A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 3, 2008.

"It is terrible," said Annemarie Hernandez, who was shopping in midtown with her 3-year-old grandson Robert Joseph on Tuesday. "We have no choice because it's like needing gas in your car."

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Right now there is 20 million square feet of office space available in Manhattan, up 35% from the year-ago period. In midtown alone, there are 84 blocks of space of more than 50,000 square feet available, up from 38 a year earlier.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The vacancy rate for Midtown, for instance, the borough's top office submarket, increased from 6.4 percent in June 2007 to 8.2 percent this June. The vacancy rate for top-shelf, Class A towers in Midtown increased to 7.4 percent in June from 5.5 percent a year ago.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 30, 2008.

Vacancy rates for Midtown South and for Downtown were also up annually and monthly. In Midtown South, the all-important Class B rate (that's the dominant type of office space in that submarket) was up to 10.4 percent in June, from 7.1 percent in June 2007.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

The march began at 52nd Street in Midtown and wound down to the West Village.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

One person was killed and another person was injured in a fast-moving fire in Midtown Wednesday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 26, 2008.

An apartment fire in Midtown Manhattan left an 83-year-old man dead on Wednesday evening, officials said.

Published by New York Times on June 26, 2008.

James Gandolfini, star of HBO's long-running mob series, "The Sopranos," stood behind the auctioneer at Rockefeller Center and told the packed room to "spend a lot of money, please," to help the charity, Wounded Warrior Project.

Published by New York Post on June 26, 2008.

On Wednesday, one of the union’s giant New York locals, Local 32BJ, announced an important step toward that goal, saying that it had reached a tentative four-year contract covering 1,500 security guards in scores of office buildings in Manhattan, including Rockefeller Center.

Published by New York Times on June 25, 2008.

In a news release from Local 32BJ, Walter Bonifacio, a security guard who works at a Midtown office building, said: “This raise couldn’t come at a better time. With everything getting more expensive, from gas to groceries, it’s getting harder and harder to pay the bills each month.”

Published by New York Times on June 25, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by The New York Observer on June 25, 2008.

Appearing at a news conference Tuesday in midtown to welcome Michael Strahan to the "Fox NFL Sunday" team, the Hall of Fame quarterback-turned-broadcaster clarified comments he made last week in a radio interview during which he said he used steroids while playing for the great Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

“In Midtown, things are pretty much the same because that’s where all the tourists are and they are here to spend money,” he said from his perch in front of Barnes & Nobles on East 17th Street after a brief Monday afternoon rain storm. When asked his name, the man said, “Everyone on the street calls me Gypsy.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Headquartered at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in midtown Manhattan, the Tow Center will also work with news organizations, investors, business leaders, news professionals, students and technology experts to generate new business models for news organizations. In addition the Center will collaborate with professional as well as citizen journalists to expand news coverage through the Internet.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 23, 2008.

The organization recommended that the city impose graduated parking rates as it has done in Midtown commercial districts, where truckers pay $2 for the first hour, $5 for the second and $9 for the third.

Published by New York Post on June 20, 2008.

Since 1997, the Rangers -- founded in 1925 -- have been part of the Cablevision empire, which includes ownership of the Garden, the Knicks and WNBA Liberty, as well as venues such as Radio City Music Hall. Cablevision has an agreement to purchase Newsday from Tribune Co. later this year.

Published by amNY.com on June 19, 2008.

Veronika Conant considered abandoning her midtown co-op after years of being awakened by privately owned garbage trucks, crunching refuse at all hours of the night and early morning.

Published by amNY.com on June 19, 2008.

Back in midtown, Channel 11's Toni Senecal has written a forthcoming novel, Red Carpet: Confidential, that mixes real and fake names for a jaunty look inside the compromising world of entertainment reporting.

Published by Village Voice on June 17, 2008.

Over 414,200 square feet of office space opened up for lease in Midtown in May, according to a new report from brokerage Newmark Knight Frank. Total availability in Midtown, the city's top office market, is now almost 19.4 million square feet, up annually 3.4 million feet.

Published by The New York Observer on June 16, 2008.

A Queens man was arrested Sunday night outside the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall as a small group gathered to protest the Sean Bell shooting verdict, cops and witnesses said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 16, 2008.

Nick's mom, Russian-born beauty Inessa Ivanov, 39, was ambushed Feb. 4, 2005 as she left her job as a hair stylist at the former Frederic Fekkai salon in Midtown to meet Turco, then 56, an electrical contractor - weeks before their wedding day.

Published by New York Post on June 15, 2008.

The City Council is backing state legislation that would raise the penalty for cars that creep into congested intersections, become stuck and prevent traffic from moving. It is a familiar — and, for many drivers and pedestrians, infuriating — sight in Midtown Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on June 13, 2008.

Michael Oliva, the campaign manager for Surrogate's Court candidate Nora Anderson, just emailed to say that Anderson won the endorsement of the Chelsea Midtown Democratic Club.

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

STAR-STUDDED MENU The annual Rockefeller Center fund-raiser for Citymeals-on-Wheels is this Monday, starting at 7:30 p.m. Local participants include David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, David Burke, Charlie Palmer, Alfred Portale, Laurent Tourondel, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

Published by New York Sun on June 11, 2008.

At Midtown's Oyster Bar, the mozzarella and tomato salad special lasted only a few hours.

Published by New York Post on June 11, 2008.

The skyscraper _ actually a sculpture by artist Chris Burden called "What My Dad Gave Me" _ is set to be unveiled at Rockefeller Center Tuesday.

Published by amNY.com on June 10, 2008.

"Though not quite the shock of the Mitsubishi Group's purchase of Rockefeller Center, the Flatiron's falling into foreign hands nevertheless carries symbolic weight as international investors take advantage of the upheaval in the real estate market and weakness of the U.S. dollar. The euro closed Monday at $1.56."

Published by The New York Observer on June 10, 2008.

If you were planning on taking the PATH train this evening from Midtown, Chelsea or Greenwich Village, you had better find another way home.

Published by New York Times on June 10, 2008.

One of the suits, Sharma v. NYPD, was filed in January 2006, when Indian filmmaker Rakesh Sharma, who was shooting taxis in midtown, was stopped by police and detained for several hours, during which he was quizzed about "terrorist" activities. That August, the suit was expanded at the NYCLU's request to include a slew of photographers.

Published by Village Voice on June 10, 2008.

The skyscraper, a sculpture by artist Chris Burden titled "What My Father Gave Me", will be celebrated today at Rockefeller Center (b/w 49th and 50th streets) from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Published by amNY.com on June 10, 2008.

The latest skyscraper to go up in is 65-feet-tall, weighs 7 tons and is constructed of about one million stainless steel replica Erector set pieces. The skyscraper -- actually a sculpture by artist Chris Burden called "What My Dad Gave Me" -- is set to be unveiled at Rockefeller Center Tuesday.

Published by WNBC on June 10, 2008.

One of the suits, Sharma v. NYPD, was filed in January 2006, when Indian filmmaker Rakesh Sharma, who was shooting taxis in midtown, was stopped by police and detained for several hours, during which he was quizzed about "terrorist" activities. That August, the suit was expanded at the NYCLU's request to include a slew of photographers.

Published by Village Voice on June 10, 2008.

Long Island sixth-grader Gaetano D'Auria-Gupta said he wasn't nervous at all during the three hours he waited to go on, hanging out and making friends with the other youthful singers at Radio City Music Hall. Then his name was called.

Published by New York Daily News on June 10, 2008.

And in Midtown, a P.C. Richards braced to sell more than 1,000 air conditioners this weekend, which customers were sure to enjoy, provided they had sufficient power to run them.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 9, 2008.

"It's just crazy. ... It's really, really hot," said Jessica Pena, 27. She had her hair up in a bun as she swept a midtown Manhattan street at around 8:15 a.m., when it already was in the upper 80s.

Published by amNY.com on June 9, 2008.

At yesterday’s Puerto Rican Day parade in Midtown, Carrion, who is running for comptroller, told me a little about the fund-raiser he had on Friday in Chicago.

Published by The New York Observer on June 9, 2008.

The strange case of two bronze eagles stolen from a Central Park war memorial in 1976 has evidently been solved, after federal authorities received a tip, leading them to seize the sculptures from a jewelry dealer’s Rockefeller Center office. [New York Post]

Published by New York Times on June 9, 2008.

The strange saga of two bronze eagles snatched from a war memorial in 1976 has come full circle after the feds got a tip, leading them to seize the sculptures from a jewelry dealer's Rockefeller Center office.

Published by New York Post on June 9, 2008.

The audition will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Radio City Music Hall. The winners will be announced next month.

Published by New York Daily News on June 8, 2008.

Delayo, 60, whose salary is $74,224, had just been promoted after the March 15 collapse in Midtown.

Published by New York Post on June 7, 2008.

David Paterson spoke with Barack Obama around 2 p.m., he told reporters in Midtown during the New York State Democratic Party’s meeting.

Published by The New York Observer on June 6, 2008.

"The heat will dominate much of the area. Saturday, Sunday and Monday highs in the 90s are likely from Midtown to central New Jersey," said Meteorologist Alan Reppert of Accuweather.com.

Published by amNY.com on June 5, 2008.

Hue's that pretty but strangely colored girl strolling in Midtown yesterday? It's Anne Hathaway shooting her upcoming flick "Bride Wars." The "Devil Wears Prada" star turned a demonic orange because her character "overdoses" at a tanning salon.

Published by New York Post on June 5, 2008.

THE UNITED States Tennis Association will host an open casting call this week for children who would like to perform the national anthem at the 2008 US Open. The auditions will take place in Radio City Music Hall, located at 1260 Sixth Ave., between 50th and 51st streets, on Monday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 5, 2008.