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Derek Jeter isn't alone when it comes to accusations of dodging taxes. The New York Post features a rundown of other famous New Yorkers who are on the hook for taxes owed. Near the top of the list is rap mogul Damon Dash, who allegedly owes the state $2 million.Dash, 36, is one of almost 225,000 city debtors who together have shortchanged the city and state more than $1 billion in income taxes, penalties and...

Today the NY Times introduces us to the man behind some of the city’s most boring buildings.

New York University has had a remarkable rise into the top echelons of universities, in terms of a strong academic programs and desirability from prospective students, but it's also had it rough. Over the past few years, there were a spate of student suicides and outcries over its rapid downtown development. And now, there's a spate of deep-pocketed donors who have turned out to be frauds. Alberto Vilar, a supposed billionaire philanthropist, pulled the wool over NYU's eyes, as well as a number of other arts organizations, after his May arrest for fraud. Vilar had donated $23 million to NYU, to start a "Rhodes-like program" for arts scholars in 2001. However, Gothamist believes we read that no students were accepted into the program because there was never any money. D'oh!