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City predicts huge impact from baseball event
Crain's New York Sports
May 16A five-day Major League Baseball All-Star extravaganza next July capped by the 2013 Midsummer Classic at Citi Field will generate almost $200 million in economic activity for the city and attract more than 175,000 visitors, officials said Tuesday.“The ... »
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor tells NYU graduates to dream big
New York Post
May 16U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came home to the Bronx Wednesday for New York University's commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium, marveling at the circumstances leading to her return. "This is awesome," Sotomayor told the 8,000 graduates i... »
Sotomayor Tells NYU Graduates to Dream Big
NBC New York Local
May 16U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came home to the Bronx Wednesday for NYU's commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium, marveling at the circumstances leading to her return.Photo Credit: AP »
Espada convicted of 4 counts of theft
Crain's New York Nonprofits
May 14Pedro Espada Jr., the former New York state senate Democratic majority leader, was found guilty of stealing from nonprofit health clinics he runs in the Bronx. A jury in federal court in Brooklyn convicted Mr. Espada Monday of four counts of theft, whi... »
Walcott keeps rapid school-visits pace with three-borough sprint
GothamSchools
May 14Chancellor Dennis Walcott speaks with students and a teacher at the High School for Dual Language High and Asian Studies. When Chancellor Dennis Walcott peeked into an English as a Second Language class at the High School for Dual Language and Asian St... »
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Odds and ends: Grant winners and a Bowery Boys interview
The Bowery Boys
May 22These doors just won a lot of grant money. (Photo by Wurts Brothers, NYPL)The votes have been counted, and Brooklyn (more specifically, Park Slope) and the Bronx ran away with the Partners In Preservation initiative, sponsored by American Express and t... »
A.M. Roundup: Do Racino’s slots also shortchange?
Capitol Confidential
May 22Good morning! Stay dry today as clouds and showers continue to roll through. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at the Capitol today, but has no announced public schedule. Tonight is the 112th annual musical of the Legislative Correspondents Association; we had the ... »
Espada Found Guilty
Parkchester News
May 14Pol Faces 44 years in Jail for Health-Center Embezzlement By Michael Horowitz BRONX, NEW YORK, May 14- Former State Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., faces up to 44 years in jail following his conviction, Monday, on four counts of embezzling $210,000 from the Sou... »
Yankees can’t hit good pitching, win game started by Justin Verlander anyway
River Avenue Blues
Apr 28Source: FanGraphs The Yankees have a great offense that can’t hit good pitching … except for when they hang five runs on Justin Verlander in six innings. I think that’s how the narrative goes. Anyway, let’s recap Friday night’s walk-off win with bullet... »
Postgame notes: Girardi, Nova down on West
The Lohud Yankees Blog
Apr 28For two completely different reasons, Joe Girardi and Ivan Nova weren’t thrilled with Joe West after Friday night’s 7-6 walkoff win over the Tigers. Girardi didn’t appreciate the combative home plate ump’s decorum in the seventh inning. That’s when Gir... »