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Spokesperson Experience New York Times Queens Groups Plan to Sue To Stop a Baseball Stadium By Charles V. Bagli (N.Y. Times) In the latest twist in the Giuliani administration's quest to bring minor league baseball to New York, civic groups and politicians in Queens are vowing to sue to stop the city from building a $5 million ball field at St. John's University for a single-A team affiliated with the Mets. Full Article >> In Brooklyn, Neighbors Balk at a Baseball Plan By Kit R. Roane (N.Y. Times) The idea was to turn a sandlot near Prospect Park in Brooklyn into a site fit for minor league baseball, to bring professional ball back to the borough 43 years after the Dodgers left. Full Article >> Madison the Cat Is Safe! Oh, the Avenue's O.K., Too By James Barron (N.Y. Times) Yesterday was a good day for Madison the cat and Madison the avenue. One was reunited with his owner, examined by a veterinarian and found to be fine. The other was reopened to traffic. Full Article >> NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: EAST HARLEM; Yes, They Buy No Bananas, Is La Marqueta's Lament By Nina Siegal (N.Y. Times) Louis, King of Bananas, stands behind a row of familiar and yet unfamiliar fruit. Those roughly oblong objects with barklike skin are malanga, he says, and those other oblong items that look like turnips are gautia, from Puerto Rico. Full Article >> Renovations, With Reservations; Vendors at Essex Street Market Debate Going Upscale By Joseph P. Fried (N.Y. Times) The waves of immigrants who swept into the Lower East Side in the first years of the 1900's found almost everything they needed sold right under their tenement windows. Pushcart peddlers crowding the streets hawked fish and fruit, bread and boots, pots and pickles. Full Article >> NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CONEY ISLAND; Backers of Amateur Arena See Ballpark Plan as Lever By Julian E. Barnes (N.Y. Times) Supporters of an amateur athletic arena in Coney Island are hoping their opposition to a minor-league ballpark may help to improve their own plan's chances. Full Article >> NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK WATERFRONT; In Bay Ridge, a Great Spot For Looking Out, Not Down By Tara Bahrampour (N.Y. Times) When the tall ships sailed into New York Harbor on July 4, residents of Bay Ridge had a perfect viewing spot: the newly rebuilt 69th Street Pier at the end of Bay Ridge Avenue. Full Article >> New York Daily News SETTINGS ON STONE: A historic street helps pave the way in a downtown restaurant boom By Pascale Le Draoulec (N.Y. Daily News) The restaurant scene in the Wall Street area has long been steaks and suits. But a stroll down Stone St.'s restaurant row rips that stereotype to ticker-tape shreds. Full Article >> Refuge For Katrina Family Home In On Rockaway Apt. By Warren Woodbury Jr. (N.Y. Daily News) If all goes well, Joseph Melancon and his family will move into an apartment before they and other Hurricane Katrina victims are forced out of Jamaica hotels this week. Full Article >> OFFICE PLAN HAS DEVELOPER: Kew Gardens project calls for biz complex, high school By Donald Bertrand (N.Y. Daily News) The city's Economic Development Corp. has selected a developer for an office and school complex on the site of a municipal parking facility behind Borough Hall. Full Article >> Waterfront to Sparkle With $5M Pier Project By Roberto Santiago (N.Y. Daily News) Bay Ridge residents especially those interested in fishing were overjoyed yesterday to hear that a $5 million renovation of the 69th St. Pier begins next month. And some business owners said it couldn't have happened at a better time. Full Article >> Suits Target Stadium Plan/Double Play on Forcing Review By Bob Liff (N.Y. Daily News) Bay Ridge residents especially those interested in fishing were overjoyed yesterday to hear that a $5 million renovation of the 69th St. Pier begins next month. And some business owners said it couldn't have happened at a better time. Full Article >> Sportsplex Funds Seen in Jeopardy By Bob Liff (N.Y. Daily News) State officials could yank money for an amateur sports complex in Coney Island if Mayor Giuliani insists on first building a minor league ballpark for the New York Mets, Brooklyn legislators warned at a public hearing. Full Article >> Rail Yard Feud Flares; Sewer Lines Still Cut By Greg Gittrich (N.Y. Daily News) The owner of a 113-year-old railroad building has accused a developer of breaking her sewer lines, and several city agencies can't seem to figure out how to fix the mess at the Harlem River Rail Yard. Full Article >> Queens Hospital Land Plan Hit By Celeste Katz (N.Y. Daily News) The city plan for long-term leasing or sale of property that will be left over after the redevelopment of Queens Hospital Center may be woefully shortsighted, the local community board charges. Full Article >> New Library's a Washout: Water-Damaged Floors to be Replaced - at a Cost of 180G By Bill Egbert (N.Y. Daily News) The owner of a 113-year-old railroad building has accused a developer of breaking her sewer lines, and several city agencies can't seem to figure out how to fix the mess at the Harlem River Rail Yard. Full Article >> New York Sun Downtown Vacancies Near Pre-Sept. 11 Level By Sharon L. Crenson (N.Y. Sun) Downtown Manhattan's office vacancy rate is poised to fall below 10% for the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to a forecast by Jones Lang LaSalle, the largest American commercial real estate broker. Full Article >> New York Newsday Signs of slavery taken down; The Alliance for Downtown New York removes posters hung by students marking slave-related sites By Merle English (N.Y. Newsday) Some Queens students are outraged that the Alliance for Downtown New York took down posters the students put up last week marking sites in lower Manhattan where slavery-related events took place. Full Article >> Hevesi Gets Bus Contract Records By Mohamad Bazzi (N.Y. Newsday) The Giuliani administration has turned over records to Comptroller Alan Hevesi in his probe of a Staten Island bus contract. The Economic Development Corp. provided the contract and related documents Thursday after Hevesi slapped the agency with a subpoena. Full Article >> Office Tower, School Set for Kew Gardens By Alan J. Wax (N.Y. Newsday) A U.S. subsidiary of Australia's largest property company has been designated by the city to build an office building and a public high school on the site of a city-owned parking garage in Kew Gardens. Full Article >> Minor League Team in Boro? By Bryan Virasami and Patricia Hurtado (N.Y. Newsday) A Mets minor league baseball team is considering a Queens home after plans to put an interim home at Brooklyn's Parade Grounds fizzled yesterday in New York State Supreme Court. Full Article >> Residents Question Hospital Plans/Object to Sale of Surplus Property By Herbert Lowe (N.Y. Newsday) Two community boards are concerned about the potential sale or lease of surplus property left from a major reconstruction project at Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica. Full Article >> Residents Support Technodome Plan By Merle English (N.Y. Newsday) More than 300 residents from across the Rockaways gave unanimous support Tuesday to Destination Technodome, a giant sports and recreation complex that a Canadian developer wants to build in the Arverne Urban Renewal Area. Full Article >> It's Out of the Ballpark/B'Klyn Stadium May Cost City Extra $9 Million By Jennifer Morrill (N.Y. Newsday) A new Mets minor league stadium in Coney Island could cost almost 30 percent more than had been planned, according to figures city officials released during the stadium's groundbreaking yesterday. Full Article >> Other The Waiting Game: Local Katrina evacuees struggle to find housing Downtown's office market has bounced back, firms report Five years after Sept. 11, downtown N.Y. flourishes State police audit found OT abuse Rethink flood aid, state urges feds Its Mission Accomplished for Now, Print Industry Task Force Keeps A Weather Eye on Manhattan's Beleaguered Printers Many still support Digital NYC; dot-com tax incentives Yule sales hit a wall for some Madison Avenue merchants; fear of building collapse closes part of Avenue leaving stores in area bare of shoppers Stadium Fever NJ vs. NYC Deterrence Budget Explodes NYC 'Still Evaluating' New $10M Tech Fund Bridgemarket is reborn after 70 hard years Home Depot proposal brings traffic worries A Room of Their Own Next Stop, Brooklyn
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