#Serial arsonist busted twice this week for NYC fires

#Serial arsonist busted twice this week for NYC fires

“Serial arsonist busted twice this week for NYC fires” A serial arsonist with nearly 80 prior arrests was busted and released twice this week for setting fires in Midtown — including once in Penn Station, according to cops and police sources.  Armando Calderon, 66, set the contents of a trash can ablaze at the corner…

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#NYC is failing its homeless residents

#NYC is failing its homeless residents

“#NYC is failing its homeless residents” The tables and chairs on the Times Square piazza were all filled, except for a grouping of about a half-dozen. It was before this invisible audience of empty seats that the man was screaming a profanity-laced political diatribe. Now and then, he slammed his fist down on a tabletop…

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#Mayhem at Penn Station shows how far NYC has sunk

#Mayhem at Penn Station shows how far NYC has sunk

“#Mayhem at Penn Station shows how far NYC has sunk” The shooting of a New Jersey man outside Penn Station during rush hour this week was the most recent iteration of a disturbing trend. Episodes of Midtown gunfire, specifically at tourist and commuter hot spots, have wounded out-of-town bystanders in at least three separate incidents…

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#Here are the weirdest moments from Cuomo’s farewell speech

#Here are the weirdest moments from Cuomo’s farewell speech

“#Here are the weirdest moments from Cuomo’s farewell speech” Outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his farewell speech on Monday to deny, complain, boast and — of course — take a parting shot at his longtime political nemesis, Mayor Bill de Blasio. Here are some of the more tone-deaf, head-scratching and ultimately predictable remarks from the…

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#Hochul’s buy-in crucial to ginormous Penn Station-area plan

#Hochul’s buy-in crucial to ginormous Penn Station-area plan

“#Hochul’s buy-in crucial to ginormous Penn Station-area plan” Incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul must soon consider whether or how hard to push for the Empire Station Complex, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s hotly contested proposal to replace much of the low-rise Penn Station area with 10 new skyscrapers. Hochul has received a confidential memo from an advisory…

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#Attacker punches man, makes anti-gay remarks in NYC: cops

#Attacker punches man, makes anti-gay remarks in NYC: cops

“#Attacker punches man, makes anti-gay remarks in NYC: cops” A 24-year-old man was sucker-punched near Penn Station by a stranger who spewed anti-gay remarks at him, new video released by police shows. The victim had entered a CVS at 5 Pennsylvania Plaza around 7 p.m. Saturday when the attacker, walking in the opposite direction, punched…

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