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53rd Street and 8th Avenue has been re-named for actor Jerry Orbach. The "Law and Order" star lived on that corner for more than 25 years, and he worked in the city for much of his life.

REPORTER: Ed Shrin directed Orbach on Broadway and on ...

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Not to be outdone by presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney attacked Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday. The former governor of Massachusetts sent out several press releases, criticizing what he called "Hillary Care."

REPORTER: Romney also blasted the Democratic front-runner to the media outside Saint Vincent's Hospital ...

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US Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressman Peter King have introduced a bill to close a loophole in federal law, which has allowed people on terrorist watch lists to legally buy guns. Lautenberg says the loophole has frequently been exploited, citing FBI and Government Accountability Office ...

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Voters will go to the polls today for various primary races around the New York City and on Long Island. In Brooklyn, the 5th District Civil Court race features Councilman Noach Dear and former jurist Karen Yellen.

REPORTER: In the Surrogate Court race, Diana ...

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Members of the City Council want New York to reject Con Edison's request for a rate increase. The state's Public Service Commission has internally recommended a hike, which would take effect next April.

REPORTER: But, Council Speaker Christine Quinn says the utility needs to dramatically improve ...

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Thousands of pickle lovers descended on Orchard Street for the seventh annual New York City International Pickle Day yesterday. The festival brought traditional pickled cucumbers together with Chinese pickled turnips and Korean pickled cabbage, or kimchee.

REPORTER: A pickle pizza, prepared by Ronald's Brick Oven Pizza, ...

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Jerry Orbach is finally getting a street named in his honor. A ceremony is planned for this afternoon, to name of the southwest corner of West 53rd Street and Eighth Avenue for Orbach.

REPORTER: The Bronx-born actor was best known for his role as New York ...

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Dow Jones has reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union representing Wall Street Journal reporters. The Independent Association of Publishers' Employees, agreed over the weekend to send the contract deal to its members and recommend that they ratify it.

REPORTER: The union ...

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Republican presidential candidate and former mayor Rudolph Giuliani took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, criticizing Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton for her questioning of General David Petraus earlier this week. The ad accuses her of attacking Petraus' character.

REPORTER: A Clinton campaign ...

New York, NY —

The election for Mayor is many months off but already the question of how best to handle charges of police misconduct is shaping up as a defining issue.

REPORTER: Since 1994 city residents with a beef about the NYPD were directed to the Civilian Complaint Review ...

New York, NY —

New figures from the federal bureau of labor statistics show working in New York City was more dangerous last year. The number of on the job deaths in the city increased 13%, most of that increase comes from construction, where on-the-job deaths nearly doubled.

REPORTER: Joel ...

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Fire officials say the standpipe at the former Deutsche Bank building is now fully operational. The F-D-N-Y tested the pipe this week and they say water can now reach all floors of the 26 story building.

REPORTER: Meantime, pieces of the broken standpipe are currently being ...

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Legendary Latin jazz musician Tito Puente was honored for the second time in a week as Hostos Community College in the Bronx held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to launch the Tito Puente Legacy Project.

REPORTER: Last week, an East Harlem post office was named for Puente, ...

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As President Bush begins promoting the troop withdrawal proposal he outlined to the nation last night, a top New York Democrat says the president's plan is a small gesture, designed to give Republicans some political cover on the war in Iraq for next year's presidential ...

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A construction worker fell to his death today from the Verrazano Bridge. A department spokesman, Firefighter Jim Long, says the worker was on a wooden catwalk, suspended from the lower level of the span, when a concrete barrier fell onto the catwalk.

REPORTER: The worker was ...

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Two top aides to Governor Spitzer say they will not fight subpoenas issued by the State Ethics Commission this week. Darren Dopp and Richard Baum have agreed to turn over various documents and email messages requested by the commission.

REPORTER: A lawyer for Dopp originally said ...

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Musical commemorations of 9/11 took place all over the city last night. But, one event looked like the lobby of the United Nations. At Pier 40 on the Hudson River, red robes, purple turbans and peach colored saris mixed with jeans and pinstriped suits. It ...

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New Jersey governor Corzine gave $15,000 to the brother-in-law of his former girlfriend, Carla Katz this year. The gift apparently contradicts Corzine's claim that he ended his financial relationship with the union leader and her family before he took office.

REPORTER: Rocco Riccio, who's married to ...

New Jersey —

Several beaches along the Jersey Shore were closed yesterday after medical waste and other trash began washing ashore. Authorities haven't yet determined the source of the waste, which beach goers say included syringes, tampon applicators, gauze and other debris.

REPORTER: Most of the waste was found on ...

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When the city's public schools reopen tomorrow, education officials will be tracking student achievement much more closely. The city is giving five assessments this year in math and five in reading. The tests are meant to help teachers monitor student progress and assist kids who ...