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Altice in Deal to Take Over Cablevision

The transaction with Altice would not affect other companies controlled by the Dolan clan, including the Madison Square Garden Company, which owns its namesake sports arena and the New York Knicks and Rangers, and AMC Networks, the cable channel ... >> view original

Candidates Use Second GOP Debate to Taunt Donald Trump

Support for Mr. Trump has proved particularly durable in spite of his divisive remarks; 39 percent of Republicans see him as their best chance of winning the 2016 election, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released this week. Wednesday's ... >> view original

Cuomo Agency Lawyer Dies a Week After Being Shot

He attended Harvard Law School and worked at several firms in New York, specializing in corporate finance law. In 2011, he became an assistant counsel for Mr. Cuomo. In January, he was appointed first deputy counsel for the Empire State Development ... >> view original

New York Today: All-Weather Mets Fans

[New York Times]. • Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Gov. Chris Christie said that their two states could pay for half of the Hudson River rail tunnel project. [New York Times]. • The alligator that has been living in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was finally caught. >> view original

Dr. Deborah Asnis, Who Helped Uncover West Nile Outbreak in New York, Dies at 59

23, 1999, a Monday, Dr. Asnis, an infectious disease specialist, contacted Marcelle Layton, the chief epidemiologist at the New York City health department, reporting that two of her patients at Flushing Hospital Medical Center were displaying similar ... >> view original

Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci Is the King of Fashion Week

Last Friday evening, a pier overlooking ground zero turned into the modern-day equivalent of “La Dolce Vita” when the Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci made his New York Fashion Week debut. Ostensibly, the show was about religion and the legacy ... >> view original

Chileans Seek High Ground After Earthquake; 5 Are Dead

Tsunami warnings were issued as far away as California and New Zealand. Adobe homes and infrastructure in towns and rural areas, especially in northern Chile, were seriously damaged, evoking the havoc caused by an 8.2-magnitude earthquake last year. >> view original

Kanye West's Line Yeezy Causes a Stir

Guests arriving at Kanye West's presentation during New York Fashion Week — those, that is, who had successfully elbowed through the camera-wielding crowd — were told that actually, the door they were looking for was several yards to their right. >> view original

Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

4. Jon Stewart joined Sept. 11 emergency responders on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to preserve aid for those who developed illnesses after working at ground ero. “I'm embarrassed for our country, for New York, that you, after serving so selflessly ... >> view original

Jeff Gordon navigates New York for final time as title contender

NEW YORK — Jeff Gordon walks the streets of New York City in relative anonymity, the fact that his decorated racing career is nearing an end hardly a matter of concern to the masses of Manhattan. In the television studios of the city, however, Gordon ... >> view original