The Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, is getting new, energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

Police said the body of the Hispanic man was discovered around 12 p.m. on Sunday in front of 104 Housman Ave. in the Elm Park section of Staten Island.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

The building is located at 131 W. 33rd St.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

White sued the managers of the midtown skycraper and the elevator maintenance company and won an undisclosed settlement.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

The Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, is getting new, energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs. About 10,000 compact bulbs were donated recently to the New York City Housing Authority for the project.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

Such is the case with 43 MacDougal St., an 1846 building that has for decades sat empty and abandoned in the West Village.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

A new benefit program is being offered for people still struggling with the effects of the World Trade Center attack, the New York City Health Department said Monday.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

"Cost concerns shouldn't deter those still struggling from getting the care and treatment they need to overcome depression, anxiety, or dependence on alcohol or drugs associated with the attacks," said Rosin. "If you're receiving eligible services and don't have other coverage, we can help." Besides the new reimbursement program, three World Trade Center Centers of Excellence offer free, integrated physical and mental health care to eligible patients. Those programs are located at Bellevue Hospital Center and Gouverneur Healthcare Services in Manhattan, and at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

A spokeswoman for a building at 131 W. 33rd St. says the injured man works there, but was hit by debris from neighboring 129 W. 33rd St.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

The deaths this year include a window installer who fell nine stories last week when his safety strap failed, and the seven people killed last month when a crane collapsed at a site where a 46-story condominium was being built.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

Ending a long feud over construction of a security barrier around Penn Station, the MTA and Madison Square Garden announced an agreement Monday that will allow the project to move forward soon.

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

Photograph of 475 Kent Avenue by imjustsayin' on Flickr

Published by amNY.com on April 21, 2008.

Stormtroopers, Superman statues, and lots of awesome geeks at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 04.19.08

Published by Village Voice on April 21, 2008.

A flash-mob headphone rave took place Friday in Union Square, 04.18.08

Published by Village Voice on April 21, 2008.

A rare party for raw queers continues in Williamsburg, 03.29.08

Published by Village Voice on April 21, 2008.

The MTA had secured millions in funding for the project, but the money sat unused for three years as the parties argued over where security posts would be placed and which agencies would operate gates allowing trucks access to Madison Square Garden, which sits atop Penn Station.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

The MTA had secured millions in funding for the project, but the money sat unused for three years as the parties argued over where security posts would be placed and which agencies would operate gates allowing trucks access to Madison Square Garden, which sits atop Penn Station.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

NEW YORK -- A new benefit program is being offered for people still struggling with the effects of the World Trade Center attack, the New York City Health Department said Monday.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

Those programs are located at Bellevue Hospital Center and Gouverneur Healthcare Services in Manhattan, and at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

hose programs are located at Bellevue Hospital Center and Gouverneur Healthcare Services in Manhattan, and at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.

Published by WNBC on April 21, 2008.

This past weekend, the New York Comic Convention took place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Published by Village Voice on April 21, 2008.

PlaNYC is all good news for parks and open space. Unlike the proposals in other parts of the plan, meeting the goals on parks is entirely within the mayor's power, requiring no action by the City Council or state legislature. As a result of the plan, the budget for the Department of Parks and Recreation has increased more than it has in decades. This has led to major capital investments in parks in each borough as well as the renovation of previously locked school yards so they can serve as neighborhood playgrounds. Simultaneously, the city and the private New York Restoration Project have taken steps to plant a million trees. These initiatives are all much needed and generally have been well received by communities.

Published by Gotham Gazette on April 21, 2008.

The Orthodox Jewish girl was allegedly attacked by a man asking her for directions on 44th Street, near 10th Avenue, at around 8:30 p.m. last night.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

Video of his Oct. 15, 1999, ordeal in an elevator in New York's McGraw-Hill building was posted online to accompany an article in the April 21 edition of The New Yorker.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

City officials are expected to announce that Manhattan-based Related Companies won a bid to overhaul the Kingsbridge Armory.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

The New York City Health Department is offering a new mental health benefit program for people still struggling with the effects of the World Trade Center attack.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

He watched the pope walk on the same ramp near West and Liberty Streets that he and his sons had walked carrying Jimmy’s body.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

Pope Benedict rode down a flag-lined construction ramp that led into the base of ground zero, seated in his white Popemobile, just after 9:40 a.m.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

The funeral was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where the pope celebrated Mass on Saturday morning.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

Jimmy would have turned 30 on Sept. 12, 2001. Part of the street in Brooklyn where James Riches and the boys’ mother, Rita, live and where Jimmy grew up — Bay Eighth Street, in Dyker Heights — was renamed Firefighter Jimmy Riches Way.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

For Cardinal Edward M. Egan, the visit of Pope Benedict XVI was one of the highlights of his eight-year tenure as leader of the Archdiocese of New York. On Sunday, he escorted Benedict to ground zero and helped him celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium before seeing him off at Kennedy Airport.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

Cardinal Egan, head of the Archdiocese of New York — and its 2.5 million Catholics in three boroughs and seven counties — was required by church law to submit his resignation as archbishop to the pope when he turned 75 last year

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

Rev. Thomas A. Lynch chose to celebrate weekly Mass with his Bronx parish rather than attend Pope Benedict XVI’s Yankee Stadium Mass.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

A small crew of urban recyclers are stocking up for the opening of ReBuilders Source in the Bronx, a worker-owned cooperative for reused building materials.

Published by New York Times on April 21, 2008.

There are calls Monday for the NYPD to get involved in protecting the new Freedom Tower buildings in lower Manhattan. The demands for action come after two separate plans for the new buildings were found in a garbage can.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

Stamped "confidential" and "secure," two separate sets of Freedom Tower blueprints were trashed in a SoHo trash can on Houston Street and in discarded boxes behind the Port Authority office at Ground Zero.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

There are calls Monday for the NYPD to get involved in protecting the new Freedom Tower buildings in lower Manhattan. The demands for action come after two separate plans for the new buildings were found in a garbage can.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

Stamped "confidential" and "secure," two separate sets of Freedom Tower blueprints were trashed in a SoHo trash can on Houston Street and in discarded boxes behind the Port Authority office at Ground Zero.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, distributed a 5-point plan to those attending morning mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral and anyone walking by. They want to see the pope's words turn into action.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

Pointing to the pope's address to the United Nations, SNAP says the pope must insure the Vatican complies with the UN charter on the protection of the rights of children.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose to a record $117.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange before settling at $117.48, up 79 cents from Friday's close.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 21, 2008.

Zora Returns to Harlem ignites the spirit of Zora’s adventurous energy in Harlem while preparing to trace it’s roots to the famous era from the beginning and discover the legacy of perhaps one of the most inspiring and talented women of Harlem’s rich history. Starring Antonia Badon (2007 NAACP Winner).

Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 21, 2008.

129 East 79th Street at Lexington Avenue

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Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers College,

Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 21, 2008.

The article below (published in the New York Times) helps us keep this important fact in mind as we witness Harlem shifting gears from being a primarily lower to working class community to a billion dollar real estate market. Whether we agree or disagree with the premise of public housing we can take pause to listen to the voices that are often ignored or silenced by our personal prejudices.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 21, 2008.

Pope Benedict waves during Mass at Yankee Stadium. For more pics from The House That Ruth Built, click above picture.

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

The day turned sunny and warm as he arrived at Yankee Stadium, as if the sky itself were acknowledging that he had won over the city in his own intimate way.

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

His eyes continued to speak with warmth for the present life. He knelt again at Ground Zero yesterday morning, for even longer this time. He lit a candle, and when the cold wind blew it out, he simply lit it again.

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

After Dennis, now 6, was handcuffed and sent to a psych ward for misbehaving at Public School 81 in Ridgewood, his mother withdrew him from the school and had him evaluated for special education services.

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

"This was clean since 2004 and this is the first graffiti of 2008," lamented Kevin Ferguson, 36, at the tags on the aluminum gate of his cousin's coffee shop, Cup of Harlem, at 67 St. Nicholas Ave.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

With city and state permission, Verizon says that by the end of the year, it could offer FiOS TV in lower Manhattan and parts of the other four boroughs where it already sells FiOS phone and Internet service.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

He claims in a new lawsuit that a bungled operation at Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx to replace the implant left him in excruciating pain.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

The slaying took place at 2:40 a.m. in the apartment of McMillan's mother, Joanne, on Trinity Avenue in Melrose, where the suspect was arrested on charges of murder and weapons possession, police said.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

The Kingsbridge Armory, once the world's largest military drill hall, will be turned over to a private corporation for a $310 million makeover into a massive retail center intended to jumpstart the North Bronx economy, city officials are announcing today.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

Negotiations between NYU and the Met Foodmarket - which occupies the ground floor of a university-owned building at 107 Second Ave. - came to an abrupt end earlier this month when the store was offered a three-year lease at triple the current rent, said owner Michael Schumacher.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

Video of his Oct. 15, 1999, ordeal in an elevator in New York's McGraw-Hill building was posted online to accompany an article in the April 21 edition of The New Yorker. It can be seen on the magazine's Web site and had been viewed more than 280,000 times on YouTube by Monday morning.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

"A gentle, moderate spring makes for a beautiful season. This has been a really good year for our cherry trees so far," said Patrick Cullina, vice president of horticulture and science research at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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

"They're really beautiful, amazing," said Anna Furmanova, 28, a Brooklyn College student from Sheepshead Bay who was visiting the garden on Friday, her day off.

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

It turns out that Lucio is the grandson of former Vietnam War commander Gen. William C. Westmoreland. And his musician father, Ripley, can be found some mornings wandering the streets of Park Slope, playing his mandolin.

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

She was allegedly coming back from a nightclub when her Toyota smashed into Greaves' Buick at the intersection of Sterling St. and New York Ave. in Crown Heights.

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

The victim, described as a Hispanic man in his 30s or 40s, was found about noon on Housman Ave., a quiet residential block in Mariners Harbor.

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

The building is located at 131 W. 33rd St.

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

Video of his Oct. 15, 1999, ordeal in an elevator in New York's McGraw-Hill building was posted online to accompany an article in the April 21 edition of The New Yorker. It can be seen on the magazine's Web site and had been viewed more than 280,000 times on YouTube by Monday morning.

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

A big upswing in deadly construction accidents - including a terrifying Midtown crane collapse - has Mayor Bloomberg taking a new hard look at the problem-plagued Department of Buildings.

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

Williamsburg social club. He was sentenced to 15 years to life.

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

The latest episode in the Pier 40 saga took place on March 28, when Hudson River Park officials rejected a plan by Related Companies to build a $625 million performing arts complex on Pier 40, located at West Houston Street. The Hudson River Park Trust is the joint State-City agency responsible for building and operating the Park. After a failed bid in 2003, in August, 2006, the Trust issued a request for proposals (R.F.P.) to redevelop the pier. According to the R.F.P., the Trust's objectives for redevelopment were to:

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

The latest episode in the Pier 40 saga took place on March 28, when Hudson River Park officials rejected a plan by Related Companies to build a $625 million performing arts complex on Pier 40, located at West Houston Street. The Hudson River Park Trust is the joint State-City agency responsible for building and operating the Park. After a failed bid in 2003, in August, 2006, the Trust issued a request for proposals (R.F.P.) to redevelop the pier. According to the R.F.P., the Trust's objectives for redevelopment were to:

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

10 a.m. Congressman Gary Ackerman announces various green initiatives for Queens and Long Island; Alley Pond Park, corner of Springfield Boulevard and 76th Avenue, Bayside, Queens.

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

11 a.m. Health care advocates and Working Families Party members call on Sen. Kemp Hannon to act on paid family leave legislation; Sen. Kemp Hannon's District Office, 224 7th St., Garden City.

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

12 p.m. Council Members Simcha Felder and James Vacca demand delay in the proposed water rate hike until after DEP lien sale is completed; City Hall Steps.

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

12:30 p.m. NYC Health Commissioner and former smoker take 311 calls from smokers for nicotine patches and gum; 311 Call Center, 59 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor.

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

3 p.m. Corporate cafeteria workers march and rally for better pay; PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Madison Avenue between 41st and 42nd streets; 4:30 p.m. March to Citigroup, 153 East 53rd St.; 5:30 p.m. _ Rockefeller Plaza, 49th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.

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

7 p.m. Darfur refugees tell their stories; Smith Auditorium, Manhattan College, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale.

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

8 p.m. Laura and Jenna Bush read from their new children's book and discuss literacy and learning; 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., at 92nd Street.

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

8 p.m. Laura and Jenna Bush read from their new children's book and discuss literacy and learning; 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., at 92nd Street.

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

But while the reign of Stuyvesant and Bronx Science at the top has gone undisturbed for years, the latest ranking of incoming students' scores shows that Brooklyn Tech - for decades considered the third jewel in the school system's crown - has dropped from fifth to seventh place in the past four years.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

But while the reign of Stuyvesant and Bronx Science at the top has gone undisturbed for years, the latest ranking of incoming students' scores shows that Brooklyn Tech - for decades considered the third jewel in the school system's crown - has dropped from fifth to seventh place in the past four years.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

But while the reign of Stuyvesant and Bronx Science at the top has gone undisturbed for years, the latest ranking of incoming students' scores shows that Brooklyn Tech - for decades considered the third jewel in the school system's crown - has dropped from fifth to seventh place in the past four years.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

Brooklyn Tech's slide was spurred by the entrance of Staten Island Tech to the specialized high-school echelon in 2005 and by a much smaller school - Manhattan's HS for Math, Science and Engineering at City College - passing it in the rankings.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

Brooklyn Tech's slide was spurred by the entrance of Staten Island Tech to the specialized high-school echelon in 2005 and by a much smaller school - Manhattan's HS for Math, Science and Engineering at City College - passing it in the rankings.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

At today's "Wedding Salon" at Gotham Hall in Midtown, more than 1,000 brides-to-be have registered to shop for the newest, priciest and most over-the-top matrimonial accents, including a 22-carat ring valued at $1 million.

Published by New York Post on April 21, 2008.

The 52-year-old mother of four blew away the judges and the audience at Xaverian High School with her rendition of Josh Grobin's "You Raise Me Up."

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

That explains how Nancy Liatsis, the music director of Gateway City Church in Bay Ridge, came to be winner of the first boroughwide search for a singing Senior Idol.

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

The building is located at 131 W. 33rd St., near Seventh Avenue.

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

Though bistros sprout up as routinely as Duane Reades, this convivial den of steak frites, laid-back Brooklynites and Francophile charm is foremost in your affections. Tabac is Boerum Hill’s beacon because it embodies the bistro ideal: Everyone is welcome.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

Medieval alchemists tried turning lead into gold. Park Slope’s Alchemy transformed a hardware store into a London-style gastropub, and you’ve deemed it Brooklyn’s preeminent new eatery.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

The name says it all: To be a huckleberry is to be the right one for the job, and Huckleberry Bar is just that. Owners Andrew Boggs and Stephanie Schneider have created an experience that will satisfy any boozer’s desire: choice beers, an ace wine selection, serious cocktails and respectable eats.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

Fusion-fueled restaurants have been with us for a long time, for better and for worse. Often the greatest successes are the combinations that aren’t forced, but are rather logical conclusions of shared histories. Korhogo 126—which served straight-up Gallic cuisine when it was Bouillabaisse 126—is such a place.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

With a name that’s German for “fat pig,” it seems only fitting that TONY’s salute to culinary hedonism goes to Billyburg’s premier ’cue spot. Locals and destination gluttons throw caloric caution to the wind at the cafeteria-like food station, where a simple flick of the index finger can result in piles of grilled pastrami, ribs with meat that clings tenuously to the bone, and heart-stopping sides such as baked beans with burnt ends and monstrous sour pickles.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

Video of his Oct. 15, 1999, ordeal in an elevator in New York's McGraw-Hill building was posted online to accompany an article in the April 21 edition of The New Yorker. It can be seen on the magazine's Web site and had been viewed more than 280,000 times on YouTube by Monday morning.

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

Last month the Prospect Park Alliance showed off its new design ideas for the revamp of the Vanderbilt Playground at a meeting that the Windsor Terrace Alliance has extensively recounted. The park alliance hopes to finish design work on the project by the end of this summer and start working on a year-long renovation in fall '09.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

2,344-sf townhouse one block from the Promenade. According to StreetEasy, the house was last listed in 2006 for $2,999,000.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

Detached 2,200-sf house with garage. Built circa 1910, according to Property Shark.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

3,500-sf brownstone with lots of original details. Asking $1,795,000. when featured as a House of the Day last August, then cut to $1,685,000.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

2,372-sf house with garage on a 6,000-sf lot. One-family built circa 1950.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

5. DUMBO $1,500,00070 Washington Street

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

That giant, early 1900s warehouse at 65 Hope Street, on the corner of Havemeyer, is on the market again—this time listed with Massey Knakal for $33 million with approved plans "to be converted into 92 residential condominiums and eleven parking spaces."

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

A reader just sent in this photo from 4th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Park Slope. According to her email, the street "is blocked off with huge Police trucks, an DEP truck, firemen, cops, and people in Hazmat suits. Looked like they were all in front of one particular brownstone."

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

How much is the ground floor of a prime Brooklyn Heights brownstone worth? Only $600,000 judging by the latest wrinkle in sales strategy at 9 Pierrepont Street.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.

Character matters (as does the Atlantic Yards Effect). By all statistical measures, the four-story brick house at 58 6th Avenue should have found a buyer by now. After buying the house for $250,000 (typo? family transaction?) a year ago, the new owner put it back on the market for $1,850,000 last July, where it sat for eight months.

Published by Brownstoner on April 21, 2008.