What's Going On in Ukraine? An Up-to-Date Guide - ABC News
March 8, 2014
Temporary boilers will replace temporary boilers in Red Hook
City to Install New Temporary Boilers in Red Hook Houses, Officials Say - Red Hook - DNAinfo.com New York(excerpt)
At a special City Council hearing last week, NYCHA officials said it would take another two years before permanent boilers could be installed in NYCHA properties and would cost a projected $1.8 billion, according to reports.
The current boilers reportedly break down regularly and one even caught fire after an oil spill in Red Hook last year.
The installation of permanent boilers is contingent on funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which the city has not yet received.
Rising Rents Leave New York Artists Out in the Cold
Rising Rents Leave New York Artists Out in the Cold - NYTimes.com(Excerpt)
It’s been over six months since some four dozen artists lost their studios in Industry City, a sprawling factory complex on the Brooklyn waterfront. Many had spent decades hopping from studio to studio, from borough to borough. But according to interviews with over two dozen of the displaced, that practice of alighting in new, ungentrified neighborhoods has, at least for them, ground to something of a halt, hampered by a common refrain in New York: Rents are rising too fast.
March 7, 2014
Buddy, can you spare a dime? Not on the E train.
NYTimes: Arrests of Panhandlers and Peddlers on Subways Triple Under Brattonhttp://nyti.ms/1e3Rzbx
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(Excerpt)
"In the first two months of the year, arrests of peddlers and panhandlers on subways have more than tripled over the same period last year, with the police recording 274 such arrests as of March 2. By this point last year, they had made 90 such arrests."March 4, 2014
Bklyn boro pres sought donations to fund non - existent non-profit
Read the full New York Post article here.
(Excerpt)
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams shocked some local business and community leaders at a Borough Hall meet-and-greet recently, hitting them up for cash to fund pet projects — with the money to be funneled through a nonprofit that doesn’t even exist.
“If this is how Eric is starting out, the borough is really in trouble,” said a business leader who attended Thursday’s event.
March 3, 2014
Top 5 social moments of the 2014 Oscars: Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey - CBS News
Top 5 social moments of the 2014 Oscars: Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey - CBS News(Excerpt-for more stories click above)
Host Ellen DeGeneres had some funny bits throughout the night, but probably one of her best moments involved a pizza delivery. And last night proved, even celebrities get excited about impromptu pizza.
Earlier in the night, DeGeneres mentioned how she would be getting some pizza delivered -- and it turns out a little while later, a pizza delivery guy arrived with several pies from Los Angeles-based Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria.
"Guess what?" DeGeneres said. "Pizza's here." "Is it hot?" she asked the delivery guy.(Excerpt)
Murrow chess kids become state champs...looking to Nationals
Brooklyn chess kids become state champs with Saratoga Springs tournament win, eye Obama invite - NY Daily News(Excerpt)
The 14-person Brooklyn team became state champs for the 17th time after prevailing at the Saratoga Springs tournament — and will compete next month to repeat the national championship they won last year.
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