▼ Author Community Vote yesterday Andy Newman Cardinal Egan Criticized for Retracting Apology on Sexual Abuse Crisis - — In 2002, at the height of the outcry over the sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic priests, the Archbishop of New York, Edward M. Egan, issued a letter to be read at Mass. In it, he offered an apology … 7 days ago -- Bloomberg to Give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood - — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, responding to the controversy over a breast cancer advocacy group that cut off most of its grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening, said on Thursday that he would make up a large part of the missing money. 34 days ago J. David Goodman Archbishop Dolan is Named a Cardinal - — Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, who has led the Archdiocese of New York for two and 1/2 years, has been was named a cardinal by the Vatican, the archdiocese announced on Friday. — The Archdiocese of New York is widely considered the spiritual heart of the American church. 39 days ago -- Surging Back Into Zuccotti Park, Protesters Are Cleared by Police - — Updated More than 500 people associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered in Zuccotti Park on Saturday and, in a return to scenes from earlier in the year, the evening began with the sound of drumming and calls … 32 days ago Emily S. Rueb Violet the Red-Tailed Hawk Is Dead - — Violet, the red-tailed hawk whose intimate family life in a nest overlooking Washington Square Park was chronicled on a live-streaming webcam, delighting more than a million viewers with the sacred spectacle of nature, died on Thursday. She was believed to be about 5 years old. 40 days ago Al Baker A Flat Year Overall for Crime in New York - — The picture of crime in New York City in 2011 is shaping up as virtually a mirror image of the year before, according to police statistics. — The tally of major crime in seven categories tracked by the department shows overall crime increasing … 48 days ago -- Woman Fatally Crushed in Midtown Elevator Accident - — A 41-year-old woman was crushed to death when she entered an elevator at the Madison Avenue headquarters of the advertising giant Y&R and it suddenly rose before the doors had closed, pinning her between the floor of the elevator and ceiling … 62 days ago Matt Flegenheimer Occupy Protesters Mobilize for Obama's Visit - — Updated More than 100 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched to a Midtown hotel on Wednesday night to protest a fund-raising event for President Obama. — Escorted by police vehicles as they helped snarl traffic across the Times Square area … 70 days ago -- CUNY Students Protesting Tuition Increase Clash With Police - — A daylong rally by City University of New York students against a proposed tuition increase turned turbulent Monday when marchers pushed through campus police barricades at Baruch College and about a dozen were arrested. 72 days ago Joseph Goldstein Man Arrested and Charged in Bomb Plot - — The authorities have arrested a man who law enforcement officials believe was planning to build and detonate a bomb in New York with government workers, returning military personnel and elected officials as the target, a person briefed on the case said on Sunday.

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