Cafe Edison, a Longtime Broadway Hangout, Is Closing
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The 34-year-old coffee shop, home of Broadway deals and Eastern European Jewish cooking, has been asked to leave by the owner of the Edison Hotel, the restaurant’s manager said.
Posing as Rikers Guard, Investigator Smuggled in Contraband, Inquiry Finds
By MICHAEL WINERIP and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The Department of Investigation has been urging the Correction Department for years to improve screening of employees at Rikers Island.
A report called on the Correction Department to bolster screening at Rikers Island after an undercover investigator carried over $22,000 worth of drugs and alcohol through employee checkpoints.
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The Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., has not hit any of the projections set in 2006.
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Casino Bust in Poconos Could Be a Lesson for the Catskills
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As New York decides where to slot casinos, it should examine the still-struggling economy that surrounds the Mount Airy property in Pennsylvania.
Election 2014
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, after his victory on Tuesday night.
A divided Legislature will put Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in a powerful position, allowing him to play deal maker between Republicans and Democrats.
Cuomo Blames Frustration With Obama for New York Democrats’ Poor Performance
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, offering his first public comments on the election since his victory speech, said voters were motivated by “dissatisfaction with a Democratic administration in Washington.”
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Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, responded to questions at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday.
Representative Steve Israel is stepping down as the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, turning down a request from Representative Nancy Pelosi to return for a third term, but is hoping to remain within the Democratic House leadership.
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Dannel Malloy, in Repeat, Wins a Close Election for Connecticut Governor
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Reshit Gjinovic said the six-unit apartment building he owns in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, did not generate enough revenue this year to cover the mountain of rising expenses.
Landlords Say de Blasio Ignores Their Plight
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Ask tenant leaders about Mayor Bill de Blasio and they say so far so good. Many landlords, though, say they are just bracing themselves for the next hit.
Anthony Lanzilote for The New York Times
Gigi Jordan, in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, during the reading of the verdict in her trial.
Gigi Jordan Convicted of Manslaughter, Not Murder, in Son’s Killing
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
A jury accepted Ms. Jordan’s claims that she had acted in the throes of an “extreme emotional disturbance” when she poisoned her son in 2010.
First Draft
Majority in New Jersey Approve of Christie’s Response to Ebola
By NICK CORASANITI
New Jerseyans, in a new poll, said they preferred Gov. Chris Christie’s response to that of the federal government.
8 Million Rats for 8 Million New Yorkers? Data Suggest a City Legend Is Flawed
By JAMES BARRON
In a newly published paper, a Columbia University doctoral student argues that the city has far fewer rats than had been thought. About six million fewer.
William Bratton Names a New Deputy for the New York Police Department Amid Scrutiny
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
After days of controversy over the second most powerful post in the New York Police Department, Benjamin B. Tucker was sworn in as the first deputy commissioner.
2 New York City Officers Charged With Assaulting Teenager
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Officers Tyrane Issac and David Afanador also face misconduct charges in the arrest of Kaheem Tribble, 16, in Brooklyn.
Therapist and Patient Share a Theater of Hurt
By COREY KILGANNON
A clinical psychologist and her patient will appear in a show called “Borderline,” which features the two women playing themselves and dealing with the patient’s borderline personality disorder.
Brooklyn Principal Apologizes for Remark Deemed Offensive
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Donna Taylor, the principal of the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, said she regretted telling a group of parents and children that “if you don’t speak Spanish, you’re going to clean your own house.”
In Exclusive Club of U.S. Ebola Survivors, Kinship Is Sealed in Blood
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
After surviving the Ebola virus in August, Nancy Writebol, a 59-year-old missionary, donated blood plasma to Craig Spencer, the patient in New York.
Princeton Mishandled Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination Cases, U.S. Inquiry Finds
By ARIEL KAMINER
The Office of Civil Rights found that the university, which is already enacting reforms, failed to respond quickly and fairly to students’ complaints.
ArtsBeat
Protests Resume at Guggenheim Over Abu Dhabi Museum
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
Critics say they will take their protests to donors, not just managers of the museum.
Building Blocks
At Future Cornell Campus, the First Step in Restoring Murals Is Finding Them
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Restoring three pieces from the federal Work Projects Administration at a hospital on Roosevelt Island presented many challenges.
The Neediest Cases
The 2nd Act in His Unlikely Pursuit: A College Degree
By KENNETH ROSEN
Derrick Lawson, 21, raised in a public housing development in Queens, felt “lost” in college the first time around. But now he hopes to have an associate degree by 2016.
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Around New York
For Joan Rivers’s Doctor, Fame Delivers Its Bill
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
Dr. Gwen Korovin was known for being close to many of her celebrity clients. In the case of Joan Rivers, perhaps too close.
A Manet Portrait Fuels High Prices on a Competitive Night for Christie’s
By CAROL VOGEL
The artist’s 1881 painting of the actress Jeanne Demarsy was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum for $65.1 million.
A Touch of Brooklyn in ... Ridgewood, Queens?
By BEN DETRICK
Ridgewood, Queens, is the new frontier for bohemians who are either priced out of Brooklyn or fed up with it.
Theater Review | New Jersey
Passion and Eloquence, Smothered in Explanation
By KEN JAWOROWSKI
Dialogue is loudly delivered in service of an Issue, with a capital I, in Nikkole Salter’s tale of a mother’s effort to get her daughter a better education.
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For Pot Inc., the Rush to Cash In Is Underway
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With medical marijuana coming to New York, a curious collection of players is jockeying to cash in.
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A Shave and a Haircut
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