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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A bank robbery on Hylan Blvd on Staten Island, a MVA at E114th St & 2nd Ave in Manhattan and an evidence search at Bay Ridge Ave & 4th Ave in Brooklyn.
A funeral was held for the victims of a Crown Heights fire, which claimed the lives of a father and his two young sons.
Law firms should really check who they are suing.
Some houses in Jamaica, Queens are caught in a cycle of foreclosure, thanks to scammers who "[snap] up foreclosed homes from debt-laden owners, using "straw" buyers to inflate prices and then [abandon] or reselling them."
Holiday travel woes: There was a 13-mile backup on the NJ Turnpike today.
NY Times reporter writes about his son's white gecko's constipation: "In explaining why I’d be late that day, I didn’t quite know what to tell my editor, so I told him the truth: I was taking my son’s gecko for what I presumed would be an enema."
Over 40% of City Council staffers took Election Day off—the Post claims, "That was because most of the 101 people absent that day had another job: getting out the vote for various candidates, including Speaker Christine Quinn."
And, in Seattle suburb, four police officers were fatally shot in coffeehouse; authorities likened the shooting to an "execution."

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By Jen Chung in News on November 29, 2009 6:30 PM

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Parade of Horribles

This is yet another example of poor collection law practice in NYC. It's common knowledge among insiders that these law firms rely on defendants not showing up, or being easily intimidated into settling. They often don't have - and can't or won't get - the proof they need to actually win cases where the defendants contest the debt.

Hawk

Thanks Smitty025 for catching my typo. Although I incorrectly wrote "Wong" in my post, I actually did all of the searches using the correct name "Wang." (And just to be sure I just ran the searches again using "Wang.") No Wang lawyer.

Sorry for that confusion. Thanks again Smitty025.

nicemarmot

I'm so happy my in-laws live by the train so we don't have to drive anywhere on the holidays. Seriously, driving back from upstate last Labor Day weekend took 7 hours when it should have taken about 2.5 - I wonder how many years of their lives people waste in traffic. The MetroNorth kinda sucks, but it's a pretty big advantage on Thanksgiving weekend.

Steven

Really about Metro-North? They have a good on time performance and most of the conductors are friendly people.

Some passengers can be rude sometimes by talking on the cell so loud the whole car can hear them or talking for the whole ride.