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Acorn Sues Over Funding Vote in House

Saying a resolution by the House of Representatives that barred Acorn from receiving federal aid violated the constitution by singling the anti-poverty group out for punishment, lawyers for Acorn filed a lawsuit on Thursday that seeks to restore the ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party,  ACORN,  Cornell University

3 Are Killed and 4 Hurt in House Fire in Queens

Three people were killed and four injured in a fire that started in the basement of an illegally subdivided house in Queens early Saturday morning, according to neighbors and Fire Department officials. The police did not immediately identify the three ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Elmhurst Hospital Center

With a Solid Council Win, Reyna Breaks With a Formidable Patron

Diana Reyna was in her late 20s when she first won a seat on the City Council, backed by her powerful patron, Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic leader. Inexperienced and seen as serving an ambitious mentor, her opponents dubbed her ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Diana Reyna,  Vito Lopez,  Maritza Davila,  Jo Anne Simon

East River Commuter Ferry Service Could Be Halted, Again

For almost two years, city officials have extolled a proposal for a five-borough network of water taxis, an ambitious plan that the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said would make New York “a shining example of urban sustainability for cities ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York University,  Economic Development Corporation,  Tom Fox

Once a Young Turk, Now Challenged by One

Albert Vann built his legend in Brooklyn from the ground up, first as an outspoken community leader during a fight with the teachers’ union in Ocean Hill and Brownsville in the late 1960s. By the early 1980s, he had transformed from a rebel assemblyman ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Charles Barron,  Al Sharpton,  Barack Obama,  Letitia James,  New York Times Company

Officials Detail 5-Hour Gap Between Detective’s D.W.I. Crash and Blood Test

One day after the arrest of an off-duty police detective on charges he killed a pedestrian while driving drunk, the authorities provided more details about the five-hour gap between the accident and the time the police were able to obtain a sample of ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kevin C Spellman,  Chevrolet Malibu

Emptying the Piggy Bank to Get By

Robert Stolarik for The New York Times As New York City residents struggle in these hard economic times, TD Bank offers a free service allowing anyone to cash in loose change at its Penny Arcade machines. On a chilly night, Euclid Clarke and his wife, ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, NYT: City Room,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Penny Arcade,  New York Times Company,  Coinstar, Inc.,  Sarah Jones

In an Old Film, the Brooklyn Waterfront as Badlands

In a 25-year-old film about a mugging and its aftermath, Brooklyn’s Columbia Street waterfront is a frontier colony, capricious and desolate, dangerous and remote. Roaming the landscape are baby-faced muggers with knives, police officers who have seen ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Vincent D'Onofrio,  Martin Scorsese

An Old Real Estate Mystery, Revealed

Ruby Washington/The New York Times The store was a combination drugstore and market, selling specialties from Vermont. The building owner visits occasionally. (Click Image to Enlarge) It begged for an explorer. Along came Peter Freeman, who rented an ...

From KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company

Reggae Artist Is Attacked With a Sword in Brooklyn

A neighbor’s wife, a large sword and a reggae singer who goes by the name Major Mackerel: Those were the ingredients of a bloody Sunday morning fight in Brooklyn, according to the police and a witness. When the fight was over, the police had arrested ...

From KAREEM FAHIM AND KAREN ZRAICK, The New York Times,  4 Oct 2009

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