New York City Informer

ALBANY — State Democrats are trying to force pervy former Assemblyman Vito Lopez from his last elected position — Democratic district leader.      New York News – NY Daily News

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Finally, an honest pol! City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer helped bust a businessman on a bribery charge, The Post has learned. Mike Wolfert, who’s developing a massive indoor rock-climbing center in Queens, allegedly asked Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) to pull strings for him after he was slapped with a stop-work… NY Post: Queens

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Also, this guy is doing it all wrong. Okay, this actually happened: The Mental Health chair of the Canadian Obesity Network presented on the connections between, say, obsessive Instagramming of croissants and an emerging epidemic of eating disorders, the CBC reports, at a summit on obesity yesterday. “You don’t take pictures of who you’re with, [...]

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Metropolitan Diary: A postal clerk assures a woman that, with the pope’s help, her friend in Argentina will get her birthday card on time. City Room

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Elderly residents are worried they’ll be left in the lurch when Peter Stuyvesant Station Post Office moves to a smaller location next year. The Local East Village

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Because you want to know the distance from Earth to Mars, check out today’s end-of-day links: Pete Campbell hates Twitter, NBA team might draft woman, powerball no-show, female Saudi bike riders, and Tolkien’s inspiration. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to [...]

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USPS workers, Raging Grannies, and politicians rallied against proposed cuts to postal service Sunday. Home Page Top Stories on DNAINFO.com – Sunday, March 24, 2013 | 10:34pm

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The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force yesterday launched an investigation into Alec Baldwin’s tirade at a Post photographer. Detectives brought the lensman and a Post reporter to a downtown station house, where they were interviewed at length about their racially charged run-in with Baldwin outside the actor’s… NY Post: Local News

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Photo credit: NY Post. A clash between actor Alec Baldwin and reporter and photographer for The New York Post yesterday promoted dueling harassment claims and an “exclusive” frontpage story in the Post. ”Alec’s ‘Race’ Rant,” reads the Post cover. “Black photog: Baldwin used racist slurs.” 

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Tabber takes aim (Getty Images) Last week, The New York Post came out with an incendiary item about the high-flying socialite (and New York Observer Gatsbaby) Tabber Benedict, who had allegedly thrown himself a “going-away” party at Number 8 on the night before he was actually due to be sentenced in court for his 2011 [...]

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A Brooklyn police boss who had been using social media to hunt down gangbangers became a target himself when a thug ordered a hit on him using his precinct’s own Facebook page, The Post has learned. Deputy Inspector Joseph Gulotta, the innovative commanding officer of Brownsville’s 73rd Precinct… NY Post: Brooklyn

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The US Postal Service wants to unload the Old Chelsea Post Office on West 18th Street – but neighbors say they won’t give up the landmark without a fight. “I love the Post Office! It’s an important part of the community and the community is saying they should… NY Post: Manhattan

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At the end of a funeral service for Ed Koch in Manhattan, friends and family applauded the former New York City mayor as the song “New York, New York” played. bit.ly The Post Got It Covered: Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com RSS: gdata.youtube.com iGoogle Gadget: www.google.com

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An attorney for the Muslim-hating woman who allegedly shoved a man to his death in front of a speeding subway train last month is challenging the prosecutor’s psychiatric results — because of the New York Post. “She gave — unbeknownst to me and the retained counsel — allegedly an interview to the… NY Post: Queens

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She won’t be blogging about this event. Out-of-control socialite cabby-basher Dori Cooperman spent a harrowing morning yesterday amid the grime and crooks of Manhattan Criminal Court, where she cleared up an embarrassing cocaine and criminal-mischief case, then went on an expletive-heavy tirade. “This is a f–king pain in my… NY Post: Manhattan

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