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Have Muslim leaders behind the misnomered "Ground Zero" mosque backed down?

Yes, according to Israel's Haaretz.

The paper reports that business and religious leaders have decided to take the seemingly less painful road of moving the proposed Cordoba House rather than risk stirring up...

So much for religious tolerance.

The Anti-Defamation League has joined the likes of Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Rick Lazio, and a slew of other Conservative protesters in standing against the building of a mosque in the vicinity of the World Trade Center site.

In...

The local papers sent LeBron James a message today on behalf of all New Yorkers: We didn't want you anyway.

Yes, in true New York fashion, after spending months begging and pleading with James to sign with the Knicks (or the Nets a distant second), praising him, calling him King,...

What's the only thing that could harsh the mellow at Hollister's "epic" SoHo store? Bedbugs, dude.

The good times are indeed over -- at least temporarily -- for the popular teen clothing company after the bloodsucking bugs were found in the store.

A spokesman confirmed the outbreak, but...

Is Debrahlee Lorenzana too hot to handle... money?

The 33-year-old beauty claims her bosses at Citibank axed her for her natural assets which were reportedly "too distracting" for her male colleagues.

Lorenzana, a single mother, says she was told "she must refrain from wearing certain items of clothing,...

New York is full of winners... and of losers. Each week HuffPost New York gives praise to those who ended up ahead, and calls out those who fell behind.

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The Staten Island Republican Party

When is a "suspicious package" not a suspicious package? When it has "suspicious package" written all over it.

Some prankster/artist playing on the recent spate of bogus bomb threats found around New York left a white bag with the words "suspisious package" and a bunch of question marks printed on...

Tea Party leader Mark Williams, under fire for saying Muslims worship a "monkey god," has apologized -- to Hindus.

In another post on his blog, Williams writes:

A few days ago I wrote an article critical of a monument to the 911 hijackers to...

Those pranksters over at Improv Everywhere at it again.

A group of "agents" dressed as ghosts recently paid a visit to the reading room at the budget-crunched New York Public Library, and in an homage to the famous "Ghostbusters" scene, four heroes with make-shift...

While the wattage of the stars of "Jersey Shore" may be dimming, their infamous Seaside Heights home is still a hot property.

The Italian-themed home has become a must-visit tourist destination for reality show fans and sunbathers alike. Even celebrities are paying their respects to the house that The Situation...

New York is full of winners... and of losers. Each week HuffPost New York will be praising those who ended up ahead and calling out those who fell behind. Check out this week's WINNERS below, and the LOSERS here.

New York is full of winners... and of losers. Each week HuffPost New York will be praising those who ended up ahead and calling out those who fell behind. Check out this week's LOSERS below, and the WINNERS here.

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In an interview with "Good Day New York"'s Rosanna Scotto this morning, former head of the New York Stock Exchange Dick Grasso voiced support for the idea of giving Eliot Spitzer a second chance as an elected official.

Grasso, a long-time political foe of Spitzer's while he served...

Yeah, yeah, lots of New Yorkers remember the old days when the streets were dirty, the drugs were cheap, and the only Mickey Mouse you'd see in Times Square was tattooed on a dancer's ass. But how many can actually say they were that dancer (sans tattoo, I assume)? Well,...

"Good Day New York"'s Rosanna Scotto busted out the dirty talk early this morning.

Discussing the National Milk Producers Federation's assertion that milk should only be labeled "milk" when it comes from a lactating animal (they're talking about you, rice milk), Scotto shocked her co-anchors by suggesting "soy jizzum."

Well,...

Last night's Wall Street Journal blowout had all the makings of a victory party.

As a few hundred of New York's most prominent personalities looked on, faces alternating the colors of the lights shining beneath the dome of Gotham Hall, Rupert Murdoch spoke of the launch of the paper's...

Cheese dripping from dangling heads, socialites hacking into suckling pigs, and a delicious yet disturbing mountain of roasted rabbits were just some of the you-had-to-be-there-to-believe-it sights at Thursday nights "Brooklyn Ball."

The annual gala put on by the Brooklyn Museum featured works by artist Jennifer Rubell that were...

Much has been made of street artists like Shepard Fairey (who's once again in the headlines), Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Neckface, and so on. Their popularity is ever-growing and respect for their craft is no longer found just on the fringes of society.

Instead, these "artists," once considered...

Carl Paladino, the Tea Party favorite for New York governor, is in hot water yet again.

As the Huffington Post uncovered last week, the multi-millionaire developer has a history of being "racially offensive" and putting forth derogatory comments. Today the blog WNYmedia.net published a...

Every now and then we at Huffington Post New York get a chance to speak to a truly notable, noteworthy, or just plain cool New Yorker. These are the types of people who make this city so great, and who are actively working towards making it even better.