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Clean Sweep

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

By Jerry Danzig Around noon on Wednesday, April 17, a 76-year-old woman left her wallet in her jacket at her seat in a Second Avenue diner and went to wash her hands. When she returned, her wallet was missing. No unauthorized usage has been reported on her debit and credit cards, but $200 in cash
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Fifth Avenue Flare-Up

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

In the afternoon of Sunday, April 28, a 26-year-old woman got into a verbal dispute with a 25-year-old woman over a parking spot on Fifth Avenue. When the first woman started recording the dispute on her cell phone, the other woman slapped the cell phone out of her hand and stepped on it, causing damage
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Community Calendar

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Community Board 8 Small Business Committee Forum, Thursday, May 9, 7 p.m., Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th Street (First-Second), Auditorium Community Board 8 Youth & Education Committee meeting, Monday, May 13, 7 p.m., New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street (First-Second), Auditorium Community Board 8 Environment & Sanitation Committee meeting, with presentation
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Kellner Touts Betting Machine Bill

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Upper East Side Assembly Member Micah Kellner renewed his call allow betting machines back in New York City bars. A member of the Assembly’s Racing & Wagering Committee, Kellner announced that he is introducing legislation to allow pari-mutuel betting machines at New York City bars where they were previously installed before the closure of the
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Wireless Comes to More Subway Stations

Written by NYPress on May 1, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced recently the addition of Wifi services to 30 underground stations around Manhattan. Users will now be able to log on for free underground at a number of Upper West Side subway stations, including the Lincoln Center 1 line, the 81st Street National History Museum B and C lines, all throughout the
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Nadler Weighs in on Gun Violence

Written by NYPress on May 1, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Representative Jerrold Nadler addressed gun violence prevention at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue this past Monday. “How do we do better as a society to prevent gun violence?” asked Nadler. The Representative pointed out gun violence has always been an issue, particularly in inner cities, but the number of mass shootings in recent years have
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One Very Expensive Cup of Coffee

Written by NYPress on May 1, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig On the morning of Sunday, April 21, a 46-year-old woman was sitting with a friend having coffee at a chain coffee shop on Columbus Avenue. She had placed her handbag on the floor in between her legs while she was drinking her coffee. Suddenly she noticed that her bag was gone and
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Missing Motors

Written by NYPress on May 1, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig At 4 p.m. on Friday, April 19, a 43-year-old male construction worker had secured two motors that raised and lowered a scaffold outside an apartment house on W. 65th St. before he left for the weekend. When he returned on Monday, April 22 at 11 a.m., he noticed that the cables securing
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Maryland Marauders

Written by NYPress on May 1, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig It was a little after noon on Friday, April 19. In an apartment house basement on West 76th Street, a 23-year-old male observed three men removing an oven and a refrigerator valued at $550 without permission. When the witness confronted the men, they fled southbound on Columbus Avenue in a red van
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Vegan Victim

Written by NYPress on May 1, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig On the afternoon of Thursday, April 18, a 26-year-old woman was eating at a fast-food vegetarian restaurant with her purse open next to her on the bench. At some point, an unknown perpetrator removed her wallet. Video is available of the incident. The victim succeeded in canceling the stolen credit and debit
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