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The parade passes 'bye'

The Turkey Day party is over on Broadway. Buildings that used to have a bird's-eye view of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be out of luck this year, with the city moving the route below Central Park to Sixth and Seventh avenues. "I'm really, ...

From ANGELA MONTEFINISE AND MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Macy's

Taken for a ride

Central Park's horse-drawn carriage drivers are making "hansom" profits -- charging tourists outrageous fees or shorting them on trotting time. A standard half-hour jaunt should cost $34, according to the rates set by the city. But more than a ...

From MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  15 Nov 2009

'Chuck' bucks have run dry

Donors have contributed just $3,315 to the Rangel Center at City College since the Harlem congressman became enmeshed in scandal last fall. The center -- which critics have derided as a "monument to me" -- needs $30 million to renovate a derelict ...

From MELISSA KLEIN AND ISABEL VINCENT, New York Post,  8 Nov 2009

Nixed nurse in 'con' job

A Staten Island nurse continued to care for kids for nearly a year after state authorities yanked her nursing license for allegedly stealing Demerol from a Brooklyn hospital, The Post has learned. Katina Lucas was a nurse at Staten Island's Moore ...

From MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  8 Nov 2009

Albany heat on hosp big

The hospital CEO linked to an influence-peddling scandal has come under fire by state officials who question his leadership and whether to cut off Medicaid funds to the three hospitals he runs. The state Department of Health met recently with the ...

From MELISSA KLEIN AND SUSAN EDELMAN, New York Post,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health,  David Rosen

Posh 'park' avenue

Upper East Siders with fancy cars are curbing their enthusiasm when it comes to paying for parking. Garage managers in the swanky 10021 ZIP code say the recession has driven away customers, and it's little wonder with monthly fees hitting $800 or more. ...

From MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Maserati,  Aston Martin,  Cadillac,  Lexus,  Porsche

Charitable stars' Marathon run

Actor Edward Norton is sweating out his new role and hoping 100,000 people will pay for it. The “Fight Club” star is running in the Nov. 1 New York City Marathon, his first, along with three Maasai warriors and other celebrities to raise money for ...

From MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Edward Norton,  Twitter Inc,  Anthony Edwards,  Sarah Jones

City's gouger grocers

What they lack in size they make up in price. New Yorkers know that bodegas hike the prices of staples such as toilet paper and milk, but they may not realize how high the markups have climbed. A Post price survey found that shoppers sometimes pay more ...

From MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  11 Oct 2009

The case against Charlie Rangel

On April 9, 1965, a 34-year-old lawyer named Charles Rangel took out a low-interest mortgage to renovate his childhood home — a row house on West 132nd Street that he had just inherited from his grandfather. The $39,350 loan came from a New York City ...

From ISABEL VINCENT AND MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charlie Rangel,  Congressional Black Caucus,  Charles B. Rangel,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Ways and Means Committee

cutting the threads

Talk about cleaning out the closet. Nearly 8,000 dresses, pants, undergarments, shoes and hats from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned costume collection will go on the auction block in a series of sales beginning Nov. 4 and stretching over several years. ...

From MELISSA KLEIN, New York Post,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Brooklyn Museum,  Halston (designer),  PBS,  Metropolitan Museum of Art

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