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Jonas Brothers, iPhone have SoHo neighbors rotten on Apple store
dfreedlander@am-ny.comIs Apple, that quirky computer company of urban hipster cred, turning into that loud out-of-control club neighbors hate? So say residents and store owners on quiet cobblestone SoHo side streets who are sick of lines stretching around the block,...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, New York, Madison Square Garden, SoHo, Jonas Brothers
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Pol: UN building, Grand Central should fall under city inspection
dfreedlander@am-ny.comNearly 900 buildings throughout the five boroughs -- including some of the most iconic in New York City -- need to be brought in line with the local building codes and be subjected to city-mandated safety inspections, Manhattan Borough President Scott...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Fires, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Manhattan (New York City), Fire Department of New York
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Are chain stores taking over NYC?
dfreedlander@am-ny.comWelcome to Mall-ville. Confirming what many New Yorkers already suspect, a new report says national retailers are colonizing the city bit-by-bit. The Center for an Urban Future issued the survey, titled "Attack of the Chains." The economic think tank...Tags: Starbucks Corporation, New York, Manhattan (New York City), Kansas, Upper West Side
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Pol: Possible public housing windfall requires oversight
dfreedlander@am-ny.comThe New York City Housing Authority is sitting on millions of square feet of open space that could be worth billion of dollars, according to a new report. And if the authority decides to start selling, there is nothing that could stop the cash-strapped...Tags: New York, Manhattan (New York City), Housing and Urban Planning, Robert Moses, Interior Policy
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Since 1998, Dolans gave $2.7M to politicians, causes
reid.epstein@newsday.com; Staff writer EdenThe Dolan family and its Cablevision political action committee are heavy hitters in the halls of power in Albany and Washington, giving more than $2.7 million to politicians and causes of all stripes since 1998. The contributions bridge any political...Tags: Political Candidates, Democratic Party, Charles Dolan, Christianity, Suffolk County (New York)
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New Yorkers shaken by lastest crane collapse
dfreedlander@am-ny.comAfter yet another deadly construction accident, shaken New Yorkers across the city looked up at their now menacing skyline and wondered if the city's gold rush-style building boom had been too much, too soon. As some cranes return to service today, calls...Tags: House Building, Metal and Mineral, Industrial Accidents, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Construction
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Mayor tightens up construction regulations
dfreedlander@am-ny.comFive days after the city's second deadly crane accident in three months, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced sweeping new regulations Wednesday to improve construction safety. The initiatives will increase oversight of contractors, require city crane...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), New York, Economic Policy, Industrial Accidents
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City building commissioner steps down
dfreedlander@am-ny.comWith 13 people killed in building accidents so far this year and allegations of lax construction oversight, Department of Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster stepped down Tuesday after leading the agency through six of New York's busiest development...Tags: Fires, Health and Safety at Work, Industrial Accidents, Metal and Mineral, SoHo
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Buildings chief slammed after crane collapse
karla.schuster@newsday.comIn May 2007, a beaming buildings commissioner, Patricia Lancaster, stood alongside the mayor to unveil what many had predicted was an impossible task: the first revision of the city's building code in nearly four decades. Nearly a year later, after a...Tags: Construction, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Manhattan (New York City), Michael Bloomberg, Industrial Accidents
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Critics of Trump SoHo project call for shutdown
Special to NewsdayThe day after a crane accident at the Trump SoHo complex killed one worker and injured three others, some city officials and neighborhood groups said the project should have been shut down completely after a spate of safety violations in recent months....Tags: Fires, Health and Safety at Work, Deutsche Bank AG, Building Material, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia)
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Two tower cranes shut down for safety violations
karla.schuster@newsday.comTwo tower cranes, including one at a SoHo project where a worker died in January, have been shut down for safety violations following a deadly crane collapse in Midtown earlier this month. As part of an emergency safety sweep of 30 tower cranes citywide,...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Injuries, Industrial Accidents, Trials
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