Alan Rosenfeld — a 66-year-old disgraced typing teacher — hasn’t taught since he was accused of making inappropriate comments and leering at 8th grade girls in 2001, but still collects $100,049 a year from the city, the New York Post reports. (more)
A fear-inducing advertisement, posted around New York City, warning that too much sugary soda will give you diabetes and cause you to lose limbs has come under scrutiny because the amputee in the poster lost his leg due to Photoshop, not diabetes. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City school employee forged a daughter’s death certificate to get extra vacation time in Costa Rica and has since been fired, according to a report by the school system. (more)
Apple is coming to the Big Apple at the end of January to make a media-related announcement which may not be related to the iPad 3 or the Apple TV, tech writers say. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — A police security tower rose into the sky Monday, keeping watch over a globally prominent Islamic cultural center that was firebombed amid a handful of attacks being investigated as possibly linked bias crimes. (more)
Former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill listed his 6,744-sq-ft apartment at 15 Central Park West for an astonishing $88 million in November, promising to donate the proceeds of the sale to charity. (more)
More than 50 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested on Saturday after they tried to climb over a chain-link fence around a church parking lot in a bid to establish a new encampment. (more)
Nothing says it’s the holiday season like talking about abortion, right? (more)
In a stinging rebuke of Mr. Obama, who remained on the sidelines as the deal collapsed, and a rare intervention into Washington politics, Mr Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, said: “It’s the chief executive’s job to bring people together and to provide leadership. I don’t see that happening.” (more)
A New York man, inspired by late al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, was just an hour away from finishing construction on a bomb meant to assassinate U.S. servicemen returning from war and policemen when he was arrested, investigators said. (more)
Fiscally conservative group Public Notice has launched a billboard campaign in some of the most heavily traveled areas in the country in an effort to communicate to Americans and the highly secretive super committee — formed as part of the debt ceiling compromise — about the need for more spending cuts and economic responsibility in Washington. (more)
Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City reside in more luxurious homes than some of their rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found. (more)
Occupy Wall Street protesters sought to physically assault conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe when he came to New York City to document their behavior, according to private listserv emails detailing their conversations and plans. (more)
After weeks of sustained pressure from Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters, the owners of Zuccotti Park plan to close portions of the protest grounds for cleaning, starting at 7 a.m. Friday. They will likely face push back. (more)
Writing with concern about the United Nation’s plan to construct a new tower on a local New York City play ground, 21 Republican senators and 50 Republican representatives issued a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday, urging her to oppose the project. (more)
With left-wing protesters occupying Wall Street, will Wall Street fight back? (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter with five people aboard crashed into the East River on Tuesday afternoon after taking off from a launch pad on the riverbank, seriously injuring at least two people and leaving one missing. (more)
A story about a New York City playground that has been largely relegated to local newspapers could quickly become an issue of national importance. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — The long-delayed project to wire New York City subway stations for mobile phone service is finally bearing fruit. A person close to the matter said six stations will go live with the service on Tuesday. (more)
