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From the slopes to the surf, celebs finish off 2012 in the lap of luxury. New York News – NY Daily News

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Come January, auction house Phillips de Pury & Company will be simply Phillips, following news today that chairman Simon de Pury is stepping down after 12 years on the job. The departure, which takes effect today, comes as a result of Mercury Group, the Moscow–based investment firm that first bought into the house in 2008, [...]

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Glenn’s wings. Co-owner John Longo tells us that Dean Street has hired Simon Glenn, best known for his New Orleans-style Tchoup Shop pop-up at d.b.a. in Brooklyn, to be the restaurant’s new executive chef. Glenn has worked for Jean-Georges Vongerichten, but also down south for the likes of French Master Chef René Bajeux and Mike [...]

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From today’s Heard Around Town: * Assemblyman Vito Lopez remains the Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman for now, but if he is forced to relinquish that post, a number of candidates including Assemblywoman Annette Robinson or District Leader Jo Anne Simon are being floated as replacements, according to Democratic sources. Robinson remains well liked among party leaders, and could forge [...]

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Mr. Gourdine became the highest ranking black executive in professional sports in the 1970s when he was named the N.B.A.’s deputy commissioner. NYT > N.Y. / Region

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