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  • Deutsche Bank FDNY probe finds series of big failures led to Deutsche horror

    The two firefighters killed in last year's inferno at the old Deutsche Bank building died as a result of a perfect storm of neglect and tragic mistakes, the FDNY's internal review of the fatal fire shows.

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

  • World Trade Center WTC video game draws outrage

    A Paris-based artist is raising eyebrows with a video game that depicts the twin towers of the World Trade Center under attack.

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

  • ground zero Report On Deutsche Bank Fire Tragedy Exposes Lapses

    Firefighters waiting more than an hour for water to attack a fire in a ground zero skyscraper sent more than 30 distress calls from the burning building, but not all were heard in the confusion, a Fire Department official said Wednesday.

    Published by WNBC on August 21, 2008.

  • ground zero FDNY: Radio Training Needed After Fatal WTC Fire

    A report says New York City firefighters made more than 30 distress calls from inside a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firefighters lost their lives, but not all of them were heard.

    Published by WNBC on August 21, 2008.

  • World Trade Center New video game ripped by kin of those who died at WTC

    It may be art, but loved ones of those killed in the attack on the World Trade Center think it's "disgusting."

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

  • Deutsche Bank FDNY Report Lists Many Problems At Fatal WTC Fire

    Fire officials released the 176-page report along with 40 pages of emergency radio transmissions from more than 100 firefighters who went into the former Deutsche Bank tower on Aug. 18, 2007.

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

  • World Trade Center Feds: Fires Destroyed WTC Building 7 On Sept. 11

    Federal investigators issued a report Thursday that concludes that fires brought down a skyscraper next to the twin towers on Sept. 11, refuting conspiracy theorists who have long believed that explosives somehow caused the collapse. Scientists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology say their three-year investigation of the collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center 7 was the first known instance of fire causing the total failure of a skyscraper.

    Published by WNBC on August 21, 2008.

  • Tribeca Hip-hop's Dash skipped paying mortgage: suit

    The hip-hop mogul failed to pay Eastern Savings Bank $78,504 in monthly payments for a pair of trendy Tribeca condos from January to August, the bank claims.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 20, 2008.

  • 101 Murray Place Manhattan August Events

    LOCATION: St. John's University, 101 Murray Place (between Greenwich Street & West Street)

    Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

  • 55 Exchange Place Manhattan August Events

    LOCATION: 55 Exchange Place, 6th Floor

    Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

  • 41 Park Row Manhattan August Events

    LOCATION: The Schaeberle Studio Theatre (Venue #2, 41 Park Row at William St)

    Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Fire Exposes Government Lapses

    The Aug. 18, 2007, fire at the former Deutsche Bank tower across a street from ground zero exposed the incompetence of multiple government agencies assigned to near-daily inspections of the building, which was being dismantled. It also unmasked a questionable subcontractor and the Fire Department's failure to point out dozens of hazards -- including the cutting of a pipe meant to supply water to fire hoses -- before the blaze.

    Published by WNBC on August 18, 2008.

  • Ground Zero 'Every day hurts' for Deutsche Bank families

    The boy and his 5-year-old sister Mia lost their father, also named Joseph, a year ago Monday when he and Robert Beddia died in the toxic blaze in the Deutsche Bank building, which still looms darkly above Ground Zero.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

  • ground zero Ceremony for firefighters killed at WTC building

    New York City officials have dedicated plaques in the memory of two firefighters killed a year ago at a ground zero skyscraper.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

  • World Trade Center Anniversary of deadly Deutsche bank fire

    They wear protective suits on floors where toxic dust from the World Trade Center' still lies.

    Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 18, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank FDNY To Catch Lots Of Heat In Deutsche Fire Report

    An internal investigation by the FDNY of the Deutsche Bank fire will spell new heartache for the families of the two firefighters who died a year ago Monday.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 18, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank Vital warnings were ignored at Deutsche Bank

    Months before the Deutsche Bank inferno killed two firefighters, inspectors knew there was a blatant disregard for even the most basic fire-safety rules, a Daily News probe has found.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank NYC Fire Union Wants Radio Updates On Water Supply

    Firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino died in the former Deutsche Bank tower after their oxygen supply ran out. If the firefighters had been receiving radio updates about water problems a year ago, "I don't think this tragedy would have happened," Cassidy said.

    Published by WNBC on August 17, 2008.

  • 24 Peck Slip Zagat Restaurants: Waterfalls

    24 Peck Slip

    Published by NY1 on August 17, 2008.

  • 55 Water St. Events for Monday in New York

    Catch a half-hour dance presented by the Douglas Dunn dancers on the grassy rectangle of Elevated Acre. Conveniently held during your lunch hour, the brand new piece, titled "In Formations," features 21 dancers functioning as a geometric pattern. 12:30 p.m.; free admission. 55 Water St. For more information, go to: www.douglasdunndance.com.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 17, 2008.

  • Ground Zero Union prods FDNY on Ground Zero water info

    Giving five-minute radio updates about the water available to battle a blaze would have saved two firefighters who were killed at a condemned Ground Zero skyscraper a year ago, the city's fire union president said.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 17, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank Firefighters Union Calls For Water Supply Updates

    Stephen Cassidy says two firefighters might not have died a year ago at the former Deutsche Bank tower fire if the warning system had existed.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 17, 2008.

  • World Trade Center Fire At WTC Building Exposes Government Lapses

    Every two weeks, firefighters ascend a condemned, black-shrouded skyscraper, checking carefully marked exit signs, a rebuilt water supply system and wide-open corridors. They wear protective suits on floors still contaminated by toxic dust from the World Trade Center.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 17, 2008.

  • ground zero 9/11 Charities Rethink Aims As Funds Dry Up

    Other organizations are looking for new funding sources and new purpose. Anthony Gardner, a Sept. 11 family member who has been vocal about ground zero rebuilding and especially the 9/11 memorial, until June received a $450,000 Red Cross grant for his organization, the World Trade Center United Family Group.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 16, 2008.

  • ground zero 9/11 Groups Close, Rethink Goals As Money Wanes

    While programs treating ailing ground zero workers exposed to toxic dust can still seek funding from Congress and the state and city governments, counseling and community programs are having more trouble.

    Published by WNBC on August 16, 2008.

  • Ground Zero 9/11 museum cost up - but giving is not

    As the Daily News first reported, the price tag on the national museum at Ground Zero is expected to pass $1 billion - 65% more than projected.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

  • Ground Zero Price tag soars on 9/11 memorial

    The cost of the Sept. 11 memorial and museum at Ground Zero is expected to soar past $1 billion, the Daily News has learned.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

  • 33-45 Fulton St. Business Owners Can Learn Basics of Negotiating a Lease

    Information about commercial lease real estate property taxes will also be available. The free workshop will be held at Capital One Bank, 33-45 Fulton St. To register, call (718) 797-0187.

    Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 14, 2008.

  • 33-45 Fulton St. Brooklyn Today: Thursday, August 14, 2008

    The workshop will take place between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Capital One Bank branch at 33-45 Fulton St.

    Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 14, 2008.

  • Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Burton is named vice president (Accent on People Section)

    Jisun Burton, a Riverdale resident, recently became vice president of Product Risk and Strategy for the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a financial services company based in Manhattan.

    Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

  • World Trade Center NYC Council Weighs Construction Safety

    The New York City Council will vote on two pieces of construction safety legislation in the wake of testing results that show major construction sites, including the World Trade Center and the new Yankee Stadium.

    Published by WNBC on August 14, 2008.

  • Lower Manhattan A Closer Look: The Proposal for a Ground Zero Security Zone

    Document: The New York Police Department wants to create a special security zone in Lower Manhattan, with checkpoints and traffic restrictions.

    Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

  • Tribeca The Gossip on Girls

    In this crowd, the sighting of Ms. Dunst was hardly unusual. Since March, when she moved to New York (and into a $3 million Tribeca penthouse she bought last year) to star in Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things with Ryan Gosling—after a stint in rehab at the Cirque Lodge in Utah, which she told the press she entered for “depression”—Ms. Dunst seems to be everywhere.

    Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

  • 3 Hanover Square Kitchen Dish: Allegretti, Vintage Irving, and a new Yorganic

    ANTIBIOTIC-FREE GUMMY BEARS Yorganic, a frozen-yogurt and juice bar that has a takeout counter in Midtown East's Crystal Pavilion, is opening a full-blown unit with seating and Wi-Fi downtown today (3 Hanover Square at Beaver Street, 212-968-9700).

    Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

  • ground zero A Closer Look: The Proposal for a Ground Zero Security Zone

    Landlords, company executives, public officials and some urban planners acknowledged the need for security at ground zero, but worried that the procedures would undermine the effort to reweave the trade center site into the city’s fabric.

    Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

  • Lower Manhattan $800,000 in Free M.T.A. Tickets, and 3 Arrests

    When is a demolished apartment building not demolished? That question was the subject of hours of protest and oratory at a public hearing in Lower Manhattan about proposed changes to the rules on renovating rent-stabilized housing.

    Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

  • World Trade Center $800,000 in Free M.T.A. Tickets, and 3 Arrests

    A Police Department proposal to strictly control access to the World Trade Center once it is rebuilt has come under fire from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

    Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

  • Tribeca The Reinvention of Kirsten Dunst

    In this crowd, the sighting of Ms. Dunst was hardly unusual. Since March, when she moved to New York (and into a $3 million Tribeca penthouse she bought last year) to star in Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things with Ryan Gosling

    Published by The New York Observer on August 13, 2008.

  • World Trade Center ACLU sez city plan to scan license plates bum steer

    The plan, as first outlined by the Daily News in April, improves on London's famed "Ring of Steel" with a $106 million program of barriers and guard booths encircling the World Trade Center footprint.

    Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank Write Down This! Deutsche's Old Mortgage Securities Maestro Gets $9.3 M. for Co-op

    According to records, Deutsche Bank even got involved in the apartment’s financing, though it’s not clear how much was lent, or at what rates. Since then, Mr. Ahuja’s mortgage group has suffered dramatically, and a spokesperson for the bank said this week that he’s no longer with the company. On the upside, he sold off his East End apartment late last month for$9.3 million, according to a deed.

    Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

  • financial district Security Program Would Photograph Cars Entering Manhattan

    The report said some of the technology that will be used in the program is still being perfected.Data on each vehicle would be stored for a least a month at a command center in downtown Manhattan. The plan is aimed at protecting New York’s financial district.

    Published by WNBC on August 12, 2008.

  • World Trade Center A Tight Security Zone for Ground Zero Is Planned

    According to a 36-page presentation given by top-ranking police officials in recent months, the entire 16-acre World Trade Center site would be placed within a security zone, in which only specially screened taxis, limousines and cars would be allowed through “sally ports,” or barriers staffed by police officers, constructed at each of five entry points.

    Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

  • Deutsche Bank Two analysts cut Goldman's rating

    Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Mayo downgraded Goldman to “hold” from “buy” Tuesday, and lowered his earnings-per-share estimate to $2.40 for the third quarter, down from a previous estimate of $3.25. He also lowered his share price target to $192 from $209, and cut full-year earning projections to $14.60 per share, down from a previous projection of $16.25.

    Published by Crain's New York Business on August 12, 2008.

  • Stuyvesant High School Paralyzed teen files $300-mil lawsuit

    Today, the 17-year-old is paralyzed from the chest down. The Stuyvesant High School student has endured months of rehab.

    Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

  • World Trade Center New security plans for new WTC site

    The new World Trade Center is still years away from completion. Included in the plans are office space, a memorial and plenty of security. Details of the intense security plan are just beginning to emerge.

    Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

  • Securities and Exchange Commission JPM to post more mortgage losses in 3Q

    In a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the bank said turbulence in the credit markets has caused it to lose about $1.5 billion, after hedges, in its mortgage-backed securities and loans to date in the July-to-September quarter.

    Published by Crain's New York Business on August 12, 2008.

  • 33-45 Fulton St. Brooklyn Today: Tuesday, August 12, 2008

    The workshop will take place on Thursday between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Capital One Bank branch at 33-45 Fulton St.

    Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 12, 2008.

  • Liberty and Greenwich Streets Police Want Tight Security Zone at Ground Zero

    All service and delivery trucks for the trade center site would be directed to an underground bomb screening center at the south side of the complex. Tour buses would drop off and pick up passengers at Liberty and Greenwich Streets. But no bus would be summoned from the underground security center and garage until all the passengers are present, a requirement that could leave large clots of tourists waiting for stragglers.

    Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

  • lower Manhattan Internet giant gets free help from high schoolers

    Ten high school students from Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan and five students from Grand Central High School in Philadelphia were called on this summer to work on InstantAction.com. They monitored the forums on the site, helped with programming code, analyzed usage of the site and worked on quality assurance by checking for bugs in the games and sites.

    Published by Crain's New York Business on August 12, 2008.

  • lower Manhattan NYPD's 'Operation Sentinel' To Track EVERYTHING

    The proposal is part of a multimillion dollar plan to secure lower Manhattan. It includes cameras, license plate readers and radiation detectors.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 12, 2008.