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Special Report: 2008 Pharmacy Investigation

Locations of pharmacies the New York attorney general says sold expired products in spring 2008.

New on EveryBlock today July 24, 2008

New on EveryBlock yesterday July 23, 2008

  • Midtown STATE TO GET ITS $HOT AT REV. AL

    "Clearly, they found no criminal reason to go forward," Sharpton scoffed at a Midtown press conference.

    Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

  • East 65th Street and Lexington Avenue Expansion Sought of Upper East Side Landmark Area

    The Department of Buildings said it is reviewing a demolition permit for the Kean House, a historic structure originally built in 1880 at East 65th Street and Lexington Avenue, just yards outside the perimeter of the landmark boundaries which were established in 1981.

    Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

  • 980 Madison Ave. Expansion Sought of Upper East Side Landmark Area

    Area residents have used Friends of the Upper East Side to successfully lobby against a number of development proposals, most recently developer Aby Rosen's plan to build a residential tower above the Parke-Bernet Gallery at 980 Madison Ave., and the Whitney Museum's plan for a new gallery on the Upper East Side two years ago.

    Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

  • Whitney Museum Expansion Sought of Upper East Side Landmark Area

    Area residents have used Friends of the Upper East Side to successfully lobby against a number of development proposals, most recently developer Aby Rosen's plan to build a residential tower above the Parke-Bernet Gallery at 980 Madison Ave., and the Whitney Museum's plan for a new gallery on the Upper East Side two years ago.

    Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

  • Upper East Side $5M MAN: I'D SLAM DOOR

    The man who opened doors and hailed cabs for Upper East Side millionaires became one himself in May after scoring big in the state's "Set for Life" scratch-off game.

    Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

  • Hospital for Special Surgery No word on Jorge surgery

    Posada met late Tuesday afternoon with Dr. David Altchek, the Mets' medical director and a noted shoulder specialist, undergoing another MRI on his injured arm at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 23, 2008.

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New on EveryBlock Tuesday July 22, 2008

  • 200 East 87th Street Paging Olnick! Rangel's Landlord a Bit Press Shy

    , owns two hotels, the Hyatt Morristown in New Jersey and the Bristol Plaza Hotel in Manhattan; co-op shares in more than two dozen Manhattan buildings; scattered retail space; and five large apartment complexes, including the 600-unit Century in Riverdale; the now notorious 1,700-unit Lenox Terrace in Harlem; the 131-unit 200 East 87th Street; the 162-unit building Le Triomphe on East 58th; and the 1,700-unit Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City.

    Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

  • Upper East Side Crane inspector resigns month after suspension

    The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side that killed native Staten Islander Donald Leo.

    Published by SI Live on July 22, 2008.

  • Upper East Side NYC crane inspector resigns month after suspension

    The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Mr. Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

    Published by Crain's New York Business on July 22, 2008.

  • 4-8 East 94th Street Mack Daddy! Investor Selling Mansion for $59 M., a Tidy Markup

    Twelve months and 26 days ago, according to city records, the nonprofit adoption agency Spence-Chapin sold its 24,463-square-foot headquarters at 4-8 East 94th Street, built from three 19th-century row houses, to Richard Mack, a managing partner of his father’s multibillion real estate investment group, Apollo Real Estate Advisors. He paid $23 million.

    Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

  • Upper East Side Crane Inspector Resigns Month After Suspension

    The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

    Published by New York Sun on July 22, 2008.

  • Park Avenue Summer Can Yogurt Lose Its Yuck?

    And at Park Avenue Summer, a watermelon cube is topped with yogurt, microbasil and a dot of harissa for a charming little amuse-bouche. Yoplait Whips, it ain’t.

    Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

  • Upper East Side Crane Inspector Resigns Month After Suspension

    City records show Carbone dismissed complaints that some crane operators were working with licenses obtained fraudulently. The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

    Published by WNBC on July 22, 2008.

  • Upper East Side No, We Can’t

    Between April and July, the average monthly rent for an Upper West Side two-bedroom in a doorman building jumped 6.9 percent, to $5,441. On the Upper East Side, the same two-bedroom averaged $5,568 in July, a 9.2 percent increase over April, the final month before the traditional summer apartment-hunting season starts.

    Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

  • 1021 Park IN LOTTO TROUBLE WITH BOSS

    After hitting it big on May 2, Randazzo said he wanted to keep his job opening the door and hailing taxis for residents at 1021 Park, where he earns $40,000 a year plus tips.

    Published by New York Post on July 22, 2008.

  • Hospital for Special Surgery Big showdown for Mets at Shea

    Wagner was examined by team doctors Monday, but no MRI exam was performed. Wagner has some inflammation, but agent Bean Stringfellow said he had spoken with the closer and the trouble was "nothing significant." Said Stringfellow: "It's something he can pitch with." Wagner is due back at the Hospital for Special Surgery today, team spokesman Jay Horwitz said.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.

  • 15 East 69th Street Hertz CEO flips UES condo

    Trusts in the name of Hertz CEO Mark Frissora and his wife Jennifer have sold a condo at the former Westbury Hotel at 15 East 69th Street for $7.65 million, according to public records posted today.

    Published by The Real Deal on July 22, 2008.

  • 4 East 66th Street Hearst's UES co-ops sell for $36.5M

    ...firm Tiger Global Management, closed on the six-bedroom, 7,200-square foot apartment at 4 East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue this month, according to property records posted today. The unit has six...

    Published by The Real Deal on July 22, 2008.

New on EveryBlock Monday July 21, 2008

  • Upper East Side Official Calls For Replacement Of Playground Mats

    Just last year, CBS 2 introduced you to Will Casson, whose feet were burned and blistered from walking barefoot on mats at an Upper East Side playground. A year later, his parents say the city still has done nothing to remove the danger from the city's parks.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 21, 2008.

  • Upper East Side 180: A career unleashed

    "I talked to many New Yorkers working in pet care, and they said the field needs more good people. I built a website and left business cards at every vet office and pet store on the Upper East Side. The calls started coming in."

    Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

  • City University of New York Paterson Set to Embrace Student Loan Plan

    The commission, appointed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in May 2007, expressed “grave concerns” that years of insufficient funding had eroded the quality of the State University of New York and the City University of New York, citing, for example, a backlog of $5 billion in critical maintenance projects at the 87 campuses that make up the two systems.

    Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

  • 137 E 66th St Gore's daughter sells UES co-op for $6M

    Gore Schiff, a writer and attorney, and her husband Andrew Schiff, a biotech venture capitalist with Aisling Capital, sold the unit at 137 East 66th Street to Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder's chief operating officer, according to property records published today.

    Published by The Real Deal on July 21, 2008.

  • Upper East Side Olivia Palermo Decorates Apartment; Plans Career

    Socialite Olivia Palermo has come a long way over the past couple of years. She left that whole Socialite Rank mess behind her, started dating Wilhelmina model Johannes Huebl, and according to this week's Page Six Magazine, she's even moved out of her parents' Upper East Side home.

    Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

  • Upper East Side CRIME SURGE HITS WEALTHY APPLE NABES

    The Upper East Side's 19th Precinct has seen a 26.9 percent increase in burglaries, with 212 so far this year, compared with 167 last year at the same time.

    Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

  • First Avenue at East 93rd Street CRIME SURGE HITS WEALTHY APPLE NABES

    But Nicole Delia, 25, a mother of two on First Avenue at East 93rd Street, said burglaries are the least of her worries. "There's a lot of crime, especially drug activity, a lot of drug dealers," Delia said. "In the last year, it has gotten worse."

    Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

  • Epiphany Community Nursery School 'Lengthening Childhood' Has a Downside, Study Says

    The director of the Upper East Side's Epiphany Community Nursery School, Wendy Levey, said that every year she has a couple of students, usually boys, whose parents decide to delay kindergarten and keep their children in nursery school instead.

    Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

  • Midtown Fencing Captain Brings New Perspective to His Third Olympics

    "At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever have happened to me," Mr. Smart said at his Midtown training club. "Like I was being punished, or I was cursed."

    Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

  • St. Stephen of Hungary Parish Upper East Side Church Hosts a Holocaust Denier

    David Irving, 70, spoke Wednesday at St. Stephen of Hungary Parish, a Catholic church on East 82nd Street. A clergyman there said the church was not aware of Mr. Irving's views on the Holocaust and was told that a small group wanted the space to discuss a book.

    Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

  • Upper East Side Crane inspector quits month after suspension

    The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

    Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

  • Natural History Museum Pundit's job is popping off on pop culture

    I've got two kids, so my New York at this point really revolves around them. It's a lot of Central Park, EJ's diner, the Natural History Museum - we've been to the planetarium there - and various smaller playgrounds.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

  • Carl Schurz Park FUN-IN-SUN PERIL TO CITY KIDS

    Lodge and a group of local parents want the city to stop using the black mats in Carl Schurz Park. They also want better signs warning people of the heat dangers, and shading put around certain areas.

    Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

  • midtown Man dies during New York City triathlon

    "Everyone here's been talking about it and everyone's speculating that it was probably an allergic reaction or a heart attack caused by a sting," said Chris Anderson, 25, of midtown.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

  • EJ's diner Pundit's job is popping off on pop culture

    I've got two kids, so my New York at this point really revolves around them. It's a lot of Central Park, EJ's diner, the Natural History Museum - we've been to the planetarium there - and various smaller playgrounds.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

  • Upper East Side NYC crane inspector resigns month after suspension

    The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

  • Carl Schurz Park Playground mats too hot to play on, say parents

    "I have nightmares," said Anne Casson, whose toddler son, Will, ditched his shoes at Carl Schurz Park on the upper East Side one day last May. "He stepped onto the black mats and was screaming hysterically," Casson said. "When I picked him up, the skin was just hanging off his feet."

    Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

  • 215 East 68th Street Low Rent, East Side Location: See Landlord, if You’re Famous

    Few rental buildings in the city have been as hospitable to public officials as the Rudin Management Company’s high rise at 215 East 68th Street.

    Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

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New on EveryBlock Sunday July 20, 2008

  • Upper East Side Year Later: NYC Failing To Remedy Playground Burns

    Last summer CBS 2 HD showed you a heartbreaking home video of little Will Casson crying in pain. His feet were severely burned in an Upper East Side playground by the very mats meant to protect children when they fall.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 20, 2008.

  • Carl Schurz Park Parents Of Kids Burned By Hot Playgrounds Complain

    Eighteen-month-old William Casson was burned at Catbird Playground in Carl Schurz Park.

    Published by WNBC on July 20, 2008.

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New on EveryBlock Saturday July 19, 2008

  • Ship of Fools Knife psycho killed by cops was bipolar

    Investigators said Parris, who was unemployed, spent the last few hours of his life happily drinking three UFOs - a light wheat beer - at the bar Ship of Fools on Second Ave. with his girlfriend, Denise Suria.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 19, 2008.

  • 321 East 83rd St. Police Say Fatal Shooting Was Justified

    The Police Department’s chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said the officer, who was investigating a domestic dispute, acted within guidelines when he shot the man, Spencer Parris, 39, in the chest at 321 East 83rd Street. In line with policy, the officer, a 10-year veteran, took a blood-alcohol test after the shooting, and the results were negative, Mr. Browne said.

    Published by New York Times on July 19, 2008.

  • upper East Side Knife psycho killed by cops was bipolar

    A knife-wielding man shot to death by police in the hallway of an upper East Side apartment building had a history of mental illness and may have been committing "suicide by cop," said NYPD sources Friday.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 19, 2008.

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