John Franco gets his due from the Mets; now how about John Stearns?

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For a team looking to honor its entire past, what could be more fitting than to admit John Stearns into the Hall of Fame? In a season like the upcoming one, showing appreciation for a Met who played on weak teams would be a useful example. More

By Howard Megdal

January 27, 2012 9:04 pm

 

'Albert Nobbs': A miserable love letter to the Academy

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It wasn't the least bit surprising to see that Albert Nobbs was recently nominated for two Oscars, regardless of which categories it was nominated for. It’s classic awards-season bait, exhibiting many of the worst impulses of so-called prestige pictures that are designed to appeal to Academy voters. More

By Simon Abrams

January 27, 2012 5:21 pm

 

A judge reschedules congressional primaries in New York for June 26

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A federal judge ruled late this afternoon that New York's congressional primary date will be moved to June 26, 2012. In making his ruling, Judge Gary Sharpe noted that the decision is only for congressional primaries, not state or presidential primaries. More

By Azi Paybarah

January 27, 2012 5:16 pm

 

Bloomberg administration asks for approval to proceed with its taxi plan before 'meaningful access'

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The Bloomberg administration has asked an appeals court to stay a lower court’s decision that would prevent the city from implementing it’s so-called Borough Taxi plan, which would bring street-hail taxi service to neighborhoods in Upper Manhattan and the outer boroughs where yellow cabs rarely roam. More

By Dana Rubinstein

January 27, 2012 4:58 pm

 

The real story of 'Headless Body in Topless Bar,' as argued by veterans of the 'Post'

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This week's news that the State of New York denied parole to a 53-year-old criminal named Charles Dingle has brought back a flood of memories for veterans of the New York Post, some of whom took to an email chain to hash out their recollections.

Dingle is the man convicted of fatally shooting the owner of a topless bar and then forcing a hostage to decapitate him in 1983. His grisly crime (which also involved a rape) inspired what may be the most celebrated Post wood of all time: "Headless body in topless bar." More

By Joe Pompeo

January 27, 2012 4:00 pm

 

World-class squash in Grand Central draws discerning fans, plus some average people

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If you passed through Grand Central Terminal this week, you probably heard a thwack … thwack … thwack-thwack-thwack echoing from Vanderbilt Hall. And if you followed the noise up the ramp from the central terminal area, you would have come upon a giant blue-and-green glass cube.

Outside the cube would have been grandstands filled with tidily dressed professionals and clusters of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and British expats. Inside, you would have seen two lean and sweaty athletes chasing after a tiny rubber ball with racquets. More

By Matthew Lombardi

January 27, 2012 3:00 pm

 

Cuomo says legislator maps were 'politically drawn,' without getting into flaws

Governor Andrew Cuomo said the newly drawn lines for Assembly and State Senate districts released by lawmakers yesterday "are unacceptable" and "politically drawn." More

By Azi Paybarah

January 27, 2012 2:41 pm

 

Jesse Jackson: Republicans ran a 'white primary' in South Carolina

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Rev. Jesse Jackson said the Republican presidential candidates "completely ignored the black community" and "ran a white primary" in South Carolina.

"Not one of them visited a church, a school, a neighborhood, and so there was no reach-out," Jackson said, speaking to me at the Sheraton Hotel this morning, where he was hosting an annual meeting of his Rainbow PUSH coalition. More

By Azi Paybarah

January 27, 2012 2:24 pm

 

I Heard Your Single: A survey of the month's releases, featuring Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Frankie Rose, Santigold, and more

So! This is how it’ll work: Last Friday of the month, I’ll survey new singles from local acts—selectively, not exhaustively. By “singles,” I mean everything from 7- and 12-inches to “focus tracks” (e.g. they gave the MP3 away two months before the album release, or made a video), and by “local” I mean they live in New York. (Remixes and guest appearances by New Yorkers on out-of-towners’ records also get looks in.) Suggestions are welcome to matoswk@gmail.com, no guarantees made. Let’s get started. More

By Michaelangelo Matos

January 27, 2012 12:42 pm

 

Cy Vance, before the Kelly allegation, on the 'quantum of confidence' required to bring sexual assault cases

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Last week, at a breakfast forum at the offices of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance was asked about the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and what his office might do differently in a future case with a similar profile.

Since then, Vance's office has been tasked with investigating a sexual-assault allegation against Greg Kelly, the son of police commissioner Ray Kelly, who handed over the case to the D.A. to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. (Coincidentally, Greg Kelly also had some questions for Vance about Strauss-Kahn recently, in his capacity as an anchor on Fox 5.) More

By Reid Pillifant

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January 27, 2012 11:29 am

 

Assertive, conflicting presentations of the Greg Kelly rape accusation

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Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner?

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By Tom McGeveran

January 27, 2012 10:59 am

 

Bloomberg suggests the Potter Stewart pornography test for bad teachers, defends Ray Kelly again

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During his weekly radio interview this morning with WOR's John Gambling, Mayor Michael Bloomberg again sprang to the defense of his police comissioner, and argued reports that New Yorkers are rude. He also suggested that former supreme court justice Potter Stewart's threshhold test for pornography could be applied to bad teachers. More

By Dana Rubinstein

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January 27, 2012 9:53 am

 

Martin O'Malley says he doubts Andrew Cuomo spends much time thinking of 2016

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After his meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in City Hall yesterday, I asked Democratic Governors Association head Martin O'Malley of Maryland, who has been talked about as a possible 2016 presidential candidate, about Governor Andrew Cuomo. More

By Azi Paybarah

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January 27, 2012 9:00 am

 

D.A. reportedly doubts a rape accusation against the police commissioner's son

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Details about the rape accusation against the police commissioner's son are front page news today in both tabloids. It's the second day in a row for the Post, whose parent company owns the TV station on which Kelly's son is an anchor.

The News puts on its front page the fact that the accuser says she got pregnant from the accounted. The Post leads their story with unnamed sources who say investigators have doubts about the woman's claims. The Times looks at the younger Kelly, and the difficulties any D.A. would have investigating him, especially the D.A. in Manhattan. More

By Azi Paybarah

January 27, 2012 7:39 am

 

The gerrymander edition: New York legislators cherry-pick voters they think already like them

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New York's political universe is obsessing over the release of the proposed legislative-district lines the legislature made for itself, and for the state's members of Congress. It's as partisan and gerrymandered as goo-goos and reform lawmakers warned it would be.

The focus now turns to Governor Andrew Cuomo, and whether he'll veto the lines, as promised, because they were drawn by legislators. More

By Azi Paybarah

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January 26, 2012 6:41 pm

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