Quinn Quits Wage Rally After Bloomberg Is Insulted
By KATE TAYLOR
The City Council speaker said name-calling was “not appropriate” in a democracy, demanded an apology then left when no one stepped forward.
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Mourning Family Reflects on Its Past After Accident
By KIRK SEMPLE
Marcus Yam for The New York Times
Relatives mourn in the home of Maria Nuñez Gonzalez, the driver of the S.U.V. that plunged off the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday.
Grieving for seven relatives who died when their car struck a median barrier on the Bronx River Parkway and fell off an overpass on Sunday spanned several generations and two countries.
Trying to Fill Broadway Seats With Those Who Fill the Pews
By PATRICK HEALY
Tom Allen, a partner in a Hollywood marketing firm that aims to attract churchgoers to movies and theater, hopes to take advantage of a “faith moment” on Broadway.
New York Pension Funds to Challenge Wal-Mart
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Concerned about Wal-Mart’s reported cover-up of bribery, leaders of New York City’s pension funds said they would vote their 4.7 million company shares against five directors standing for re-election.
Cheers for the Comptroller Despite a Federal Inquiry
By DAVID W. CHEN
A crowd of more than 200, mostly from two union locals, cheered amid hopes that the city comptroller, John C. Liu, will still run for mayor.
Envelopes With White Powder Sent to Mayor and 6 Banks
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
On the eve of planned May Day protests across the country, envelopes containing an unidentified white powder were sent to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and to six bank branches in Manhattan.
Jilted Brooklyn Finds Hope in the Hapless Nets
By JOSEPH BERGER
As the new colors and logo for the Brooklyn Nets were revealed, some sports fans in the borough were optimistic that the team could overcome its futile history.
Rematches Are Theme of Many House Races
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
It’s a trend in New York and across the country, as Congressional races feature a notable number of rematches from 2010, particularly Democrats looking to unseat Tea Party winners.
The Appraisal
As Brooklyn Rents Rise, She Stalks the $625 Apartment
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
There are still areas where a cheap apartment or share can be found in Brooklyn, but those pockets have moved farther and farther inland.
Jersey City Development, Begun in ’86, Enters Final Phase
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
The LeFrak family is getting closer to completing Newport, a neighborhood that already has 8 office buildings, 13 apartment towers, 2 hotels, a marina, schools, a retail mall and parks.
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High Turnover for Charter School Principals, Report Says
By ANNA M. PHILLIPS
A report by charter school advocates found that teacher and principal attrition is a significant hurdle for the sector, which is young but growing quickly.
SchoolBook
Cuomo Forms Panel to Make 'Action Plan' for Education
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Richard D. Parsons, a New York businessman, was named chairman of a new state education commission by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
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'Apple Green' Is a Hard Sell With Livery Drivers
By HANNAH MIET
Not a single car service or livery driver interviewed during an informal survey in Queens on Monday expressed an intention to buy one of the 6,000 outer-borough licenses they can apply for starting May 29. Those who were O.K. with the color cited a range of financial and regulatory concerns.
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Scraping a Little More Sky Downtown
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
On Monday afternoon, the whole center of gravity on the New York City skyline shifted from Midtown back down to Lower Manhattan - at least symbolically.
April 30, 2012
Principal Fined for Canceling Class So Son Could Be Tutored
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
The principal of the Bay School in Queens had a math class watch a movie to free up the teacher to help her college-age son.
April 30, 2012
In Suit, Protesters Say City Violated Their Constitutional Rights
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
The suit accuses the city, the police and various large corporations of squelching the constitutional rights of protesters to assemble and express their points of view.
Gotham
The Revolution Will Be Minimized
By MICHAEL POWELL
Passage of the living wage bill by the City Council represented one of those moments in which symbolism and subtext trump text.
City Room
Kids Draw the News | Epic Brawl Depicted
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Children's illustrations of the spectacular brawl in the Tap Room of the New York Athletic Club and their next drawing assignment.
100 Years of Staying Put
By BENJAMIN WEISER and NOAH ROSENBERG
A street of the Upper East Side, in Yorkville, seems to have a pulling power for residents, who sometimes spend most of their lives there.
Turning Unused Acres Green
By JOHN LELAND
A group of Brooklyn gardeners had an idea: identify all the vacant lots in the borough, then help neighborhood residents take them over.
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Stranded on a Not-So-Strange Land
By COREY KILGANNON
The Czech photographer Jiri Makovec sees New York differently, and has combined 58 of his favorite shots into a collection, “From the Island.”
Still Rocking, on the Lower East Side
As a counterculture fixture in the streets, parks and bars of downtown Manhattan, David Peel, 68, is now a regular at Occupy Wall Street events.
Neighborhood Joint | Le Moulin à Café
During school hours, Le Moulin à Café becomes a colonial outpost for families whose children attend the Lycée Français de New York, a Francophone private school in Yorkville.
Tony Nominations Coming Tuesday: Let the Combat Begin
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Two-Person 'Slowgirl' Announces Its Cast
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