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Christie and G.O.P. Repay State for Helicopter Flights
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and the Republican Party reimbursed the state more than $3,300 on Thursday for his use of a state police helicopter for personal travel.
Despite Cutbacks, Night Court’s Small Dramas Go On
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
Richard Perry/The New York Times
Judge Leslie Purificacion swearing in the parties in night small-claims court in Jamaica, Queens.
The New York State courts have had $170 million slashed from their budgets, and courtrooms that handle minor disputes have been hit especially hard.
Acquittal in D.W.I. Case That Was Test of Ticket-Fixing Issue
By N. R. KLEINFIELD
The Bronx trial was one of the first to gauge the degree to which jurors care about a sweeping police scandal, which may involve as many as 300 officers.
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Weiner Has Done Himself No Favors – Gotham
By MICHAEL POWELL
Making sense of the media obsession with a certain photograph that might be part of the anatomy of a certain congressman.
June 2, 2011
A Menagerie Where Pets Do the Staring
By ROBIN FINN
Daniel Kopulos, the owner of Fauna, a pet store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, tends to birds, fish and reptiles.
June 2, 2011
City Ordered to Continue Housing Program's Rent Payments
By MOSI SECRET
An appellate court is requiring the Bloomberg administration to maintain financing for the Advantage program for homeless people through September.
June 2, 2011
So Successful, a New Ice Cream Shop Closes After 4 Days
By ELISSA GOOTMAN
Ample Hills Creamery in Prospect Heights sold all of its homemade ice cream soon after its opening, to the owner's surprise, but it will return soon.
Arrests in Staten Island Gambling Operation
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
A police detective and two firefighters were among more than a dozen people arrested on federal charges, according to a person briefed on the investigation.
A New York Staple, Korean Grocers Are Dwindling
By SAM DOLNICK
For decades, Korean greengrocers have embodied a classic New York type — the immigrant entrepreneur — as fixtures on countless city blocks. But now their ranks are thinning.
Parks to Parking Lots: All the City’s a Stage
By STEVEN McELROY
Summer in New York City offers plenty of outdoor classical theater, with settings as bucolic as parks and as prosaic as parking lots.
Lawmaker Denies Sending Suggestive Photo but Doesn’t Rule Out It’s of Him
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Representative Anthony D. Weiner denied sending a suggestive image but said he could not be sure he was not the person in it.
Using Internet Outside? In Part of Brooklyn, Free Wireless Access Arrives
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
A developer financed the network, designed to be available outdoors between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
At Elite School, Longer Classes to Go Deeper
By JENNY ANDERSON
The Calhoun School, a Manhattan private school, has opted for longer classes in five short terms, a block schedule that has waned in popularity in public schools.
Governor Nominates Developer to Lead Thruway Authority
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Howard P. Milstein has been a generous campaign donor to the governor and served on his transition team.
Cuomo Ends State’s Role in Checking Immigrants
By KIRK SEMPLE
The program, Secure Communities, a cornerstone of Obama administration efforts against illegal immigration, has come under fire from local officials.
Christie Fields Criticism for State Helicopter Trip
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Critics of Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said his trip belied his expense-cutting image. The state police said it came at no cost.
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For Her, Nearly Every Day Is a Party Day
By ROBIN FINN
Kristy Shelberg is the event and party coordinator for the Scholastic Store in SoHo.
Quinn Offers Cuts as Alternative to Widespread Layoffs
By FERNANDA SANTOS
City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn proposed cuts to the Department of Education’s budget, in an attempt to help minimize planned teacher layoffs.
For Mobster, a Life Term, Not His First, Offers Relief
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
A jury sentenced Vincent J. Basciano to life in prison, not death, for murder and racketeering.
Bronx Apartment Building Designed to Combat Obesity
By C. J. HUGHES
The eight-story, 63-unit co-op, in the borough’s Longwood section, is the first in New York to be built with an eye to combating obesity with its design elements, officials say.
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Woman Is Fatally Hit by Subway Train
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City Room: Company Tied to Payroll Project Shuts Down
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City Room: For an Underground Arts Show, No Subway Service. Again.
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City Room: Case Stemming From Antiterrorism Registry Is Dropped
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Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Medical Physicist, Dies at 89
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World Bank to Help Cities Control Climate Change
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Special Parking Rules in New York
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Beer Gardens Everywhere
By ALAN FEUER
In a revival of an attraction said to date to 1824 in New York City, there are now more than 50 beer gardens scattered in its neighborhoods.
In Williamsburg, Rocked Hard
By JOHN LELAND
The effects of a summer concert series have added to a conflict that has escalated since the city rezoned the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2005.
High Line: the Sequel
By ROBIN POGREBIN
Coming soon: the grand opening of Section 2 of the High Line, the elevated park along the Hudson River that drew two million people last year.
Hot City, a Guide
By RACHEL LEE HARRIS
A cornucopia of music festivals, parades, celebrations of art and food is around the corner, and most of it at small cost.
About New York
Dizzying Price for Seeking the Death Penalty
By JIM DWYER
Millions were spent to convict and sentence Vincent Basciano to life in prison, his second such sentence.
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Small-Claims Court Cutbacks
Patience is a requirement at small-claims court in Jamaica, Queens. Cases are heard only one night a week.
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In the nest above Washington Square Park, Pip, the baby hawk, is doing well. Her mother, Violet, is managing to provide and protect, despite her injured leg.
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