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May 15, 2008

While many people are wondering when they are getting their stimulus check, some are finding out they have accidentally received other people's checks! Newsday reports checks being sent to taxpayers who paid via electronic payment have been direct deposited to the wrong accounts. One person who found "an unexpected deposit of $1,800" learned it was a "deposit from the IRS bearing another taxpayer's Social Security number." The IRS admitted to Newsday, "We do know of......

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April 16, 2008

Now that the glory days of moving to Brooklyn after being priced out of Manhattan are all but gone, the question remains: where do Manhattanites move? The above I.R.S. graph is based on net migration and shows a clear trend; while Staten Island seems to be a last resort for the priced-out set, The Bronx has attracted more Manhattanites than Brooklyn since the beginning of the decade.From 2001 through 2006, over 23,380 Manhattanites relocated to......

Continue Reading "Manhattanites Choose the Bronx"

April 15, 2008

Photograph of last minute-filers from the Municipal Art Society's New Penn Station website April 15 is finally here and if you haven't filed your tax returns (or for an extension), you better hustle. The James Farley Post Office at 421 Eighth Avenue and 31st Street, just west of Madison Square Garden, is where the procrastinators tend to congregate, because it is the city's only 24-hour postal facility. In fact, free Pretzel Crisps will be......

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