A possible natural gas explosion blew out windows of a historic building at Nyack College near New York City on Tuesday, injuring seven faculty members, a Rockland County sheriff’s spokesman said.
“The whole first floor got blown out - shrapnel and glass flew everywhere,” William Barbera, chief of the sheriff’s patrol, told Reuters.
After the explosion, which occurred at about noon, fire and bomb investigators rushed to the campus in Nyack, about 30 miles north of New York City.
While seven people were injured by the blast, none of those injured are believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries, and all seven are currently being treated at nearby Nyack Hospital. Authorities continue to investigate what caused the explosion at Sky Island Lodge, a 33-room mansion on the Nyack campus first built to house refugee children from Europe during World War II.
The scandal surrounding Lopez is centered around his career as a legislator, as he’s accused of sexually harassing female legislative employees. The claims against him were made public last August, by way of a censure by Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver. On Friday he had said he planned to hang on for five weeks, and then run for a City Council seat — whether that quick return to politics remains the plan is unclear.
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Jimmy McMillan, aka “The Rent is Too Damn High” guy, is running for mayor again. You might remember him from his memorable 2010 New York gubernatorial run, where a televised debate put him on the same plane as current governor Andrew Cuomo. He also ran for president in 2012, and even held a debate with Vermin Supreme, which we liveblogged for some reason. Now, Animal New York has created a gangsta rap-infused music video for McMillan’s 2013 campaign, sure to give him a bump in the polls. You’re welcome.
Young New Yorkers would not be able to buy cigarettes until they were 21, up from the current 18, under a proposal advanced Monday by Dr. Thomas A. Farley, the city’s health commissioner, and Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker.
The proposal, which would give New York the highest smoking age in the country among major cities, is the latest effort in a long campaign to limit smoking that began soon after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took office, with bans on smoking in restaurants and bars, and expanding more recently to bans at parks, beaches, plazas and other public places.
Given some of the responses to New York’s last major health initiative, we imagine more than a few residents won’t be particularly fond of the proposed change; however, it is likely to see some support. Thoughts?
Penn Station can’t move. But Madison Square Garden can. Is it time to move the iconic arena so the outdated, decaying, poorly organized center of the East Cost transportation universe can grow? That’s what Vin Cipolla and Robert Yaro argue in the New York Daily News, stating, “The tracks stop there, so Penn Station can’t move. But the Garden can.” The current MSG is the fourth iteration of the iconic athletic venue, and you’re more likely to board your Amtrak train first at Penn Station if you look at the arrivals board, not the departures board. (photo by Mike Albans/New York Daily News)
Your essay must be five paragraphs long, with an introduction, three body paragraphs containing your strongest arguments, and a conclusion. You do not have a choice in your position: you must argue that Jews are evil, and use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!The text of a 10th grade english assignment pushing students to offer their suggestions on why the Nazis were right, or as I like to call it, “instant dismissal from your teaching job.” What an awful idea. The Albany, NY school district, where the assignment originated from, is working hard to make amends to the local Jewish community as well as to students and parents; the teacher faces a reprimand and possible firing.
Public service is not supposed to be a shortcut to self-enrichment. At the very least, public officials should obey the law. As alleged, these defendants did not obey the law; they broke the law and the public trust. There is a price to pay for that kind of betrayal.George Venizelos, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation • Discussing the arrest of two New York politicians who are alleged to have made efforts to rig the 2013 NYC mayoral election. State Sen. Malcolm A. Smith, a Democrat who became the chamber’s first black president ever, is alleged to have bribed City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III in an effort to gain Republican backing for a party switch in a campaign to replace the retiring Michael Bloomberg. Smith denies the charges, while Christine Quinn is probably laughing off the idea this scheme would have actually led to her defeat at the polls.
Women who report domestic violence are exposing themselves to arrest under a new NYPD directive that orders cops to run criminal checks on the accused and the accuser, The Post has learned.
The memo by Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski requires detectives to look at open warrants, complaint histories and even the driving records of both parties.
“You have no choice but to lock them up” if the victims turn out to have warrants, including for minor offenses like unpaid tickets, a police source said.
We’re not entirely certain who thought this up, but definitely count us among the crowd of folks who think this is a terrible idea. We understand that situations like these might seem like excellent opportunities to catch elusive criminals, but giving people any reason to second-guess calling for help in domestic violence situations doesn’t sound like a particularly great idea. Traffic tickets don’t hold the same value as people’s lives. Thoughts?
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A judge invalidated New York City’s ban on large sugary drinks on Monday, one day before it was to go into effect, dealing Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg a major blow.
The decision by Justice Milton A. Tingling Jr. of State Supreme Court in Manhattan blocks the city from putting the rules into effect or enforcing them.
Well, it looks like the first point goes to Starbucks after all. The Bloomberg administration has already announced that it will challenge Judge Tingling’s decision; however, it doesn’t look like the planned 16-ounce restriction will be taking effect on Tuesday after all.
Julio Acevedo, the man suspected in the hit and run that killed a young family (including a just-born child), turned himself in Wednesday. The 44-year-old ex-con was arrested in a convenience store parking lot in Pennsylvania.
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