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Thursday, January 26, 2006

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Bayside city worker charged with DUI

Luis Dacosta, a 30-year-old sanitation worker, was arrested after his 1994 green Mazda collided with a 2002 black Mercedes around 9:30 Friday night off Exit 29 from the east-bound Long Island Expressway, police said.

Dacosta was charged with drivin
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Defending Radisson

The hotel, which is planning a $7 million major renovation, has told the families they will have to leave soon. The rooms must be empty before the work can begin.

Sharpton, in turn, has threatened to close down the hotel. “They are here because of
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Throw the key away

The police say they captured the alleged robber, Darrel Cordes, as he tried to exit an MTA bus on the Horace Harding Expressway in Flushing. Bus driver Courtney Granston allegedly saw the man rifling through the pocketbook of an elderly woman and radioed
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Another day, another parkland outrage

However, it should come as no surprise because, except for sacred cows like Central, Bronx and Prospect Parks, the New York City Parks Department has little or no concern for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, nor for many smaller parks, and its directors are
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Municipal government should shred its credit cards

Municipal government is perhaps the biggest abuser of consumers and needs to shred its own credit cards. Consider New York City Comptroller William Thompson’s previous report on the current financial condition of the budget which was bad news for ta

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