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Jennifer 8. Lee Fingerprinting of Food Stamp Applicants Raises Questions - http://bit.ly/89CeAt

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Advocates have continued to raise questions about New York's requirement that food stamp applicants be fingerprinted.
Roger
Roger
If fraud is NYC's concern, the city should fingerprint bankers & hedge fund managers
December 17, 2009 at 11:24am
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Jennifer 8. Lee A Hard Hat in Pink, Clearing the Way - http://bit.ly/8YJW63

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Since May, Adora Joseph has been the flag girl for a construction crew; she’s working at a site where a skyscraper is being built.
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Jennifer 8. Lee Bruno Case Reveals Failure of State Ethics System - http://bit.ly/69GB7S

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Also in Morning Buzz: the mysterious surge in Independence Party activity; pet stores in apartment buildings; and other headlines from local papers.
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Jennifer 8. Lee U.S. Suit Says Fish Seller Harassed Black Male Workers - http://bit.ly/4LW0kf

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against a fish distributor, M. Slavin and Sons, saying its owners and managers subjected black male employees to physical and verbal abuse.
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Does the legendary Montreal bagel stand up to its New York rival? We poll experts and do a City Room taste test.
Tom Penketh
Tom Penketh
Loved this story! Great job.
December 8, 2009 at 11:00am
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Jennifer 8. Lee One of my best City Room Posts ever. Reader emailed in original photo. Hat tip to Campbell Robertson for the kicker.

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Burned-out lights in a large sign at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens left an unintended message.
Joy
Joy
Would that we could flash this sign everyday at the dingbats in Congress. And they'd do something REAL about it. . . .
November 18, 2009 at 12:34pm
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A counterfeit penny, made of 18-karat gold, was put into circulation by a Seattle artist in March 2007. It was discovered a few weeks ago by a graphic designer in Brooklyn.
Audrey
Audrey
Hi Jennifer! Proof that conceptual art isn't always to be found in museums and galleries...sometimes it's right there on the street...we put it in cyberspace on StrangeTango.com: Life as Art. Thanks for sharing this charming tale! ~A.
November 4, 2009 at 12:08pm
Maven
Maven
SUPER! that would be on a necklace by now.
November 4, 2009 at 1:19pm
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Jennifer 8. Lee The U.S.S. New York, built with steel from the World Trade Center, opens a Tiffany registry for the ship's silver.

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The U.S.S. New York, an amphibious assault vessel built with more than seven tons of salvaged steel from the World Trade Center, has set up a Tiffany's registry for the ship's silver.
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Jennifer 8. Lee Atheism comes to New York City subways.

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An ad that promotes atheism will run in dozen subway stations in Manhattan for a month starting next Monday.
Ken Moritsugu
Ken Moritsugu
taking a page from the UK?
October 21, 2009 at 8:31am
Roger
Roger
Vulgar of manner, overfed,
Overdressed and underbred;
Heartless, Godless, hell's delight,
Rude by day and lewd by night…
Crazed with avarice, lust and rum,... See More
New York, thy name's delirium.
~Byron Rufus Newton~
October 21, 2009 at 8:54am
Nadine R. Gill
Nadine R. Gill
At last......
October 21, 2009 at 10:16am
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Jennifer 8. Lee The gay authors behind a controversial children's book on Central Park Zoo daddy penguins create their own nest for a family. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/a-baby-for-the-gay-authors-behind-the-daddy-penguins/

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Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, who wrote "And Tango Makes Three," a book about male penguins who hatch an egg, had their own baby daughter in February.
Carrie Fisher Kerpen
Carrie Fisher Kerpen
we absolutely LOVE this book!
October 7, 2009 at 1:58pm
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The birds that can look so serene in Brooklyn are not getting along, and visitors keep trying to intervene.
George Chang
George Chang
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/pale-male/introduction/2422/

reminds me of this story above. NATURE can star these swans in a modern Jets vs. Sharks in West Side Story (or Prospect Park Story).
October 13, 2009 at 4:19pm
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Jennifer 8. Lee A panoramic shot of hot air ballons over Cappadocia region in Turkey. http://twitpic.com/kiucd/ http://twitpic.com/kiucd/

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Jennifer 8. Lee speaking tmw night (friday) in boston chinatown for chinese historical society of new england banquet. http://www.chsne.org/events.htm

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ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER Please save the day! Featuring Jennifer 8 Lee, New York Time reporter and author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. at China Pearl, 9 Tyler St., Boston, Mass. ...
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Stephen Valand and Erica Shea started the Brooklyn Brew Shop earlier this year, selling gallon brewing kits sized for New York apartments.
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Will a version of "Keep plucking that chicken" become immortalized in New York City's lingua franca?