Sports
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Washington Hts.
Salsa bands and gospel choirs, along with regular New Yorkers, cheered on the runners in the Coogan’s, Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5K race in Washington Heights.
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Sports, Washington Heights & Inwood
Family Matters
Former cemetery for African slaves provides learning opportunity for future generations.
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Family Matters, Municipal District
Sports
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Central Park
New York Road Runners held their 30th annual Club Night awards in Times Square and stealing the show was female runner of the decade Gordon Bakoulis.
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Sports, Central Park
Politics
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Financial Dist.
The Battery Park City committee of Community Board 1 wants more locals on the authority that runs the neighborhood.
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Politics, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
The month of February didn’t just cover downtown in snow, it also put the construction of the Route 9a West Thames Park behind schedule, forcing workers into longer hours and weekends.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
Milstein Properties has agreed to some safety measures at the Battery Park City Ballfields.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Sports
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Manhattan
New York Road Runners will honor the city's top runners at their annual awards event.
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Sports, Manhattan
Politics
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Financial Dist.
Downtown motorists can expect delays this weekend on West Street due to construction of the new Liberty Street pedestrian bridge.
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Politics, Financial District & Battery Park City
Arts & Entertainment
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Financial Dist.
Concert pianists play weeklong concert at World Financial Center to honor legendary composer
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Arts & Entertainment, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
The city issued a vacate order after a blaze gutted Ryan Maguire's Ale House.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
After being broken for nearly six months, the Vesey Street bridge escalator is back in operation.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Politics
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Financial Dist.
Fresh after taking on President Obama’s plan for the Terror Trials being held in Lower Manhattan Community Board 1 is eyeing another massive battle, breaking the gridlock that is stalling development at the World Trade Center site.
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Politics, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
The massive snowstorm that hit Manhattan this week meant some workers got to stay home. Not Manhattan's dog walkers.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
Construction of the new Liberty Street pedestrian bridge will play havoc with traffic.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
The Annual Tunnel to Tower Run will go on as scheduled on the condition that there are no fireworks, bands or other loud noises accompanying the race this year.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
Community Board 1 is looking for a way to honor Albert Capsouto, a beloved neighborhood leader who died earlier this year.
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Family Matters, SoHo, Tribeca & NoLita
Politics
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Financial Dist.
Former mayoral candidate William Thompson is being considered to head the Battery Park City Authority, according to published reports.
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Politics, Financial District & Battery Park City
Sports
New York City road runners will face a tougher challenge than just 13.1 miles of road when thy hit the pavement for a half marathon against some world class competition on March 21.
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Sports, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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SoHo
British director Guy Ritchie is looking to open up a pub in TriBeCa, but residents aren't too fond of the idea.
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Family Matters, SoHo, Tribeca & NoLita
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
A pier at the southern tip of Manhattan is being restored so it can be rented out in the spring of 2011.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
Ice Skaters won’t be rocking on the rink this Saturday. Instead, it’s going to be all about Indian Bollywood tunes at the Battery Park City ice rink, located on Murray Street.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
Residents want answers from a construction company after debris hit the Battery Park City ice skating rink.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
Ancient artifacts found buried at the World Trade Center site have been put on exhibit downtown.
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Family Matters, Municipal District
Sports
The 33rd annual Empire State Building Run-Up had fitness enthusiasts elated — and short on breath — after climbing 86 stories into the sky.
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Sports, Midtown East & Kips Bay
Transportation
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Financial Dist.
The Vesey Street bridge escalator is showing signs that it could soon be operational after months of being shut down while the city waited for a broken chain to be mended in Germany.
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Transportation, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
Pace University announced on Wednesday it had received eight federal stimulus awards totaling $1.8 million to fund research and community projects.
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Family Matters, Chinatown
Sports
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Central Park
Over 5,000 runners participated in New York Road Runners first half Marathon of the season over the weekend. Justin Scheid won the men’s race with a time of 1:08:04 and Caroline Lefrak won the women’s race with a time of 1:16:52.
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Sports, Central Park
Family Matters
A Manhattan doctor gathered up donated medical supplies and headed to Haiti on Tuesday to offer his services and provide some much-needed aid to people in the earthquake-torn country.
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Family Matters, SoHo, Tribeca & NoLita
Courts
A Harlem woman was found guilty on Tuesday of using her day care center as a drug stash house.
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Courts, Central Harlem
Politics
The upcoming terror trials of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others should be held on Governors Island and not in Lower Manhattan, according to the former head of Community Board 1.
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Politics, Chinatown
Family Matters
A documentary film trailer is playing at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site that will be used to educate first responders about coping with tragedy, as well as generate funds for the memorial.
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Family Matters, Municipal District
Business & Economy
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SoHo
Angry union protesters joined City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to protest wage labor abuses at the Amish Market grocery in TriBeCa Friday. The store has allegedly been harassing workers who try to unionize.
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Business & Economy, SoHo, Tribeca & NoLita
Politics
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Financial Dist.
The majority of small businesses in lower Manhattan have never even heard of grant money that could compensate them for loss of business due to the ongoing World Trade Center construction, a new survey has found.
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Politics, Financial District & Battery Park City
Family Matters
A Harlem woman pleaded not guilty on charges that she used a day care as a marijuana stash house, according to court documents.
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Family Matters, East Harlem
Family Matters
The Office of Emergency Management released an e-mail Monday notifying lower Manhattan residents about controlled blasting that will be take place at Ground Zero starting on Tuesday.
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Family Matters, SoHo, Tribeca & NoLita
Sports
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Central Park
The New York Road Runners kicked off the 2010 season this weekend with a five mile race in sub-freezing temperature.
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Sports, Central Park
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
A New York think tank has an innovative idea for the state’s budget woes — let the city buy Battery Park for $1.
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Crime
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Manhattan
The NYPD charged disgraced former Nets star Jayson Williams with driving while intoxicated after he allegedly crashed his Mercedes SUV into a tree near 18th Street and the FDR Drive early Tuesday morning.
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Crime, Manhattan
Politics
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Financial Dist.
Downtown residents are pushing for the city to take full control of Governors Island, putting an end to shared governance with the state.
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Politics, Financial District & Battery Park City
Business & Economy
Lower Manhattan residents are divided on the upcoming 9/11 terror trials, but there is one thing they can all agree on — the federal government should foot the bill.
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Business & Economy, Chinatown
Transportation
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Manhattan
• Manhattan HS Students Help Drop Ball
To accommodate the major New Year's Eve crowds, Manhattanites should expect major street closures and transit chaos. Also expect cold and slushy weather.
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Transportation, Manhattan
Family Matters
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Financial Dist.
Battery Park City residents bid bon voyage to two noisy catamarans that ferried Goldman Sachs employees to work. They were replaced by the "Brooklyn" and the "Hoboken."
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Family Matters, Financial District & Battery Park City
Only In New York
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Financial Dist.
A local bartender saved a patron's life on Christmas Eve when she performed CPR after the customer collapsed on his bar stool.
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Only In New York, Financial District & Battery Park City
Only In New York
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Financial Dist.
One of the most important pieces of the 9/11 Memorial isn’t rising in lower Manhattan, it’s growing in New Jersey soil. 500 Swamp White Oaks and Sweetgums, are being tended in a Millston Township tree farm until they are ready to be transported to Ground Zero.
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Only In New York, Financial District & Battery Park City
Politics
It's been a tumultuous year for downtown politics. First, Margaret Chin ousted Alan Gerson. Now, Community Board 1 chairwoman and NBC talk show host Julie Menin shocked board members by resigning her post Tuesday night.
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Politics, SoHo, Tribeca & NoLita
