If Peralta goes through with an endorsement, it would be a serious blow to Sabini that may also hint at who local leaders in Jackson Heights will endorse when the Queens County Democratic Organization reconvenes on Friday.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

After well over a year of below-grade work, the Freedom Tower has reached the street level. Those in the Spitzer administration had often pointed to this milestone as a time at which the public would begin to understand that there was active work going on at Ground Zero.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

Death & Co. Puts Liquor-License 'McCarthyism' On Trial 464 West 141st Street

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

Doctors at Jacobi Medical Center want to get the word out about a program they’ve created that allows people to be tested for HIV - quickly and confidentially - while getting important lessons on AIDS prevention.

Published by NYCity News Service on May 19, 2008.

‘Times’ Makes Mistake of Still Caring About Park Slope [Daily Intel]

Published by Brownstoner on May 19, 2008.

Turn Out Tonight for a Ped-Friendly Prospect Park [Streetsblog]

Published by Brownstoner on May 19, 2008.

Facade Almost Finished at 200 Livingston [110 Livingston]

Published by Brownstoner on May 19, 2008.

In the very different Greenwich Village of the 1960s, Washington Square Methodist Church was so active in the anti-Vietnam War movement that it earned the moniker the "peace church.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

Meanwhile Manhattan has become home to young single professionals who have a tendency to drop out of their congregations over time, said one Upper East Side pastor, the Rev. Kazimierz A. Kowalski of the Church of our Lady of Good Counsel.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

AFC Realty has already converted the former Harlem Gospel Temple Church at 2056 Fifth Avenue into 22 condos priced at from $645,000 to $1.575 million.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

One such dispute concerns St. Brigid's on the east end of Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. In the late 1990s, St. Brigid's staff discovered that the east wall of the aging building was moving in the eastern direction about a quarter of an inch each year.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

It had not been an active Catholic church for 30 years when the archdiocese put it on the market and sold it to the Hudson Companies developers who designed a dormitory for New York University.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

One is St. Ann's Church, several blocks away from St. Brigid's on East12th Street

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

One is St. Ann's Church, several blocks away from St. Brigid's on East12th Street.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

After working with the city Landmarks Preservation Commission, the cathedral signed an deal with Columbia University that would enable Columbia to build an academic facility on the north side of the cathedral close.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

As churches close, "some of our meetings have had to change locations," said an Alcoholics Anonymous volunteer coordinator in the New York Intergroup office in Chelsea.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

The Food Bank of New York City has lost one of its soup kitchens, which used to operate out of Mary Help of Christians in the East Village before it was shut down in the Catholic Church's realignment.

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 19, 2008.

Opening day of the American Museum of Natural History's special exhibit "The Horse" was chaotic to say the least. What would you expect with live horses in the garden (including 17-inch Thumbelina, a miniature dwarf horse)?

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

A 15-year-old Jamaica girl was shot and killed on a Far Rockaway street corner, police said, and five men were in stable condition after an apparently unrelated shooting that occurred a few hours later just half a mile away.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

Brandon Bethea was shot in the head by a stray bullet at 11:12 p.m. Saturday while standing with a crowd in front of 12-70 Redfern Ave., near the Redfern Housing Projects, police said.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

At 2 a.m., police found four men shot near the intersection of Beach 21st Street and Mott Avenue in a case officials said they believe was unrelated.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

Robert Williams, 54, a salesman from South Jamaica, meanwhile, is cutting back on food costs.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

Actor and choreographer Dean Badolato, who is in his 50s, said he was baffled when a dozen eggs at a Hells Kitchen farmers market jumped from $1.29 a dozen to $2.49, then suddenly fell to $1.79.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

Prosecutors say Bubaris, 31, drove Perez to an out-of-the-way area in neighboring Bedford, "inflicted blunt force trauma to Perez's abdomen" and left him to die.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

Protest in Crown Heights after Jewish teen gets robbed, assaulted

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

Police have charged Joanne Alvarez, 54, who lives in East Harlem's Taft Houses public housing complex, with criminally negligent homicide.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 19, 2008.

W&H Properties is offering a 20,328-square-foot duplex penthouse on the 25th and 26th floors of 250 West 57th Street, which the firm recently rehabbed for $82 million.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

10 a.m. Harrison Ford joins Guyanese President to launch awareness campaign on the role of forests as a cost-effective solution to climate change; Ambassador II Ballroom, The Westin New York at Times Square, 270 West 43rd St.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

8:30 a.m. Christine Quinn addresses the Crain's breakfast; Crowne Plaza Times Square, 1605 Broadway.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

11 a.m. Meeting of the New York Power Authority Board of Trustees; Clarence D. Rappleyea Building, 123 Main St., 16th Floor Boardroom, White Plains.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

11 a.m. Wyclef Jean announces "Together for Haiti" emergency food relief alliance; Gansevoort Hotel, 18 Ninth Ave.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

11 a.m. National Trust For Historic Preservation announces America's 11 most endangered historic places; Seward Park High School Auditorium, 350 Grand St.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

Noon. ACORN members and Council Member James Gennaro join family facing foreclosure to call on State Senator Frank Padavan to pass foreclosure moratorium legislation; Home of Jocelyn Voltaire, 100-24 208th St., Queens Village.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

All day. HBO showcases actual Florida voting machines used in the 2000 presidential election to promote its film, "Recount"; Union Square, 14th Street and Broadway.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

A pedestrian was fatally struck in Midtown in an apparent hit & run last night.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 19, 2008.

The incident happened outside the Costco located at 2975 Richmond Avenue in the New Springville section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 19, 2008.

A water main break closed West 57th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Midtown Manhattan Monday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 19, 2008.

Police say the victim, a 17-year-old, was gunned down at Beach 22nd Street and Mott Avenue just before 2:30 p.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 19, 2008.

Police say the girl, Taylor Webster, complained to her foster mother of neck pain inside their apartment at the Taft Houses, located at 1345 Fifth Avenue, Sunday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 19, 2008.

The incident unfolded inside the 11th-floor apartment of Ms. Alvarez at 1345 Fifth Avenue, in the Taft Houses, the police said. It began around 11 p.m. on Saturday when Taylor complained of pain. Ms. Alvarez, who lives in the apartment with an adult child, put the pain patch on Taylor’s neck — in the area of her Carotid artery — and also gave her the Motrin, the police said.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

Several women had more than 50 years of catching up to do after attending Public School 87 in the 1950s.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers and the Rudin Family on Monday filed revised plans with the New York City Landmarks Commission that shrink the size of the new hospital and related residential development they are planning.

Published by Crain's New York Business on May 19, 2008.

Some years ago UF reported on the stalled efforts to jumpstart the East Harlem market.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 19, 2008.

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Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 19, 2008.

Harlem is pretty much something you have to see. Harlem is its own planet. The way that people eat, walk, talk, it’s the first place that people see when they get to New York. It’s amazing.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 19, 2008.

Timothy Brown, a 15-year FDNY veteran who worked on the recovery at Ground Zero, is out to challenge Democratic Sen. Liz Krueger in the 26th District.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Alvarez, who has two other foster children at her 1345 Fifth Ave. apartment, works as a home attendant, neighbors said.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Maria Markova says in a lawsuit that the 21-year-old Lohan took the $12,000 golden sheared mink coat while in the Chelsea nightclub 1 Oak on Jan. 26, 2008.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

School officials said the teenager, a student at Public School 99, was walking to school around 8 a.m. when she was hit at Coney Island Avenue and Avenue K. The ambulance was responding to a call at the time of the crash.

Published by WNBC on May 19, 2008.

There is an incredible building in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn, located between Third street and Carrol but it is not accesible. It looks like a huge abandoned warehouse, and it is visible from the bridges that cross those two streets.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

Perkins+Will will design the new Police Academy planned for College Point, Queens, replacing the city’s decrepit and outdated 44-year-old Police Academy on East 20th Street in Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

His creation has been described in guide books and was the subject of a documentary that was broadcast on PBS. But about two weeks ago, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, which has some oversight over the garden at East Sixth Street and Avenue B, determined that the intricate tower was unsound and had to be removed.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

He did, however, have the help of several comrades from Sophie’s Bar on East Fifth Street, a dimly lighted and congenial tavern, where Mr. Boros was as much of a fixture as he was in the garden.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

Perkins+Will will design the new Police Academy planned for College Point, Queens, replacing the city’s decrepit and outdated 44-year-old Police Academy on East 20th Street in Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

some city blocks in New York State are producing such a concentration of inmates that it costs the state a million dollars a year to imprison a single block’s residents, according to a recent mapping project on display at the Museum of Modern Art

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

However, some city blocks in New York State are producing such a concentration of inmates that it costs the state a million dollars a year to imprison a single block’s residents, according to a recent mapping project on display at the Museum of Modern Art, “Million Dollar Blocks.” The project was a partnership of Columbia University planners and two nonprofit advocacy groups, the Justice Mapping Center and the JFA Institute.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

For now, the best vantages of the rising columns are either from the corner of Washington and Vesey Streets (through a chain-link fence) or from within the second-floor gallery of the Winter Garden at Battery Park City.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

One World Trade Center, also called the Freedom Tower, broke through the street-level barrier on Saturday when workers for DCM Erectors attached new sections atop two of the 24 jumbo columns that form the building’s perimeter.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

“We’ve been talking about it nonstop,” said Sarah Sills, 51, graphic designer, who lives at Prospect Park West and Fourth Street.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

The indefinite suspension of alternate-side parking rules in Park Slope, Brooklyn, took effect today, and residents and the motorists greeted the change with a mix of reactions: joy, astonishment, apprehension, confusion and — yes, we have to admit it — a bit of the self-importance for which the neighborhood is sometimes, uh, criticized.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

He sat in his car on Berkeley Place between Seventh and Eighth Avenues around 10:45 a.m. — parking is usually forbidden on that side of the street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — and seemed confused

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

Leo In, 44, owner of the Brooklyn Valet dry cleaning store, lives in Flushing, Queens, and walked to Berkeley Place, between Seventh and Sixth Avenues, to move his car in the morning. Then noticed no one else had moved their car.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

“I wasn’t sure what to do so I moved it anyway,” she said. “They came through and cleaned. This is Windsor Terrace. If you grew up here, you know it as Windsor Terrace. But a lot of people generalize and say that this is Park Slope.”

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

One of them was Feng Huang, who owns the Oshima Restaurant in Park Slope but does not live in the neighborhood.

Published by New York Times on May 19, 2008.

Gloria Cruz sat in the peaceful green grounds of St. Ann's Episcopal Church and it was so quiet the bees' buzzing was distracting. Beyond the swings and slide and fence is E. 139th St., where gunfire rang out nearly three years ago, and still resonates for Cruz.

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

After bouncing from apartment to apartment, she finally put down her permanent roots in the Bronx in 1970, buying a three-story house at 1040 Grand Concourse.

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

Honeyghan, a 42-year-old livery cab driver, lives in Wakefield, the working-class northeast Bronx neighborhood hit hardest by the mortgage foreclosure crisis.

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

"106 & Park" picks up on the "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" frenzy with a live red carpet special from the Magic Johnson multiplex in Harlem. Harrison Ford, Shia LeBeouf and Karen Allen are expected, along with performances by Ashanti, Jim Jones and Estelle.

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

Check out the above rendering. We got it on Monday afternoon at a press conference to tout the deal struck this weekend between the Related Companies and the M.T.A. over the development rights of the West Side rail yards.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

The storyline behind Related’s surprise win in the West Side rail yards bidding goes, more or less, as follows, according to a Monday afternoon press conference with M.T.A. officials and Related Chairman Stephen Ross:

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has tentatively chosen Related Companies to develop 26 acres of prime real estate on Manhattan's Far West Side.

Published by WNBC on May 19, 2008.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has tentatively chosen Related Companies to develop 26 acres of prime real estate on Manhattan's Far West Side.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Back in February, we visited Tiffany's Manhattan flagship and the jewelry chain’s new branch in the Financial District to see if the luxury retail market had started showing signs of an impending bust. Traffic seemed a little light then, but it appeared like sales could just as easily rebound in 2008 as plummet.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

The Related Companies has struck a tentative deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to develop at least a portion of the Hudson Rail Yards, according to real estate sources.

Published by Crain's New York Business on May 19, 2008.

The rainy, windy weather over the weekend apparently took a toll on some trees around town. A reader shot the Carroll Gardens photo at Henry and President on Saturday, and another sent in pics of the damage on Washington Avenue between Dekalb and Willoughby. Other folks notice felled trees? (We didn't.)

Published by Brownstoner on May 19, 2008.

The Hudson Rail Yards has a new potential leaseholder, but no tenants yet, as the MTA announced Monday an agreement to give development rights to Related Companies and financial partner Goldman Sachs for $1 billion.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

The storyline behind Related’s surprise win in the West Side rail yards bidding goes, more or less, as follows, according to a Monday afternoon press conference with M.T.A. officials and Related Chairman Stephen Ross:

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

Check out the above rendering. We got it on Monday afternoon at a press conference to tout the deal struck this weekend between the Related Companies and the M.T.A. over the development rights of the West Side rail yards.

Published by The New York Observer on May 19, 2008.

What he used to to: Day was the marketing director of Harlem USA and Hard Rock Cafe.

Published by amNY.com on May 19, 2008.

It appeared Winter strangled her in a botched robbery attempt at Eden Dry Cleaners, cops said.

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

The eighth-grader was at the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway for a party her boyfriend was throwing and was cut down as she walked in a courtyard near her old home.

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

Three NYPD cops were charged in his death outside a Queens strip club, but they were cleared of all charges last month.

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

It was New York's first-ever Veggie Pride Parade - and people in giant carrot costumes sprouted across the Meatpacking District.

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

She was one of several hundred vegetarian and vegan activists who assembled on a plaza down the street from the Hog Pit BBQ restaurant for a march to Washington Square Park to promote the environmental, ethical and health advantages of a meat-free diet.

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

She was one of several hundred vegetarian and vegan activists who assembled on a plaza down the street from the Hog Pit BBQ restaurant for a march to Washington Square Park to promote the environmental, ethical and health advantages of a meat-free diet.

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

Blank declined to speak further or assign blame in the incident, which occurred inside the private dental practice of Dr. Rhonda Kavee on E. 36th St.

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

Kavee did not answer the door at her East Side apartment and did not return several calls for comment.

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

Geoffrey Davis, brother of slain City Councilman James Davis, organized the gathering at Albany Ave. and Empire Blvd., where black attackers pummeled and robbed Jewish youth Alon Sherman, 16, as he rode his bike on Friday.

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

The unidentified victim was struck by a car on Sixth Ave. between 53rd and 54th Sts. just after 11 p.m., cops said. He was taken by ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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

The Foodims, who live on the Upper East Side and shop for groceries primarily using FreshDirect, spent $890 in April of this year compared to $530 for the same month in 2007 - a 68 percent increase he attributes in part to the fact that his 4-year-old son, Jackson, and 21/2-year-old daughter, Samantha, are eating more.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

One of his landlords recently lowered the prices on his Upper West Side apartments - knocking down the studios from $1,850 to $1,700 and one-bedrooms from $2,650 to $2,400.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

For example, the price of a SoHo studio dropped a whopping 24 percent - from $2,455 to $1,855 - from April '07 to April '08, according to the most recent data from Citi Habitats.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

And the average rents for two-bedrooms on the Lower East Side are down almost 18 percent, from $4,144 to $3,403.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Schools like Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Manhattan and Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Queens have been charging students $5 to replace ID cards that cost the schools less than 50 cents to produce.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Schools like Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Manhattan and Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Queens have been charging students $5 to replace ID cards that cost the schools less than 50 cents to produce.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Schools like Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Manhattan and Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Queens have been charging students $5 to replace ID cards that cost the schools less than 50 cents to produce.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

"His car was pretty crushed. If anyone was in the back seat they would not have survived," 9/11 survivor Philip Scarfi, of Bedford-Stuyvesant's Engine 235, told The Post of the horrific scene at 5:45 a.m. in Plainview.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Just eight local high schools landed on the magazine's list, led by the High School for Arts and Business in Corona at No. 219.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

The unidentified man was walking around a construction barrier on Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th streets when he was hit at 11:15 p.m. He died at Roosevelt Hospital.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.

Jamal Winter, 22, allegedly murdered 63-year-old Kyong-Sook Woo in a robbery as she closed the Eden Dry Cleaners on 10th Avenue in Windsor Terrace on Thursday night. An employee found her body the next morning.

Published by New York Post on May 19, 2008.