New York City Informer

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota apologized Wednesday for calling Port Authority police officers “nothing more than mall cops” at a candidates forum. WSJ.com: Newyork Main

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Area police unions condemned Joseph J. Lhota’s comment that Port Authority police officers “are nothing more than mall cops,” and the fallout could include lost support for his candidacy for mayor.      NYT > N.Y. / Region

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is starting a recruitment drive for up to 175 new police officers. WNYW – NYC News

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Port Authority The Port Authority today approved a $ 1.5 billion contract to replace the creaking 85-year-old Goethals Bridge between Staten Island and New Jersey with a spiffy new pair of cable-stayed structures. Construction will begin later this year, the bridges will take their first traffic in late 2016, and… NY Post: Staten Island

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Family of man pushed onto New York subway track sues transit authority New York (CNN) — The family of a man killed by a New York City subway train after being shoved onto the tracks in December is suing the city's transit authority, according to court documents obtained Sunday. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of [...]

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The family of a man who died after allegedly being pushed into the path of a New York City subway train has filed a lawsuit against the city's transit authority. WNYW – Local News

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A Port Authority police officer who moonlights as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based punk rock band “Cousin Sleeze” was arrested today and charged with insurance fraud for claiming to be injured at the same time he was rocking down the house. Port Authority Police Officer Christopher Inserra, a five-year… NY Post: Local News

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This spring, a Starbucks is set to open right next to Casa Java on the main floor of the bus terminal, on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets. City Room

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(Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett) It was the worst storm to hit Long Island in a generation. Torrential rains and high winds knocked out power for more than half a million customers of the Long Island Power Authority, making it the largest customer outage in LIPA’s coverage area in over a quarter century. Thousands of workers [...]

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A Port Authority security contractor whose job is to look out for possible suicides and terror attacks on the George Washington Bridge was busted for smoking weed on the job this afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post. A PAPD cop on patrol noticed an overpowering smell of weed when he… NY Post: Local News

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Under the proposed plan, 26,000 square feet of land, currently being used for two parking lots and a basketball court, would be leased to a private developer for 99 years. The Local East Village

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David Einhorn. When David Einhorn, the poker-playing hedge fund superstar, decides to publicly take on a company whose stock he owns (or has shorted), he usually gets results. Once you establish a reputation for astute calls on Wall Street—Mr. Einhorn’s most famous being his bearish call on Lehman in the spring of 2008—the lemmings can’t [...]

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Some call it a bird, some call it a stegosaurus. Ms. McKissack Daniel calls it late for dinner. At $ 3.4 billion (or is it $ 3.8 billion?), the new Port Authority Trans-Hudson terminal at the World Trade Center will very likely be the single most expensive subway station on earth. Riders traveling between the [...]

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A suspicious package forced the evacuation of the Port Authority Terminal on Monday night. New York City news from Eyewitness News on WABC-TV’s 7online.com

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Not so smooth. It wasn’t Skippy: “They’re looking to confiscate my explosives,” former New Yorker Frank Hannibal joked to his wife and daughters just as he was pulled out of the TSA queue at La Guardia Airport by security workers who were confused by the sheen of all-natural oil floating inside his container of Crazy [...]

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