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Churches urge gun owners to swap weapons for cash
Go to church _ and bring your gun. That's what four Brooklyn pastors urge people to do as part of a city program to swap weapons for cash. The Reverend Richard Beuther, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Williamsburg, said he hopes the economic...Tags: Assault, Weaponry, Williamsburg, Crimes
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Tenants say dead cats used to try to evict them
Tenants of a Brooklyn building say their landlord came up with a new idea for how to kick them out: Let the smell of the cats out of the bag. Dead cats, that is. The stench from the carcasses did catch the tenants' attention -- but they stayed and sued....Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Rental Service
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Some New Yorkers skip the doctor despite health insurance
Access to health insurance does not guarantee people will seek medical care. Here's a look at the numbers in some neighborhoods: Manhattan - Lower East Side and Chinatown -Have health insurance: 86.2 percent -Haven't received healthcare in last two...Tags: Crown Heights, Central Harlem, Brownsville, New Lots, Long Island
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New York tenants say landlord used dead cats to push them out of building
NEW YORK (AP) _ Tenants of a Brooklyn building said their landlord came up with a new idea for how to kick them out: Let the smell of the cats out of the bag. Dead cats, that is. The stench from the carcasses did catch the tenants' attention —...Tags: New York, Brooklyn (New York City), Manhattan (New York City), Rental Service
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Police reports from Cold Spring Harbor, Commack, Dix Hills, East Northport, Greenlawn, Huntington, Huntington Station, South Huntington
lidesk@newsday.comCold Spring Harbor A car was vandalized Aug. 5 in the Long Island Rail Road parking lot. Commack A resident on Plowboy Path told police Aug. 3 he had an ongoing problem with vandals egging his house. Dix Hills A resident on Concord Street discovered a...Tags: Vehicles, Cold Spring Harbor, Northport, East Northport, Huntington
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Williamsburg: Not just for hipsters
lauren.johnston@am-ny.comForget everything you've read. Williamsburg really is more than a hipster habitat. The scene on the neighborhood's main drag Bedford Avenue, however, does not exactly give this away. The sidewalks are thick with roaming twenty-somethings sporting black...Tags: Fire Department of New York, Murder, Django Reinhardt, Architecture, Crimes
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Report: Stores overcharging for milk
dfreedlander@am-ny.comNew Yorkers are being shaken down for their milk money by their neighborhood bully -- in this case, their local grocery store. A report released Thursday by the City Council found that 86 percent of city food stores are gouging customers on the price...Tags: Prices, Elections, New York, Manhattan (New York City), Battery Park City
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Teen's killing on mean streets stuns Ocoee mother, relatives
Sentinel Staff WriterMelissa Rivera wants people to know her only child was no ordinary teen. John Erik Rivera greeted adults with a handshake and showed respect to his teacher. The 15-year-old showered his mother with hugs and kisses, always asked how she was doing, and was...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Florida, People, Ocoee, Teen-agers
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New Yorkers applaud Guv's gay marriage stance
MNaanes@am-ny.comDaniel Whitman's trip to California next month became more meaningful overnight now that New York state is recognizing same-sex marriages. As soon as Whitman, 35, heard on the news Wednesday night about the state's new stance on gay marriages, he decided...Tags: New York, Marriage, Family, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Nabe groups battle to save affordable apartments
MNaanes@am-ny.comDecrepit apartments and cramping are a common trend among the city's immigrant families struggling to afford housing, particularly in gentrifying neighborhoods. In a city that is losing about 60,000 affordable units a year, everyone in New York is...Tags: New York, Migration, New York University, Minority Groups, Property
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Founder of noted Queens restaurant dies
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comJimmy Eng charmed the patrons of his landmark Queens restaurant, King Yum, for more than five decades. Serving heaping platters of classic Chinese-American dishes amid the Tiki masks and cut bamboo of his Polynesian-themed dining room, "Uncle Jimmy"...Tags: New York, Manhattan (New York City), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Family, Hillary Clinton
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Maintaining Bushwick venue a constant struggle
Special to amNewYorkWhen Steve Trimboli opened his performance venue Goodbye Blue Monday -- the first of its kind in Bushwick -- he enticed young people far and wide to make the trip out to perform and fraternize in the unique space. "Steve is the pied piper of Bushwick,"...Tags: Private Health Care, Health Treatments, Ridgewood, Williamsburg, West Village
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