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At Gracie Mansion, Bloomberg Deplores Youth Violence

Expressing alarm over a gang-related shooting that critically injured a 15-year-old bystander, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg met with community leaders on Friday to discuss the stubborn problem of youth violence. “The question we really want to talk ...

From MICHAEL BARBARO AND SEWELL CHAN, NYT: City Room,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Bill Clinton,  John Feinblatt,  Tyrone Creighton,  Al Sharpton

3 Killed in Fire in Brooklyn Apartment Building

Updated, 4:19 p.m. | Two children and one adult were killed on Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out in a six-story apartment building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The fire, which was reported at 12:27 p.m. at 654 St. Marks Avenue, near Rogers ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Ex-Detainee Can't Keep Military Lawyers, Judge Rules

A federal judge in Manhattan has denied a request by a former Guantánamo detainee who was ordered by President Obama to be tried in federal court in New York to keep two military lawyers who had been representing him while he was in military detention. ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani,  Central Intelligence Agency,  US Department of Defense,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

A Library's Century of 'Hungering Imagination'

Richard Perry/The New York Times The Seward Park branch library was refurbished in 2004. The Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library opened 100 years ago this month, on Nov. 11, 1909, and the library will mark the centennial with a program ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  New York Public Library

Donation Will Aid Storm-Ravaged Section of Central Park

Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times A downed tree on the Bridle Path between 95th Street and the reservoir. During a fierce thunderstorm on Aug. 18, an estimated 508 trees were either felled or broken beyond repair in Central Park, while another 50 ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Michael Bloomberg,  Adrian Benepe,  Jamie Dimon

Newly Renovated Paramount Hotel Is Now a Landmark

The Paramount Hotel, an ornate Times Square behemoth that is known for its double-height arcade along West 46th Street and was opulently revitalized this year by the designer Ian Schrager, is the newest entry on New York City’s list of official ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ian Schrager,  Landmarks Preservation Commission,  Paul Rudolph

Landlords Move to Ban Smoking in Apartment Buildings

The movement to ban smoking in New York City has grown so quickly that no place seems immune — certainly not restaurants or bars, and public beaches and parks may not be far behind. Now the efforts are rapidly expanding into the living room. This month, ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Post,  Andrew Cuomo,  David A Paterson,  City University of New York

A Year Is Added to Sentence of Officer Who Robbed Banks

Muhlenberg Township Police Department Christian A. Torres admitted that he robbed a Sovereign Bank branch in the East Village twice in 2007. In May, the officer, Christian A. Torres, 23, of Queens, was sentenced in Philadelphia to 10 years in prison ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

The Lost World of Creedmore Hospital

Photographs by Christopher Payne A 1953 hospital census at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens. Founded in 1912 as a Farm Colony of Brooklyn State Hospital, the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens became, by mid-century, a world unto itself. ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oliver Sacks,  Virgin Mary,  Houghton Mifflin

Swamped, Community Colleges Close Admissions Early

Historically, the city’s six community colleges, which are part of the City University of New York, have taken applications until about a week before the start of classes, allowing time for students to apply for financial aid, be immunized and register ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: City University of New York,  New York Post

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