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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: Manhattan (New York City), Queens (New York City), Jackson Heights, East New York, Williamsburg (Virginia)
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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, Dix Hills, South Huntington, Cold Spring Harbor, Police
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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: Manhattan (New York City), Williamsburg (Virginia), Rape, Montrose, Beverage Industry
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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: Hillary Clinton, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Manhattan (New York City), Death and Dying, Heart Disease
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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: Health Treatments, Government Health Care, West Village, Ridgewood, Williamsburg (Virginia)
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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: Financial District, Battery Park City, Groceries, Manhattan (New York City), Prices
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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: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Brooklyn (New York City), Teen-agers, Health and Safety at School, People
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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: David A. Paterson, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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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: Housing and Urban Planning, Rental Service, New York University, Labor Legislation, East Harlem
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Who says we talk funny?
justin.davidson@newsday.comThe Long Island accent is an aural icon. Americans recognize it, mock it and celebrate it. Some Long Islanders labor to get rid of it. Occasionally, an actor learns to acquire it, not always with great success. The odd thing about Long Islandese is...Tags: Celebrity, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Williamsburg (Virginia), Los Angeles
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Top neighborhoods for Mexicans
rolando.pujol@am-ny.comTop nabes by borough: Manhattan: El Barrio (eastern Harlem) Queens: Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst, Astoria Brooklyn Sunset Park, Bushwick, Williamsburg Bronx Mott HavenTags: Mott Haven, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Manhattan (New York City), Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Jackson Heights
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City Living: Bushwick
Special to amNewYorkOnce New York's beer capital -- there were 14 breweries spread across 14 blocks in the late 1800s -- Bushwick was home to wealthy professionals and industrial magnates who lived in the mansions lining Bushwick Avenue. But Prohibition, the Depression...Tags: Theater, Broadway, Metal and Mineral, Schools, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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