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Waitress Accuses NYPD Cop Of Rape

Posted 02.28.2012

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The NYPD detective accused of raping a waitress in the back of a Washington Heights restaurant allegedly returned the woman's underwear to her the day...

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4 Cops Accused Of Drinking On Job

Posted 02.27.2012

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Four NYPD officers have been placed on modified duty this week, stripped of their guns and badges, after allegations that they drank alcohol at a Wash...

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Dad Kept Off Organ Waiting List Because He Was Homeless Gets New Apartment

Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Homeless Nyc, Kidney Transplant, Video, Octavio Estevez, Washington Heights, Homeless, Manhattan Mount Sinai Medical Center, Organ Waiting List, Good News, New York City, Impact News

A homeless dad who was told that he couldn't get a kidney transplant because he was homeless, got the keys to a new Manhattan home Saturday, CBS repor...

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GW Bridge To Undergo $1 Billion Renovation

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, George Washington Bridge Renovation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Fort Lee, New York News, George Washington Bridge, Ny News, New York News

The world's busiest vehicular bridge, connecting Fort Lee, New Jersey and Washington Heights in Manhattan, is due for a big renovation. The Port A...

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Newborn Baby Girl's Corpse Found In Garbage Can

| By Tuan Nguyen and Nicole Bode | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Nypd, Abandoned Baby, Ny News, Washington Heights, Newborn Baby, Baby in Garbage, NY Crime, New York News

MANHATTAN - Police discovered the body of a newborn baby girl abandoned inside a garbage can in a Washington Heights alley Tuesday evening, they said....

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All Eyes On Hamilton Heights After Arrest Of Dominican-Born Man In Terror Plot

HuffingtonPost.com | David Ramirez | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, NYC Terror Plot, Dominicans, Terrorism, Jose Pimentel, Washington Heights, Dominican Terrorist, Slidepollajax, Nyc Terrorism, Jose Pimentel Arrested, Al Qaeda, Latino Voices News

Jose Pimentel, the American citizen of Dominican origin, who was arrested under the suspicion of plotting to commit a terrorist attack in New York, wa...

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81-Year-Old 'Abuelita' Marches From Washington Heights To Wall Street With Occupy Protesters

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Harlem, Ydanis Rodriguez, Occupy Harlem, Video, Altagracia Guzman, Occupy Washington Heights, Occupy Wall Street, Washington Heights, End to End for 99 Percent, Ydanis Rodriguez City Council, Altagracia Guzman Occupy Wall Street, Latino Voices News

Altagracia Guzman, 81, walked slowly but purposefully from northern Manhattan to the financial district, virtually the entire length of the island, in...

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WATCH: Young Artist Tries To Pay For College

HuffingtonPost.com | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Photography, Ruben Henriquez, Hostos Community College, Cultura, Dominicans, Hispanic Heritage Month, Washington Heights, School of Visual Arts, Artists, helpruben.com, Latino Voices News

NEW YORK -- Washington Heights native Ruben Henriquez had only one goal in mind: to attend the School of Visual Arts this fall. To pay for his educati...

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This Is New York City's Youngest Murderer

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Willie Bosket Law, Ny News, Alvin Diaz, Washington Heights, Dereck Cabejas, New York News, Youngest Murderer, Alvin Diaz Murder, New York News

Alvin Diaz, a 14 year-old boy from the Bronx, became New York City's youngest murder suspect Monday when he turned himself into police for the fatal s...

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Gaddafi Found Playing Dominoes in Washington Heights

Ben Berkon | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Muammar, Gaddafi Found, Qaddafi Found, Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Something You Should Read, Comedy News, Dominoes, Ben Berkon, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Qaddafi, Domicans, Comedy News

In international news, rebels revealed today that the tyrannical Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been located on the corner of 170th and St. Nicholas Avenue in New York City.

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Special Needs Programs Shut Down Following State Cuts

dnainfo.com | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Birch Family Services, Special Needs Cut, Special Needs Children, Budget Cuts, Brooklyn, Steppingstone Day School, Special Needs, New York News

LOWER MANHATTAN -- Programs that help developmentally delayed children have started closing across the city, with managers saying state budget cuts ma...

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Can One Brooklyn Democrat Stop 'Crown Heights' From Becoming 'ProCro'?

Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Ny News, Crown Heights, Hakeem Jeffries, New York Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York State Assembly, Hudson Heights, East Williamsburg, Prospect Heights, Bushwick, New York News, Pro-Cro, New York News

Naming New York neighborhoods is a traditional free-for-all and it's no secret that real-estate brokers shamelessly rebrand areas to make them more at...

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Best Eats For One Dollar In Washington Heights

Metromix New York | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Restaurants, Dollar, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Food Carts, NY Restaurants, New York City Restaurants, New York Food Carts, Best of Ny, New York News

When I think of cheap food in Manhattan, my mind wanders to the dumpling stalls of Chinatown and the hobo-friendly, dollar-slice pizza joints of Hell'...

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50% Off Eclectic Fare and Drinks at Columbia Social Café and Bistro in Washington Heights

Posted 05.25.2011

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What Is The 'Crappiest' Neighborhood In New York?

ny.curbed.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington Heights! At least when it comes to dog poop in Manhattan. The worst blocks were Riverside Drive, Amsterdam Avenue, 179th street and 160th s...

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Unfinished Housing Development Leaves South Side Residents Angry, Abandoned

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Mayher, Chicago Real Estate, Ald. Howard Brookins Jr., MGM/TGI 105th Street LLC, Renaissance at Beverly Ridge, Washington Heights, Chicago Housing, Patrick Terrell, Howard Brookins Jr., Chicago News

With its towering turret and well-manicured lawn, Joffrey and Gladys Williams' red-brick house is an oasis amid the piles of rubble and the unfinished...

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Saluting the Met's Gay Gala!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Few places are as influential as art museums. Filled with revered treasures, they help to define for us notions of beauty and significance that can transform our lives.

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At a School Where a Student Drowned, More Than One Lesson to Be Learned

Sarah Garland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Harlem, Education, Jose Maldonado, Stuyvesant High School, New York Times, Education Reform, Science and Engineering, Columbia Secondary School for Math, New York News

Four years ago, at an open house for his new middle school, I met Jose Maldonado, the New York City principal who may be put on probation after one of his students drowned on a field trip.

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Something Strange in Herald Square

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Herald Square, New York Herald, Owls, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Scouting Ny, Herald Building, Owl Eyes, New York News

Surprises like the blinking owl eyes of Herald Square are what make New York such a great city to explore.

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Washington Heights Student Stabbed 16 Times On Campus

1010wins.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Student Stabbed, Bullying, New York City, New York, Knife Crime, New York News

A Washington Heights High School Senior is recovering after being stabbed multiple times at school Friday morning, police said. The 15-year-old stude...

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Miguel Martinez, Ex-Councilman, Gets 5 Years In Theft

nytimes.com | RAY RIVERA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inwood, Washington Heights, City Councilman Miguel Martinez, New York City Council, New York Politics, Miguel Martinez, New York News

Miguel Martinez, a former city councilman from Upper Manhattan, was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday on three felony counts involving the ...

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In Search Of Crime Boss, DEA And NYPD Storm Wrong Apartment

New York Daily News | Rocco Parascandola and Alison Gendar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jessica Suriel, Drug Enforcement Agency, Carlos Ruiz, Dea, Nypd, Washington Heights, New York Crime, Calixta Guerrero, Gabriel Gorenstein, Barry Weinstein, New York News

They came hellbent on finding drugs and a gang boss - but it was the wrong apartment, a shaken Washington Heights family said on Thursday. Authoritie...

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Columbia Finds NYC Air Lowers Kids' IQs

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Emissions, Air Pollution, New York City Air Pollution, Children's Health, Harlem, Columbia University, Columbia University Research, Washington Heights, Columbia University Prenatal Pollution Study, New York City, South Bronx, New York News

A landmark study found children exposed in the womb to urban air pollutants score significantly lower on intelligence tests than children of mothers who breathed cleaner air while pregnant.

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Starbucks In His Eyes For Obama

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Super Tuesday, Primary, Barack Obama, West Harlem, Grassroots Organizing, New York City, Washington Heights, Starbucks, 2008 Campaign, Obama Campaign, Democrats, Rangel, New York Primary, Offthebus, Home News

Surrounded by campaign materials and holed up with his laptop and overactive cell phone in a corner of the Starbucks, Gregg Ross carefully coordinated volunteers for Barack Obama Tuesday morning.

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Worried about Economy, NY Latino Barber for Obama

Claudia Cruz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latino Vote, Luis Cordova, Washington Heights, New York Primary, NY Primary, Obama and Latinos, Barack Obama, Washington Heights/Inwood, Inwoood, Home News

Not every New Yorker supports their hometown politician. Mr. Luis Cordova, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, would like to see Barack Obama win the presidency.

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