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Jim Dwyer (born March 4, 1957 in New York City) is an American journalist who is a reporter and columnist with The New York Times. A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joining the Times. He earned a bachelor’s degree in general science from Fordham University in 1979 and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1980.

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About New York: Citizen Bruno, Unbound

Too much about Albany can make a stone of the heart. But wait. Joseph L. Bruno ran the State Senate for 14 years and, by one count, dispensed $100 million a year to keep it going. The public paid for fancy vans and television studios and printing ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  New York Post,  Andrew Cuomo,  Eliot Spitzer,  Thomas Jefferson

About New York: 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls, Internet-Era Crime

Early one morning in March, the law banged on the door of an apartment on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village. Investigators had a warrant to arrest Raphael Haim Golb and seize his computer. He was caught red-handed. Mr. Golb is, or was, a guerrilla ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York University,  Harvard University,  University of Chicago

About New York: What to Make of a Big Deal Gone Sour

Early Tuesday, Suzanne Wasserman walked into the polling place on 18th Street at First Avenue in Manhattan, then voted in a flash, a straight Democratic ticket. And yes, she knew that it would take a colossal upset for her candidate, William C. ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Cooper,  Michael Bloomberg

About New York: Getting Dirty Greasing the Wheels for Friends

In the Atlantic Diner in Queens on an afternoon two years ago, you could hear the sounds of a man peeling open the tin can around his soul. Tony Seminerio was a member of the State Assembly from Queens. He’ll do you a favor, get you a contract, what do ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Rosen,  Department of Health

About New York: Like a Skyline Is Etched in His Head

In a helicopter above the city on Friday, Stephen Wiltshire of London looked down at the streets and sprawl of New York. He flew for 20 minutes. Since then, working only from the memory of that sight, he has been sketching and drawing a mighty panorama ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Wiltshire,  Albert Hall,  BBC

About New York: Yankees Claimed a Park; Children Got Bus Rides

Here are the final days of October. The new Yankee Stadium rocks with thrilling games. The Bronx kids who lost their parks for that new stadium travel the city for places to play. “The Yankees gave us a bus actually, they gave us $37,500 for a bus,” ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  New York Yankees,  Rudy Giuliani

About New York: In Praise of Help That Hurts

Give a president any president seven minutes in the office of a law enforcement agency, and you are bound to be splattered by the praise words flying everywhere. You are not, of course, in any danger of being clubbed with candor. So on Tuesday, when ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Najibullah Zazi,  Barack Obama,  New York Police Department,  Al-Qaeda,  David Cohen

A Lifesaver Out of Reach, for Want of a Profit

Scrambling to get 60 seconds out of every minute, Katie Meacham finally got the boyfriend to take her for a carriage ride in Central Park. He hated it, she reports. “He said, ‘You know this is a pity ride, don’t you?’ ” she said, laughing. QUEST Katie ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  17 Oct 2009

About New York: From Bones of Immigrants, Stories of Pain

A few weeks ago, a hearse left Tom Amorosi’s brownstone in Park Slope with the remains of 36 people who died in the 1840s and 1850s. The remains were on the final miles of a dizzying journey out of history. Mr. Amorosi, a forensic anthropologist, had ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

About New York: A Lesson in What Not to Say While Sitting in the Exit Row

At times, even hearing your own name can make no sense. The decal on the wall of the plane showed in little pictures how to open the emergency exit. Yank the lever. Fling the door open. Then get out. It was after 2 o’clock last Sunday, five hours since ...

From JIM DWYER, The New York Times,  10 Oct 2009

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