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NY Corruption Scandals Raise Questions About Transparency and Reform

Two separate cases involving bribery and corruption resulted in arrests of politicians.

Jonathan Lippman
The Capital  |  July 15, 2011 12:12 PM | Comments
On the "winners" list this week: Bob Turner, the Republican candidate for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat, benefited from David Weprin's detractors. Losers? Rupert Murdoch, for one...
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Kenneth L. Davis, M.D.  |  July 15, 2011 10:52 AM | Comments
Recommendations to reduce Federal funding for teaching hospitals would undermine the health and well-being of our citizens.
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Heather Grossmann  |  July 15, 2011 6:00 AM | Comments
A $550 million campaign to modernize the Empire State Building has turned the icon from gritty to green over the past five years -- and the change is attracting tenants from all over the globe.
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Daniella Greenbaum  |  July 15, 2011 6:00 AM | 17 Comments
In a city where trends change daily and cars zoom by at probably illegal speeds, consistency is the one thing that keeps me sane. Now, after 17 years of Saturdays (that's 884 Saturdays), countless Yom Kippurs and Rosh Hashanas, one corner of normalcy has quite literally gone up in smoke. VIDEO
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Kira Cohen  |  July 15, 2011 6:00 AM | 2 Comments
Big band jazz group the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra will close out Lincoln Center's annual Midsummer Night Swing series.
Victor Lozano, 31, works for a woodworking company in one of The Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center's re-purposed manufacturing buildings. More than 100 businesses, that together employ about 500 people, occupy their spaces. MetroFocus/Sam Lewis
Sam Lewis  |  July 15, 2011 6:00 AM | Comments
Factories traditionally conjure images of black smoke and polluted water, but many cities are pursuing a new kind of urban manufacturing movement that promotes tall, environmentally sustainable mixed-use factory spaces.
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Sam Lewis  |  July 14, 2011 4:28 PM | Comments
New York City experienced a 27 percent increase in the number of same-sex couples over the past decade. WNYC analyzed the latest data from the 2010 Census.
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Jon Lentz for The Capitol  |  July 14, 2011 8:06 AM | Comments
Questions remain on the level of savings that will be wrung out of Medicaid and how effective the property tax cap will be.
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Kira Cohen  |  July 14, 2011 6:00 AM | Comments
Step back a century in time on Jul. 14 for the penultimate event of Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series.
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Trish Harnetiaux  |  July 14, 2011 6:00 AM | 1 Comment
While critics and audiences alike have deified the "Book of Mormon" on the stage, it looks like the team could use some divine intervention on the field.
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