Victim miraculously OK after NYC blast — but date still missing

Victim miraculously OK after NYC blast — but date still missing | New York Post
A young woman in the East Village restaurant hit by a massive gas explosion miraculously survived being blown all the way across Second Avenue, sources told The Post on Friday.
Theresa Galarza had been on a date with Nicholas Figueroa, who was still missing late Friday.
Galarza was blasted into the street from inside the Sushi Park restaurant and landed in front of the Orpheum Theatre, home of “Stomp,” the sources said.
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EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA selling off green space to developers

EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA selling off green space to developers - NY Daily News

The housing authority is quietly selling off parking lots, green space and playgrounds to developers — a spree that will create more affordable housing and help ease NYCHA’s budget woes.

NYCHA has sold small parcels here and there over the years, but in 2011 began to ratchet up its sales effort, a Daily News review found. Since 2013, they’ve sold off 54 plots with 441,000 square feet of public land to private developers, records show.

Matthew Chayes on Twitter: "Iconic pictures like this could never be photographed in today's jails. No would even think to try.

Matthew Chayes on Twitter: "Iconic pictures like this could never be photographed in today's jails. No would even think to try. cc: @MarshallProj http://t.co/6auNvPvHQR"

Letitia James Blasts Bill de Blasio Over Coney Island Boardwalk | New York Observer

Letitia James Blasts Bill de Blasio Over Coney Island Boardwalk | New York Observer
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Ms. James, who once literally sung Mr. de Blasio’s name at a campaign event, ripped the mayor for adhering to a plan begun under his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg. “You’re a new administration. You’ve got to put your stamp on it and you’ve gotta promise the people that you have to come to them first and respect their wishes and what they are wishing right now is for wood, solid wood,” she said.

Mr. de Blasio’s Parks Department is following up on a controversial Bloomberg era initiative to convert the 2.5 mile boardwalk in Coney Island and Brighton Beach to concrete. Mr. Treyger and Mr. Deutsch, the Democrats representing the neighborhoods, want a stretch of the boardwalk landmarked to save the hardwood from turning into concrete and plastic. Portions of the boardwalk are already no longer wood.

The Parks Department argues that the conversion to concrete will save the city money, help the environment by cutting less trees and allow for a 10-foot-wide lane for emergency vehicles. Locals complain that an environmental impact study was never completed and another Hurricane Sandy-like storm surge will whip across the smooth concrete, further damaging buildings near the boardwalk.

Ms. James’ denunciation of the de Blasio plan drew cheers from advocates in Brighton Beach, where the mayor is increasingly unpopular. Ms. James has otherwise rarely criticized Mr. de Blasio in public.

93,000 applicants entered a lottery for 925 affordable housing units in Long Island City

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A father mourns his police officer son

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