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Jennifer 8. Lee (born March 15, 1976 in New York City) is a New York Times reporter for the Metro section. She writes her middle name as "8." (with both the digit and the punctuation) on paper, but on her New York driver's license, it is spelled out as "Eight". She is considered a master of the "conceptual scoop".

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Stimulus Funds Stock Pantries and Soup Kitchens

But advocates cautioned that the infusion of aid was temporary. “When you put your muscle behind this problem, you can make a dent,” said Áine Duggan, vice president of the Food Bank for New York City. But that ability is limited when the solutions are ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, NYT: City Room,  24 Nov 2009

More Si ns Revealed by Readers

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times A missing “E” and “S” on a lighted sign at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens left an unintended message. Feel free to send us more! Required, will not be published Lorie A. Slutsky, president of the New York ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, NYT: City Room,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Elmhurst Hospital Center

Runaway, 13, Lost in the Subway for 11 Days

Since the boy, Francisco Hernandez Jr., was found on Oct. 26 at the Coney Island station by a police officer, there has still not been a satisfying answer as to how a boy could disappear in a system dotted with surveillance cameras and missing person ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, The New York Times,  24 Nov 2009

Artist Arrested for 42nd Time, This Time on the High Line

Robert A. Lederman Robert A. Lederman, a street artist, was arrested on Saturday for what he says was this display of wares on the High Line. A self-promotional vendor who has successfully used the First Amendment to challenge New York City ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, The New York Times,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  New York Post

Food Stamp Sales Double at Greenmarkets

Council on the Environment of New York City Wooden tokens, in $1 and $5 denominations, are used as food stamps in the city’s Greenmarkets. Food stamp purchases at the city’s Greenmarkets have more than doubled in the last year, due in large part to ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, NYT: City Room,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Christine C. Quinn,  Department of Health

Is Your Metrocard Sending You a Secret Message?

Arts for Transit, an arm of the transportation authority, receives hundreds of ideas from artists. But Mr. Seifer’s plan, with its simplicity and ease of installation, caught the eye of Sandra Bloodworth, the program’s director, who immediately ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, NYT: City Room,  20 Nov 2009

Sexual Harassment Is 'No. 1 Quality of Life Offense' on Subways, Police Say

Updated, 12:01 p.m. | The peak times in which women report sexual harassment or assaults on the subways is the late morning rush, roughly 8 to 10 a.m., followed by the early afternoon rush, 4 to 6 p.m. One stretch of the subways — the crowded Nos. 4, 5 ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Metropolitan Transportation Authority,  John C Liu

Letters Lost, Meaning Found

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times A missing “E” and “S” on a lighted sign at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens left an unintended message. The sign, more accurately, should have read “U R HURT.” But no: when the sign outside Elmhurst Hospital ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company

Beaky, the Disabled Prospect Park Goose

Jeremy Zilar/The New York Times A Canada goose in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, which local residents have named Beaky, is missing part of its upper beak. A disabled Canada goose in Prospect Park is missing the upper half of its beak, prompting concern ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE AND JEREMY ZILAR, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company

Assembly Moves to Toughen Law in D.W.I. Cases

If the bill is passed by the Senate and signed by the governor, New York would become the second state, after Arizona, in which drivers under the influence of alcohol could be charged with a felony if they have children as passengers. The push for ...

From JENNIFER 8. LEE, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Henry Hudson,  David A Paterson,  New York Times Company,  Michael Bloomberg

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