo
Hondo went to the Card well once too often as he lost in L.A. last night to stop the winning streak at six and increase the debt to 220 cardwells....
Osi 'right at home' in return
Osi Umenyiora said he felt no special emotion returning to the field after missing the entire 2008 season. "I wasn't even thinking about that," Umenyiora said following Monday night's 24-17...
'Bird' OK after surgery
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- It looks as if the Aug. 29 Travers is a "go" for Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, whose throat surgery yesterday morning to correct a breathing...
Gary doesn't expect to end year with Mets
THE Mets pulled Gary Sheffield off waivers last week when he was claimed by an unidentified team. This means Sheffield cannot be traded for the remainder of the season. He...
Libs must reign on Sun
Little did the Liberty know that when it opened the season with a 66-57 home loss to the Connecticut Sun, it was the beginning of the end -- almost. The...
Knicks frowning at Nate's arrest
Nate Robinson's arrest in The Bronx yesterday for driving without a valid license -- and revelations of his reckless driving record -- underscored why the Knicks have been apathetic in...
Pedro Sunday vs. Mets
Pedro Martinez's starts at Shea Stadium for the Mets always had an electric feel. Now we'll see what he looks like at Citi Field. Martinez yesterday was named to start...
Batterymates get circuits crossed
SEATTLE — The communication problem between A.J. Burnett and Jorge Posada that surfaced in their past two games is something Joe Girardi said he has to fix. "Me," Girardi said...
Church chapped over Manuel's 'cheap shot'
The mysterious feud between Ryan Church and Jerry Manuel spilled out into the open yesterday, even though -- or perhaps because -- Church is now wearing a Braves uniform. The...
Sports shorts
MLB: Ortiz, Bosox edge Blue Jays In Toronto, David Ortiz homered and scored three times, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Red Sox beat the Blue...
Amazin' inning, amazin' victory
The Mets usually are known for their wackiness off the field. They pulled some of it on the field for a change last night, inexplicably erupting for eight runs on...
Weird but true
In Florida, the blue wall of silence apparently extends to hospital scrubs. A Tampa doctor was given two years' probation after admitting he removed a bullet from a fugitive shot...
Sharecropping: Then and now
Stacey Murphy’s BK Farmyards sounds like a good idea, but how does it compare to history’s better-known example of sharecropping? Here’s our first-ever chart comparing backyard farming and post-slavery agri-oppression.SharecroppingHistoric...
Kids still play skelly?
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens Cobble Hill–Red HookSkelly skell A thief snatched a teen’s cellphone on Aug. 7 while the victim played the classic Brooklyn street game skelly. The crook grabbed the...
And from the mailbag...
To the editor, I am very disappointed in the article by Mike McLaughlin (“Adams Family Values,” Aug. 14) on state Sen. Eric Adams’s comments about the arrest of Harvard professor...
Prince Paul Presides over Pool Parties
Summer weather returned for the JellyNYC Pool Parties, as Brooklyn’s hippest crowd funked out to the synchronic beats of Prince Paul, Kenan Bell, Gravy Train!!!!, DD/MM/YYYY, and Del The Funky...
They took on the wrong men
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton Hill3 vs. 2 Two thugs took on the wrong men on Carlton Avenue on Aug. 16, trying to mug them, but ending up getting arrested. Three friends...
It's a wine-lose situation at Amin Indian — again!
Someone trashed Amin Indian restaurant in Fort Greene — and then got trashed — on Aug. 14. Sometime after the DeKalb Avenue eatery closed for the night, a no-gooder smashed...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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Easy Does It: McMahon Health Care Discussion Ruffles No Feathers in Bay Ridge
They must be mighty confident that their health care won’t be impacted.Seniors at the Bay Ridge Community Service Center, Fourth and Ovington Avenues, were extraordinarily blasé when Representative Michael McMahon...
Three more signings announced
As well as top pick Steven Matz, a left-handed pitcher from Long Island, the Mets announced the signings of three other draft choices today. Also agreeing to terms were ninth-rounder...