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Divine additions at Sherman Creek

The last untouched half-acre of this former brownfield is set to become a boathouse.

SantaCon pub crawlers must remove beards at bars: cops

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You can have a drink, Santa — but leave the beard at the door.

Bronx bus driver faces teen attacker at sentencing

She's still scared, two years after the brutal attack.

Day care worker denies stealing toddler's earrings

The accused baby bling bandit is a concerned caregiver — and not a crook, her lawyer says.

EPA wants Queens site in Superfund

Former Wolff-Alport Chemical Co. on Irving Ave., which shuttered in early 1950s.

The building was where materials for the Manhattan Project were developed.

Ruiz: Queens supermarket owner is real Grinch

This employer left his workers in the cold.

Restaurant owner busted for drug possession

The Gwynnett St. owner has been busted for trying to boost his bottom line with Molly.

Writing's on the wall in gentrifying Bed-Stuy

An anti-development tagger hit one of the luxury apartment buildings opening in Bed-Stuy.

A luxury tower was tagged 'Gentrify Here.'

SI mall puts up shoplifter billboards of shame

The mall is trying to curb five-finger discounts.

Today's Big Stories

Honey, we're home! De Blasio family FINALLY opts for move into vacant Gracie Mansion

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said Wednesday he is moving on up to Gracie Mansion, a decision that followed weeks of agonizing over whether to leave his artsy Brooklyn enclave behind.

Charter elementary school in New York will keep makeshift padded cell

Officials at an uptown New York charter school on Wednesday refused to back down from their controversial use of a padded cell to confine problem students.

Acclaimed Brooklyn restaurant owner busted for receiving package of club drug Molly

A rooklyn restaurant owner was allegedly trying to boost his bottom line.

Cameron Diaz buys $9M Chelsea condo

Cameron Diaz who is in New York to film 'Annie' is just one of the celebs snatching up condos at Walker Tower.

The Art Deco condo conversion on West 18th St. has drawn a red carpet's worth of celeb interest, but it's Cameron Diaz who will be enjoying the "Vanilla Sky" views from her private terrace.

Tribeca residents halt plan to move criminal court into neighborhood

Tribeca peeps winning fight against a criminal court being moved into a building in the area. Building in question is 71 Thomas St.

The Bloomberg Administration has backed off on its plan to move a busy part of its criminal court system into an annex in Tribeca after well-heeled neighbors filed a suit to block it.

Long-awaited report spells recipe to remake Sheridan Expressway

Planners called for the northern end of the little-used Sheridan Expressway to be transformed.

New York City lets water bill scofflaws off hook for $27M: Controller

The Department of Environmental Protection has failed to recover delinquent water bill payments for some 325 properties, including city-subsidized affordable co-ops and state properties.

Staten Island woman who smuggled 2.5 kilos of cocaine in her girdle gets two years in jail

Michelle Blassingale, 36, was nabbed at Kennedy Airport on Jan. 26 after Customs and Border Protection officers noticed her walking 'with an awkward gait.'

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Dec 13th, 12:35AM

SOB story: Cops looking for "person of interest" in September SoHo nightclub shooting

BY THOMAS TRACY There’s one of those SOBs! Cops have released a photo of a man wanted for questioning in a September SoHo nightclub shooting that left four people wounded. Police said a crew of clubgoers tried to get on stage inside SOB’s (short for Sounds of Brazil) on Varick ...

Dec 12th, 11:42PM

Cops: Son of mobster busted with kiddie-porn

BY THOMAS TRACY This bad apple has fallen pretty far from his mobbed-up tree. The son of a one-time Genovese crime boss has been arrested for dabbling in la cosa kiddy-porn, officials said. Cops cuffed Joseph Nigro, 35, of the Bronx, on Wednesday after ...

Dec 12th, 11:19PM

NYPD bogus: Fake cop scams seniors out of more than $400,000

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA Daily News Bureau Chief A heartless thief posing as a cop has been preying on elderly women for more than two years, stealing their savings after convincing them he is investigating a banking case, police said Thursday. Cops are hunting the scammer, who ...