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Entrepreneurship in New York: A Personal Testimony to the City Council

Jerri Chou | Posted 12.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Entrepreneurship, New York, Social Media, Social Change, Technology, New York City Council Technology in Government Committee, Collaboration, Impact News
Jerri Chou

I'm testifying at New York City Council today on tech entrepreneurship and how the city can better support this community. Here are some of my thoughts going into the hearing.

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'Obama School' On Staten Island Needs New Name

silive.com | Associated Press | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Staten Island Obama School Renamed, Staten Island, New York City, New York, New York News

Organizers of a proposed charter school named after the president have rescinded the honor after the Obama Administration informed them of a long-stan...

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Condom Design Contest Held In New York

AP | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc Condom Design Contest, Condoms, New York, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City wants to "keep people excited" about safe sex, and is sponsoring a contest for the design of the wrapper for the city's nex...

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UN Renovation: Fun Taken Out of East River Complex

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Architecture, Michael Adelstein, New York, Green Architecture, United Nations, World News, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York News
Evelyn Leopold

The bustling corridors of the UN are quiet. There are no lines in the cafeteria as the campus is being steadily dismantled in the 39-floor high-rise glass tower on New York's East River.

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Street Vendors Banned From Selling Seafood

Midtown Lunch | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Midtown-Manhattan, Lunch-Midtown-Manhattan, Street Vendors, Street Vendors Seafood Ban, Midtown, New York City, New York, New York News

Apparently at the end of last year, the Department of Health adopted a resolution that rewrote many parts of the health code as it pertains to street ...

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Charles Dickens' Toothpick Auctioned For $9,150

AP | Posted 12.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Charles Dickens Toothpick Auction, Charles Dickens, New York, New York City, Books News

NEW YORK — An ivory and gold toothpick once owned by Charles Dickens has sold at a New York City auction for $9,150. It was being offered by he...

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Tavern On The Green's Jennifer LeRoy Talks About Future After Restaurant Closure

Green was her valley | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Tavern on the Green Bankruptcy, Tavern on the Green, Jennifer LeRoy Tavern on the Green, Jennifer Leroy, New York City, New York, New York News

Jennifer LeRoy's failure to keep the Russian Tea Room and Tavern on the Green in the family may in fact be an opportunity. For the first time, she can...

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Dennis deLeon Dead: AIDS Activist Dies At 61

nytimes.com | DENNIS HEVESI | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Manhattan, AIDS Activism, Activism, Dennis Deleon Dies, City Human Rights Commissioner, New York, New York City, New York News

Dennis deLeon, a former New York City human rights commissioner who was one of the first city officials to announce that he was infected with the viru...

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Left Bank Books Gambles With New Store

nytimes.com | A. G. SULZBERGER | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: West Village, Left Bank Books, Bookstores, New York City, New York, Independent Bookstores, New York News

Unlike similar bookstores that have recently closed -- the Oscar Wilde Bookshop is the latest example -- Mr. Herzinger, owner of Left Bank Books, said...

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Paterson To Extend Anti-Discrimination Protection To Transgender People

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Protection for Transgender, Transgender Issues, Governor Paterson, Executive Order, New York, Antidiscrimination-Laws, New York News

Gov. David A. Paterson is preparing to issue an executive order that would include transgender people in antidiscrimination policies that govern state...

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Bruce A. Blakeman May Run Against Gillibrand

nytimes.com | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Senate Races, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Senate, Bruce Blakeman, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Senator, New York, New York News

Bruce A. Blakeman, the Republican candidate for New York State comptroller in 1998, said on Monday that he was exploring the possibility of a run agai...

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"Financial Football" Video Game Teaches Kids Money Skills

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Thomas DiNapoli, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Skills Video Games, Video Games, New York City, New York, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — A new video game designed to help New York students learn to manage their money tries to make the dullness of balancing a checkbo...

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William McCaffrey's Exoneration Highlights Plight Of Wrongly Convicted Prisoners

reuters.com | Edith Honan | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Exoneration, Prison, Crime, William-Mccaffrey, Prisoners, William-Mccaffrey-Innocent, Innocence Project, New York, New York City, New York News

A recent spate of exonerations in New York state has put renewed focus on the plight of the wrongly convicted, with advocates saying it is not as easy...

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Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village Get Lower Rents After Court Order

Crain's New York Business | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Court Orders Rent Lowered, Peter Cooper Village, Stuyvesant Town, New York City, New York, New York News

Residents of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village whose apartments were illegally deregulated will finally see their rents lowered to estimated rent-s...

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Majid Khan, Guantanamo Detainee, May Get Brooklyn Trial

AP | TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11 Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Majid Khan, Brooklyn, 9/11, New York, New York City, New York News

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are considering sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee named Majid Khan – who grew up in Maryland before alleg...

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Nostalgia Subway Hosts Vintage Tea Party

Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Slideshow, Vintage-Subway, Subway, V Train, Mta, New York, New York City, New York News

New Yorkers put on their Sunday best yesterday, not for church, but for the MTA Nostalgia Train running on the V line between Queens and 2nd Avenue. T...

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Jeffrey Fisher Threatened Bloomberg, Ray Kelly: Police

nbcnewyork.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Death Threats, Mayor Bloomberg, Jeffrey Fisher Arrested, New York City, New York, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, New York News

A Philadelphia man, Jeffrey Fisher, was charged with telephoning death threats into 911 against Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly, authori...

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Marc Mukasey, Son Of Michael Mukasey, May Run For NY Senate

New York Post | Maggie Haberman | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Senate, Senate, New York, Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Marc Mukasey, Attorney General Mukasey, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

Marc Mukasey, the son of Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey, is mulling mounting a challenge to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...

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Dominick Dunne's Last Book Skewers The Rich

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Book Review, Wealthy, Books, Too Much Money, Book Reviews, New Books, Cancer, Dominick Dunne, New York, Celebrities, Books News

"Too Much Money" (Crown Publishing, 288 pages, $26), by Dominick Dunne: You didn't think the grave could possibly silence one of the most famous chron...

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Times Square Billboard Reaches Helps Ex-Prisoners Get Jobs

nytimes.com | JENNIFER 8. LEE | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Times Square, Billboard Reaches Out to Ex-Prisoners, Fortune Society, New York, New York City, New York News

A billboard by Fortune Society that encourages employers to hire people with criminal records now sits on top of the Westin Hotel at Eighth Avenue....

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Video Resumes Replacing Paper Ones?

ny1.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Video Bio, Video Resumes, New York City, New York, Job Seekers Use Video Resumes, New York News

The art of the video resume has gone from gimmickry into a serious part of your presentation as a potential employee. People are turning to video prof...

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The Smallest Apartments In New York

nypost.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Real Estate, New York Real Estate, New York City, New York, Small Apartments, New York News

They do their dishes in the shower, sit sideways on the toilet and need to watch their weight just to fit into their bathrooms. But these cramped New ...

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Solange Raulston Dead: DJ Reverend Soul Killed By Truck In Greenpoint

nydailynews.com | By Mike Mclaughlin, Mark Morales and Oren Yaniv | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Bicyclist Killed, Bikes, Brooklyn, Bicycling, Bike, Truck Hits Bicyclist, New York, New York City, Bicyclists, New York News

A Brooklyn cyclist, Solange Raulston, died Sunday after she was struck by a truck at a busy Greenpoint intersection two blocks from her home, police a...

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New York's Juvenile Prison System In Crisis

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Crime, State Panel Report, Prison, Crime, New York, Juvenile Justice, New York News

New York's system of juvenile prisons is broken, with young people battling mental illness or addiction held alongside violent offenders in abysmal fa...

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Citigroup To Repay $20 Billion In TARP Bailout Money

AP | BY STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 12.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Geithner, New York, Chase, Paulson, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Citi, Palin Gop @Y:US-News, Bailout, Jpmorgan, Treasury, Bernanke, Financial Crisis, Banks, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. said Monday they would repay their government bailout loans, freeing them from close regulatory ...

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