#How NYC became the Big Easy

#How NYC became the Big Easy

“#How NYC became the Big Easy” It’s not just the humidity, the tropical rain, the casual way of counting votes: New York City feels more and more like New Orleans. For this former New Orleanian, the experience is akin to an unsettling déjà vu.  The obvious comparison is the ceaseless outdoor drinking. Emperor Cuomo has now…

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#Manhattan’s likely new DA has some radical pro-crime ideas

#Manhattan’s likely new DA has some radical pro-crime ideas

“#Manhattan’s likely new DA has some radical pro-crime ideas” Alvin Bragg appears to have won the Democratic primary election for Manhattan district attorney, making him the presumptive new leader of one of the most powerful prosecutor’s offices in the nation. Amid surging violence in Gotham, Manhattanites should be hoping that Bragg takes crime ­seriously. Although…

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#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’

#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’

“#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’” Call it $98.7 billion in proof that lame ducks only care about themselves, as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Corey Johnson finalized a record city budget that serves their needs at New York’s long-term expense. The so-called “Recovery Budget” will leave a mind-boggling $12 billion gap through…

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#Stabbing victim assaults nurse, two cops at NYC hospital

#Stabbing victim assaults nurse, two cops at NYC hospital

“#Stabbing victim assaults nurse, two cops at NYC hospital” A stabbing victim went berserk while being treated at Bellevue Hospital over the weekend, assaulting a nurse and two cops, according to cops and police sources. Louis Aponte, 26, of Yonkers, was in the hospital after getting stabbed and whacked with a skateboard around 2:50 a.m….

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#Two people slashed in random NYC attacks: cops

#Two people slashed in random NYC attacks: cops

“#Two people slashed in random NYC attacks: cops” Two people were slashed in random, unprovoked attacks in the Big Apple Saturday — with one victim requiring 16 stitches, cops said. The first victim, a 31-year-old man, was on a southbound 2 train approaching the 149th Street station in Mott Haven around 11 a.m. when another…

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#Man randomly slaps child in Central Park

#Man randomly slaps child in Central Park

“#Man randomly slaps child in Central Park” An unhinged man randomly slapped a 7-year-old Manhattan boy walking with his parents in Central Park on Saturday afternoon, police and law enforcement sources said. The family was taking a stroll near Columbus Circle around 4 p.m., when Kevin Cadelina, 33, allegedly wacked the child in the face…

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