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New York Reaches Accords With Sellers of Toy Guns

Walmart, Sears and Amazon are among a handful of retailers that have agreed to keep realistic-looking toy guns off their shelves as part of settlements with the New York attorney general's office, which found that more than 6,400 toy guns violating New ... >> view original

New York City Starts Moving Tenants From 'Three-Quarter' Homes, but Others Are ...

The Sleep Inn in Brooklyn is newly built, featuring rooms with tasteful flower pictures, mini-refrigerators and fresh towels. Many of its first patrons have never stayed in such a nice place. One said he felt as if he was in the sitcom “The Jeffersons ... >> view original

9 shot in at party in East New York; 19 shot over all in NYC over weekend - WABC

The shootings on Saturday night took place at a party in East New York in memory of a young girl who died. The other shootings spread around Brooklyn and the Bronx. Each year, a party is held in honor of Shamia Gibson, who lived on the corner of Crescent. >> view original

Documents Reveal New York State Agency's Role in Adirondacks Mining Proposal

ALBANY — In 2013, New York voters were asked to consider an unusual constitutional amendment that could allow a private company, NYCO Minerals, to clear the middle of a forest in the Adirondack Mountains and create an open pit for mining. For-profit ... >> view original

Nine shot after gunfire erupts at memorial party

Even a gathering to remember a 12-year-old girl who died from asthma wasn't spared from the violence that swept through Brooklyn over the weekend. Nine people were shot early Sunday when gunmen tried to crash an East New York house party being ... >> view original

'Poster Child' for New York's Paid Sick Leave Law Failed to Follow It

Shiv Puri embraced New York City's paid sick leave law last year and was heralded as a trailblazer among employers. At City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio praised him as “a great example to business owners all across the city.” He appeared in this column, ... >> view original

For New York Times, a Gamble on Giveaways

In recent years, the family-controlled New York Times Co., which has a market value of $2.2 billion, has pared back its holdings, selling off the Boston Globe, About.com, TV and radio stations, and other assets. While that has allowed the company to ... >> view original

Probation May Sound Light, but Punishments Can Land Hard

Mrs. Hall had gifts ready for each guest — pajamas for her mother, new boots for her two grown sons. Well before midnight, the party wound down, and Mrs. Hall, who had been drinking wine, got in the car with her husband to drive two guests home. She ... >> view original

Canadian Premier, Hoping to Extend Conservatives' Hold, Calls Elections

After the last federal election, the New Democratic Party, the most left-leaning of Canada's three mainstream national parties, held the second largest number of seats in the House of Commons, making it the official opposition for the first time. Its ... >> view original

What men don't want: New York guys flee 'Trainwreck' women

But is it realistic that a responsible, hardworking New York City man would go for a “Trainwreck”? Almost to a man, single men interviewed at random in Manhattan watering holes and restaurants this week said “No.” “Amy Schumer comes across as a girl ... >> view original