Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News A gentrifying block of Franklin Ave. in Brooklyn How should Mayor de Blasio take on the affordable housing crisis? In 1986, New York made a huge commitment to an intractable problem of the 80s – our falling-apart neighborhoods. Then-Mayor Koch made an unprecedented investment of city capital and also managed to get investors ...
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In a turn of phrase that seems designed to provoke headlines, the US Department of Defense this week said one of its primary goals is to “take the ‘man’ out of unmanned” combat. This quote and much more comes from the latest in the Department’s ongoing series of Roadmap to the Future reports, which seek to lay out both the ...
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Finish what Nelson Mandela started. That was the message President Obama delivered Tuesday in an electrifying eulogy for Mandela that had the crowd in a South African soccer stadium on its feet and cheering wildly. PHOTOS: NELSON MANDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE “We, too, must act on behalf of justice,” Obama declared over thunderous applause. “We, too, must act on behalf of ...
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Andrew Theodorakis/ New York Daily News Geno Smith is exiled to the bench after another inept performance through the first two quarters on Sunday. Geno Smith can’t come close to hitting an open receiver, Matt Simms has great bloodlines but has backup ability, David Garrard hasn’t taken a regular-season snap in three years and if anybody looks at the injured ...
Read More »Mike Pont/Getty Images Dina Lohan appears at court in Hempstead, N.Y., after her arrest on Sept. 12 for allegedly driving while intoxicated and speeding. Before Dina Lohan can fully get into the spirit of the holiday season, she must first undergo a court-ordered treatment evaluation, reports Newsday. Lindsay Lohan‘s mom reported to court Thursday to face DUI charges, and in ...
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