Articles Written by:    ANTHONY RAMIREZ     

At Last, Some Attention for Subway Line Less Traveled

Like a stray strand of spaghetti just outside of the dinner plate, the route of the G subway line runs, for the most part, from Brooklyn to Queens but decidedly not into Manhattan. Without Manhattan ridership, the G line’s rider count is lower than ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  9 Apr 2008

2,200 Fill St. Patrick’s for Buckley’s Memorial

With its trumpets and bouncing tempo, the third movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major summons images of a carefree nobleman dancing a jig. It usually carries the instruction, “allegro assai,” Italian for very joyful and fast. William ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  4 Apr 2008
Related Topics: William F. Buckley, Jr.,  Henry Kissinger,  Christopher Buckley,  Pope Benedict XVI

New Jersey Court’s Ruling Ends 12-Year Fight Among Johnson & Johnson Heirs

The better half, the old man, the breadwinner, the spouse. Roget’s Thesaurus may be of some help, but when it comes to defining who may inherit part of a reported $350 million from the Johnson & Johnson fortune, the one built on Band-Aids and Mylanta, ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  3 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Johnson & Johnson,  Richard Collier,  New York University

Illegal Immigrant Charges Retaliation by City Officers

The fine for a disorderly conduct summons can be as little as $25. But Waheed Saleh, originally from Jenin in the occupied West Bank and now living in Yonkers, did not want to pay it because, he contends, a principle was at stake. So, four years and ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  1 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Kevin Nicholson

Taxi! Directly to the Jail. Or to a Nearby Hospital. Don’t Forget the Award.

It was 5 o’clock on an early autumn morning last year, and Adil Aboussalham, 31, a cab driver from Astoria, Queens, was nearing the end of his shift. Suddenly, on First Avenue near 11th Street in Manhattan, a frenzied man hailed his yellow cab, jumped ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  27 Mar 2008
Related Topics: New York University,  Merrill Lynch,  Warner Bros.

10 Prints Are Better Than 2, Homeland Security Says

Under the stern gaze of passport officials and the even sterner gaze of television cameras, the two British citizens, fresh off a morning flight from London on Tuesday, passed through customs at Kennedy International Airport separately and came to ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  25 Mar 2008
Related Topics: European Union,  David Hughes,  F. Scott Fitzgerald

Public Lives: Working Toward a Future to Rival the Apollo’s Glittering Past

ANY list of New York City landmarks the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park would include, near the top, the Apollo Theater. But unlike those icons, the Apollo has escaped ruin by the skin of its teeth, ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  20 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Richard Parsons,  Charles B. Rangel,  Time Warner Inc.,  Ossie Davis,  Bristol-Myers Squibb

Developer Who Can See From a Rescuer’s View

For James P. Kennelly, the developer of the building where a construction crane fell the length of a city block on Saturday, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others, the building catastrophe had a special resonance. Mr. Kennelly, 46, is a ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  16 Mar 2008
Related Topics: New York University

City Closes Stage Deli Again

Citing many health violations, including “a severe vermin infestation,” the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has again closed down the Stage Deli, almost two years after it was closed for similar violations. A favorite tourist stop in ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  15 Mar 2008

Latin Food Vendors to Stay at Brooklyn Soccer Field

The crisis of Red Hook Park is, for the most part, over. Last year, the Latin food vendors of the Red Hook soccer fields of Brooklyn, who have been serving up hot tacos and huaraches since Mayor Abraham D. Beame was in office, felt threatened by ...

From ANTHONY RAMIREZ, The New York Times,  11 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Marty Markowitz

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