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- Building workers had a rally over their contract yesterday; as of today, both sides are talking - the deadline is midnight tomorrow
- The space that used to house a deli on Fifth Avenue and 13th Street in Manhattan had a huge fire last night
- The Department of Education will try to entice math and science teachers with over $14,000 in housing money ($5000 upfront plus up to $400 per month for two years) if they stay on for three years...but is that still enough for teachers as they'd have to live in the city?
- Fundraising for the World Trade Center Memorial will be an uphill battle
- A psychologist thinks Zacarias Moussaoui is schizophrenic
- SILive.com pointed out the newly expanded Sexual Assault Response Team is available in the whole city - except Staten Island
- The good and the bad about Mayor Bloomberg's work on poverty so far: The good is that his administration is talking and thinking about it (even if it might not be doing enough), the bad is that no one wants to seem "permissive"
- Cool pictures of skateboarders in Tompkins Square Park, via city rag

Photograph of the corner near the James Farley Post Office last night from David Reeves on Flickr

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  • lp

    I can't believe that Cafe 61 burned down! The top floor had an outside roof deck and kareoke. It was such a great place!

  • Housing prices are getting outrageous in Queens too.



    A Cape style house (Small but Cozy) in Fresh Meadows Starts at $650K. Who can afford that now a days?

  • K

    Housing prices aren't as high in queens either...Bklyn, Queens, Bronx, and SI are part of the city as well....

  • There'sa dialogue about the housing subsidy going on over at Ms. Frizzle.

  • kwanito

    The skateboarding setup at Tompkins was once called the ABC Training Facility, which was named in part for the location of the park and the skateshop that provided the grind box, manny pad, and rails. It's been a couple of years since I've been. The late great Harold Hunter of Kids fame was always shooting the shit with everyone.

  • nisey79

    As far as I know, city residency isn't required for NYC teachers.

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