New York City Informer

More details emerged Monday suggesting that the Treasury Department was involved in the IRS mulling over a public admission of its activities targeting conservative groups. The Washington Post reports that according to a Treasury Department official, there was communication between both federal government wings on three occasions to discuss how a disclosure should be handled. [...]

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Yahoo! is taking over New York, whether you like it or not. After the long-awaited announcement that the old school web giant had purchased Alley darling Tumblr for a cool $ 1.1 billion, the company held a press event in Times Square to make another big declaration: Yahoo! will be consolidating its local offices into [...]

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The New York Times Book Review is modernizing under the editorship of Pamela Paul, who was appointed to the positon in early April. The section announced three changes in a new column in this Sunday’s issue (it was posted online today). Starting this weekend, the e-book bestseller list, which first joined the printed list in early [...]

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Angelina Jolie. (Photo credit: Patrick McMullan). Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, in an attempt to “try to soften her often rough-edged political image,” according to The New York Times, called up and gave The Grey Lady a big scoop: as a young woman, she struggled with bulimia and alcoholism. But despite Ms. Quinn’s best efforts to win the [...]

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In the dozen years that the landmark Hartford Times building has stood vacant, there has been only one serious proposal to redevelop the property. And that one didn’t work out. Now, in the space of a few months, there are two more. The Thomas Hooker… New York City

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Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a man who jumped from a Times Square rooftop this morning, cops said. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. after he fell from the top of the building on West 44th Street near Broadway and landed on the… NY Post: Manhattan

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A Times Square-area development site at 259-267 W. 45th St. is expected to garner worldwide interest as new hotel companies flock to join the area’s key count. Owned by a joint venture of Boston Properties and Related Cos., the vacant land just east of Eighth Avenue is for sale… NY Post: Real Estate

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The New York Times is looking for some New York-based authors to feature in their “Sunday Routine” column, where “prominent New Yorkers recount their weekend rituals.” Nice to know that writers are still considered prominent New Yorkers! “Looking for a few good authors (NYC residents) to star in our Sunday Routine column this summer,” book publishing reporter [...]

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Because you can’t wait for the Times to unveil their Brklyn section, check out today’s end-of-day links: bikini boob jobs, BS marijuana arrests, stolen cellphones, jokes about women’s nails, unreleased Dylan lyrics, and pygmy goat playtime. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories [...]

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Business is booming at the midtown spin-off of Hoboken, N.J.’s Carlo’s bakery.      Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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Carolyn Ryan will move from metro editor to political editor at The New York Times, the paper announced today. Meanwhile, Wendell Jamieson, who, as per the memo, has a heart that “beats Noir New York” will move up from deputy editor to helm the Metro section. The change comes early in the election cycle, but apparently, there [...]

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He’s no monster, the Times Square “Cookie Monster” is insisting. Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez — an alleged costumed cad accused of violently shoving a toddler whose mother wouldn’t tip him — is continuing to fight his misdemeanor reckless endangerment case rather than take a no-jail plea. Quiroz-Lopez came to court… NY Post: Local News

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N.Y. See: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg had breakfast with Emily Rafferty, the president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in a diner on Friday. City Room

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We generally love all things Larry David—David stand-in George Costanza is basically our avatar (“I don’t want hope. Hope is killing me” is a poetic statement), we have a habit of calling everything we enjoy “pretty, pretty, pretty good”, and we admire David’s baguette-bashing skills. We even have a soft spot for Sour Grapes! But [...]

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