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Barclays Developers Push Mass Transit As Residents Worry About Parking
Running extra trains and buses are some of the ways to help get people to and from Brooklyn's new arena when it opens in September. But will that be enough to accommodate the expected crowds? NY1's Brooklyn borough reporter Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.
5/22/2012 - By: Jeanine Ramirez
Actor McKean Among Four Hit By Car In Manhattan
Officials say McKean, who starred in the movie "This Is Spinal Tap" and is currently starring on Broadway in "The Best Man," was hit around 3 p.m. Tuesday at the corner of 86th Street and Broadway; a spokesperson for the actor said he suffered a broken leg.
5/22/2012 - By: NY1 News
13 Arrested For Illegal Operations In Chinatown Building
11 men potentially linked to Asian organized crime were arrested and are alleged to have run a gambling ring and two others are alleged to have practiced medicine without a license.
5/22/2012 - By: NY1 News
Judge Agrees To Hear Rest Of Evidence Against DOE Over Charter School Closing
Williamsburg Charter High School claimed in court Tuesday that the DOE planned to shut their school down before due process was allowed to occur, convincing the presiding judge to hear the rest of their evidence.
5/22/2012 - By: Lindsey Christ
Federal Prosecutors Investigating Fraud At Seedco
Earlier this year, a city investigation found employees at Seedco collected millions of dollars in federal funds for more than a thousand job placements it didn't actually make.
5/22/2012 - By: NY1 News
Yellow Cab Fare Hike On The Table, TLC Says
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission will consider a proposal next week for a fare hike of up to 20 percent which, if approved, would be the first increase since 2006. Read New Yorkers' thoughts.
5/22/2012 - By: Kristen Shaughnessy
Asian-American Week: Booming Asian-American Population In SI Wants Chinatown
2010 Census figures showed a dramatic increase in the number of Asian Americans living on Staten Island and that has some in the community wondering whether a decades-old push to create a Chinatown there could finally become a reality.
5/22/2012 - By: Amanda Farinacci
NY1 At 20: 1995 Report Follows NYPD Officers' Drunken D.C. Escapades
As NY1 News revisits its 20-year history, the station looks back at reporter Jonathan Dienst's May 22, 1995 story on the investigation of a group of NYPD members who, while on business in Washington D.C., disgraced the department with their drunken hotel escapades.
5/22/2012 - By: Jonathan Dienst
App Wrap: "Topps BUNT," "Minds Of Modern Mathematics"
NY1 highlights the coolest and newest apps for your cell phone or mobile device in the twice-weekly segment “App Wrap.”
5/22/2012 - By: Adam Balkin
Use Of 3D Printing Expands To New Mediums
What may look like a standard art exhibit in the Flatiron District is far from it -- mainly because all the objects are printed, as in created with something similar to the document printer you have at home.
5/21/2012 - By: Adam Balkin
Visually Impaired Divided Over Role Of Braille In The Digital Age
Only about 10 to 12 percent of the nation's blind population are able to read Braille, and some advocates are worried that the nearly 200-year-old system of writing for the visually impaired could be on its way out.
5/21/2012 - By: Kafi Drexel
Which Kind Of Insurance Policies Are Necessary?
There are many different kinds of insurance — life insurance, health insurance, pet insurance — but not every kind of policy is necessary.
5/21/2012 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
NY1 Online: The New York Times Close Up 05/19/12
NY1 VIDEO: Sam Roberts hosts the May 19, 2012, edition of The New York Times Close Up.
5/22/2012 - By: NY1 News
NY1 From The Floor PM: Greece Concerns Push Stocks Down Slightly
NY1 recaps the day on Wall Street from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
5/22/2012 - By: Milanee Kapadia
NY1 For You: SI Residents Seek Help Ridding Their Home Of Raccoon Family
A raccoon and her babies have moved into the Staten Island home of several renters, who want the unwelcome guests out.
5/22/2012 - By: Susan Jhun