http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newyorkcity/ en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Mosque Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Jim Hoft A mysterous Muslim group with unknown sponsors has purchased a building steps away from Ground Zero. Hudson New York reported: An identified group with unknown sponsors has purchased building steps away from where the WorldTrade Center once stood — to turn it into potentially one of the largest New York City mosques. At the moment the building, the old Burlington Coat Factory, already serves as a mini-mosque: an iron grill lifts every Friday afternoon for a little known Imam leading prayers a few yards... Hudson New York Institute via GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402253/posts NEW YORK (CBS) --Audrey Johnson Was Longtime Companion Of Former Sixers Star World B. Free The longtime companion of a former NBA star was killed in Brooklyn while trying to stop an assault outside her family's home. The shooting happened right in front of 149 Clifton Place in Bed-Stuy. Police said 51-year-old Audrey Johnson had just come back home when she heard about a confrontation on the sidewalk in front of her home. She came outside to see what what happening. Her niece, Jeromeka Johnson, told CBS 2HD that the victim, who lives in East Orange, N.J., had returned to... WCBS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402253/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:50:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386298/posts November 14, 2009Exclusive: Decision to Try 9/11 Masterminds in New York a Slap in the Face to All Americans Pam Meister In an act that further makes a mockery of the Islamist threat that faces us, the administration has decided that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Gitmo detainees will be sent to New York City to stand trial in a civilian federal court for their role in the 9/11 atrocity. According to Attorney General Eric Holder, prosecutors will seek the death penalty.   No word yet if Lynne Stewart has offered to be on the defense team.  ... Family Securitry Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386298/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:36:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385839/posts Dear Republicans, Thanks for making clear that "home of the brave" refers only to US liberals, since we aren't pissing our pants at the thought of Gitmo inmates on US soil. Hugs and kisses, kos The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385839/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:16:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379434/posts The Queens woman who mutilated her father and burned his penis on the stove has been taking a cooking class in jail. Brigitte Harris, who faces up to 15 years in prison for killing her dad when she is sentenced on Friday, also has been biding her time on Rikers Island by reading vampire novels and mysteries. In a jailhouse interview with the Daily News, the soft-spoken, crucifix-wearing woman said she never intended to murder her father, Eric Goodridge. "Thinking back now, I definitely would have tried to put my resources into getting him put in jail," she said. "But... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379434/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378647/posts Would Obama have helped Thompson? A Times expose explains how it never happenedBill Thompson didn't have Michael Bloomberg's big bucks, his renown or any real help aside from his own political muscle, but he made the mayoral race awfully close. Imagine if he had someone like, oh, President Barack Obama, backing him up. Early on, Bloomberg saw to it that the president wouldn't come to Thompson's aid -- not in the unequivocal sense, anyway, reports The New York Times . Sure, Obama offered a limp endorsement a few weeks before Election Day. But he didn't stand by Thompson, hands pumping,... NBC New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378647/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378169/posts Reporting Lou Young NEW YORK (CBS) -- Democrat John Liu has won a decisive victory in the race for New York City Comptroller. The Queens Councilman has made history, becoming the first Asian-American elected to citywide office. They pretty much knew they were having a victory party at John Liu's headquarters in Midtown. In fact, you could see the optimism on the candidate's face when we caught up with him earlier tonight in Harlem. Liu was wrapping up his successful campaign for Controller at the side of the man who currently holds the office. And his is a big deal... WCBS-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378169/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:38:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376711/posts School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital. "I was outraged," Naomi Troy, 26, told the Daily News after her 6-year-old daughter, Nikiyah Torres-Pierre, had a possible allergic reaction to the shot. Officials at Public School 335 in Crown Heights called an ambulance to take Nikiyah to SUNY Downstate Medical Center when she fell ill following the arm jab. "My stomach was hurting, and I was itching," Nikiyah said after she was released from the hospital. The snafu... New York Daily News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376711/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372460/posts 2 Foster Children Killed, 3 Others Seriously Injured After Van Crossed Yellow Lines Suspect Allegedly Removed Middle Row Of Seats, Had Children Sit On Floor QUEENS (CBS) -- A Queens woman behind the wheel of a minivan that crossed the yellow lines and crashed into another van on Monday, killing two foster children inside the van, was charged with manslaughter Tuesday, and sources tell CBS 2 drug paraphernalia was found inside her vehicle. Police say Sheila Bethea, 45, was driving a Mazda minivan with six passengers – five foster children between the ages of 5 and 15 and a 43-year-old... WCBS-TV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372460/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:19:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367280/posts Note: Photo and video included. SNIPPET: "Ahmad Wais Afzali, 53, is charged with tipping off Najibullah Zazi that New York City police detectives were after him. Afzali is also accused of lying about it to federal agents. The Imam remains free on bail." His lawyer says the indictment is "merely a tired rehash of the same discredited allegations." NY1.com - News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367280/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:10:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367283/posts SNIPPET: “DENVER — A Colorado man whose son is accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City is scheduled to go to trial in December on a charge of lying to investigators. A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a 10-day trial for Mohammed Wali Zazi starting Dec. 7 in U.S. District Court in Denver.” (AP) via Google.com - News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367283/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:21:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361356/posts Carmen Huertas Accused Of Driving Drunk With 7 Girls In Car; Daughter Pleaded With Woman To Slow DownSuspect Asked Children To 'Raise Your Hands If You Think I'm Gonna Crash' NEW YORK (CBS) - She promised another parent that the children would be in good hands. She even joked about it. But what happened next was no joking matter. Now a young girl is dead, a mother is under arrest, and families are devastated after a tragic accident on Manhattan's Upper West Side. A woman stands next to her critically-injured daughter's hospital bed Monday, hoping and praying she will make... CBS-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361356/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:07:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358161/posts WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into a series of questionable financial dealings made by Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York. The move comes a day after House Democrats defeated a Republican attempt to force the removal of Mr. Rangel, a Democrat, from the chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee pending the outcome of the investigation. The move seemed intended to show that the ethics committee was conducting a serious and wide-ranging investigation, listing the number of witnesses the committee had interviewed (34) and the number of... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358161/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 06:31:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357874/posts NEW YORK (CBS) ― A courageous neighbor makes the ultimate sacrifice; a Good Samaritan, stabbed to death, while trying to stop a man with a dagger during a violent assault. Neighbors say the Good Samaritan, his wife and 2-year-old son had moved into a building in upper Manhattan from a shelter in Brooklyn just a few months ago. They say Marco Betancourt was always helping his neighbors at their building on 162 W. 144th Street. That's why they weren't surprised to hear that Betancourt lost his life, selflessly trying to stop one neighbor from stabbing another, his mother's boyfriend, with... WCBS-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357874/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:52:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356434/posts The victim, Rose Morat, is now 103, still vigorous as she greeted reporters on Tuesday, hours before the man accused of attacking her and two other women [on March 4, 2007] was convicted of robbery, burglary and assault in State Supreme Court in Queens. ..." The defendant, Jack Rhodes, 47, was found guilty at the end of a four-week jury trial before Justice Gregory L. Lasak. Mr. Rhodes was accused of mugging Ms. Morat on March 4, 2007, in the lobby of her building. The attack was captured on security videotape and widely disseminated, making Ms. Morat something of a... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356434/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 02:22:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355583/posts Homeland Security: Provisions of the law that spared New York another 9/11 are set to expire Dec. 31. So why do Democrats want to gut this law and remove the immunity telecom companies have for helping protect America? To borrow a British expression from World War II, it was a very near thing. The capture, arrest and indictment of 24-year-old Afghan immigrant Najubullah Zazi before he could set off bombs made from store-bought chemicals prevented a tragedy of potentially devastating proportions. It wouldn't have happened if the critics of Patriot Act had their way. The capture of Zazi was made... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355583/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 00:03:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354037/posts A credible source claims the embattled left-wing advocacy group ACORN is poised to announce massive staff layoffs but an ACORN spokesman denies this is the case. A credible source close to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now revealed that the activist network intends to lay off all staff members operating out of its New Orleans headquarters. All information provided by the source to this reporter in the past has turned out to be correct. However, ACORN spokesman Scott Levenson of the public relations firm The Advance Group in New York City said the source was incorrect. In... Big Government.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354037/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353590/posts New York area FReepers!Please support fellow CONSERVATIVE Evan Sayet as he ventures into the belly of the beast! From nycundergroundcomedyfestival.com:Evan Sayet's "Right To Laugh" (Conservative Comedy Show) -- TWO SHOWS!!Wednesday, October 7th -- 8:30 PM (Comic Strip LIVE) Thursday, October 8th -- 7:00 PM (Broadway Main Room) After a career that included headlining as a stand-up comic, writer of late night television programs like‚Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher‚ and writing and producing screenplays (Diamonds in the Rough‚) and documentaries (Dodo‚winner of Best Comedy/Documentary 2007 New York Independent Film Festival), Evan was compelled by the events of 9/11 to step... NYC Underground Comedy Festival http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353590/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:03:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352867/posts Sept. 30: The Empire State Building lit in red and yellow to honor the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. NEW YORK — New York is seeing red over the decision to turn the city's highest beacon — and one of America's symbols for free enterprise — into a shining monument honoring China's communist revolution Wednesday night. FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352867/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:35:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351487/posts John Liu easily won last night's runoff election for city comptroller and Bill de Blasio routed rival Mark Green in the public advocate contest -- victories that handed a major boost to the Working Families Party in its first foray into citywide races. Both races produced clear winners within 30 minutes of the polls closing at 9 p.m. A mere 228,000 ballots were cast, a record low. COMPLETE ELECTION RESULTS:Liu, who will oversee the city's $80 billion pension system, cruised into history as the first Asian-American to win a citywide election, beating Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky, by 56 percent to... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351487/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351460/posts The Army vet who emerged as the No. 1 suspect in a vicious fatal stabbing outside the main post office is believed to have committed suicide in his girlfriend's Philadelphia apartment, The Post has learned. [snip] Earlier yesterday, authorities said they had begun to focus on McCaulla after a cop who served with him in the Army recognized him from photos taken outside the James A. Farley Post Office slaying scene. Surveillance cameras captured the bloody slaying and the moments before it, which Commissioner Ray Kelly described as a simple street altercation that turned deadly. "The killer is walking north... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351460/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350957/posts The NYPD has since launched an internal investigation A local radio personality says he and two friends suffered an anti-gay attack in Hell's Kitchen over the weekend and police turned a blind eye to the incident. The NYPD has since launched an internal investigation and said today the Hate Crime Task Force is looking into the incident. One of the alleged victims, Blake Hayes, an on-air personality for WPLJ, said he and his friends were walking down 9th Avenue on Friday night when a man threw a lit cigarette at the group and called them "faggots." Hayes said a... NBC New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350957/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350688/posts Cops are hunting [for] a knife-wielding suspect who stabbed a young dad to death after a seemingly minor altercation outside the main post office in Manhattan. Christopher Gutierrez, 20, bumped into his killer along Eighth Ave. near W. 33rd St. early Sunday evening and, after just a few words were exchanged, the man flew into a rage, police said. He twice plunged a knife into Gutierrez's chest - and then calmly walked away. Bleeding profusely, Gutierrez collapsed on the steps of the James A. Farley Post Office, police said. He died soon after. The victim's mom was devastated that her... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350688/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:01:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350658/posts From the New York Slimes (Times) Sept 15, 2009... With 100 percent of the vote counted, unofficial results showed that Mr. Liu had captured 38 percent of the vote, just short of the 40 percent he needed to win outright. Mr. Yassky took 30 percent, and Councilwoman Melinda R. Katz of Queens finished third, with 20 percent. David I. Weprin, a councilman from Queens, was fourth. The results set up a contest between two men who, over the course of the campaign, projected sharply different images to voters. Mr. Liu, a former actuary and an immigrant from Taiwan, struck a... Epoch Times and New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350658/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349825/posts The echoes from her stepfather’s death were haunting. Around midnight on New Year’s Day 1994, Scott S. Douglas jumped off the Tappan Zee Bridge hours after his wife, Anne Scripps Douglas, the heiress to a newspaper fortune, was found bludgeoned in her upstairs bedroom with head injuries from which she would die six days later. Mr. Douglas’s 1982 BMW was abandoned on the bridge, its engine still running, so the police searched the Hudson River. The decomposed body did not turn up for three months. On Thursday, his stepdaughter, Anne Morell Petrillo, 38, was believed to have leaped off the... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349825/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:03:22 GMT