Amy Eddings

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It's considered rude to ask someone what they make but, on and off since 1972, New York Magazine has thrown manners to the wind and has published a guide to people's salaries, from the hedge fund manager making $1 billion a year, to the Chinese ...

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The Wall Street Journal launches a Saturday edition tomorrow and the move is being touted by observers of the newspaper industry as one of the boldest gambles in the Journal’s 123 year hisory.

Why? Well, the stock of the Journal's publisher, Dow Jones, has been down ...

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Under a clear blue sky, much like the sky on September 11th, 2001, hundreds of victims' family members gathered at Ground Zero to once again call out the names of the dead, and remember their loved ones.

REPORTER: This year, brothers and sisters of victims read ...

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New Yorkers are pitching in on relief efforts for Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricane Katrina, which are expected to be the largest in the country's history. WNYC's Amy Eddings reports.

At the Upper West Side headquarters of the New York chapter of the American Red ...

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Head into Central Park, from the West 85th Street entrance, and cross West Drive, and, chances are, you may find yourself standing on top of an old toilet. A really old, 19th century toilet... now buried deep beneath the grass under your feet.

REPORTER: If the ...

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A memorial service will be held today for Abe Hirschfeld. The eccentric real estate mogul and perennial candidate for public office died yesterday at the age of 85.

Hirschfeld was born in Poland in 1919, but his father moved the family to Israel when he was ...

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One of the cultural institutions to be located at Ground Zero -- the Drawing Center -- says it has put the entire planning process for the move to lower Manhattan on hold. and it is considering whether it even wants to be at the emotionally ...

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To many museum visitors, the Willamette Meteorite is a rare tool to help scientists understand how our solar system was formed. To Kathryn Harrison, the meteorite is a gift of healing from the Creator, and a tool to help her understand her ancestors.

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A judge has thrown out a Red Hook community group's lawsuit against the city, and IKEA.

In a last-ditch effort to stop IKEA, the Coalition to Revitalize Our Waterfront had sued. The group argued the city's environmental impact statement was flawed, and its rezoning of the ...

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Despite the City Council's recent rejection of a key element in Mayor Bloomberg's garbage plan, both the mayor and Council Speaker Gifford Miller say they're willing to talk....but the East 91st Street garbage station remains non-negotiable on both sides.

Miller sent Bloomberg a list of requests, ...

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After a long day last-minute lobbying, the City Council voted down Mayor Bloomberg's plan to re-open two garbage transfer stations. The rejection, which is likely to be vetoed by the mayor, will test the council's power to change the mayor's trash plan.

REPORTER: An unusually divided ...

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Mayor Bloomberg's controversial plan to re-build, and re-open, four garbage transfer stations comes before the city council tomorrow, and one of the Mayor's rivals thinks he has the votes to block at least part of it.

City Council Speaker -- and Democrat for Mayor -- Gifford ...

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New York's bid for the 2012 Olympics was dealt a big blow today when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced he could not support the proposed West Side Stadium.

He said if he allowed the deal to go forward, he would be turning his back on Lower ...

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A civic group's analysis of Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious garbage export plan finds it would be much more expensive than the current system in the short term.

The mayor's plan would re-build and re-open four marine waste transfer stations, including one on the Upper East Side that ...

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Everyone creates garbage, but only a few people have to handle it. And that’s especially true for Manhattan. Its residents generate three thousand tons of trash a day….garbage that gets sent for processing to places like Newark, Jersey City, the South Bronx and Williamsburg.

Mayor Bloomberg ...

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WNYC has learned that Council Speaker Gifford Miller and others plan to introduce a bill that would make the city the first in the country to recycle computers, TVs and other electronic equipment. WNYC's Amy Eddings reports.

REPORTER: Under the bill, Gateway, Dell, Panasonic, and others ...

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The nominations for the 59th annual Tony Awards were announced today, and the musical "Spamalot" leads the pack with 14 nominations. That's second only to "The Producers," which garnered 15 nominations four years ago. WNYC's Amy Eddings speaks with New York Times writer Jesse Green ...

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Investors at Morgan Stanley are meeting tomorrow morning, to hear the CEO of the troubled white shoe firm, Philip Purcell, describe how he's going to restore confidence in Morgan Stanley despite its falling stock price, and a loss of top talent.

But Aaron Elstein with Crain's ...

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There will be no offspring for Pale Male and Lola this year.

That's the news from New York City Audubon, which has been keeping tabs on the famous red tailed hawks' efforts at family building after Lola laid at least one egg around March 9th. ...

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The City has launched a baby safety campaign which includes the controversial message that babies should sleep alone.

I say controversial because many parents used a bed sharing or family bed arrangement to assist in breast feeding and bonding and there is a debate in the ...