March 28, 2001
JEAN-GEORGES PLANS 9TH AVE. EATERY
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amChef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is coming to the Meatpacking district in a big way, The Post has learned. His perennial partner, Phil Suarez, has just signed a lease to take 14,000...
JOCKEY READY TO BRING 1ST SCENT TO STARTING GATE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amHow about "Sweat by Jockey?" Or maybe "Eau de Gym?" Try "Physical by Jockey." That is the name of the new fragrance, bath and body line by Jockey International, one...
BIDDERS IN MAD DASH FOR WEST END CASH COW
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amA TISHMAN Speyer-owned and -developed apartment building at 101 West End Ave. is being offered for sale and could fetch as much as $250 million, brokers say. The rare offering...
MOUSE TRAP SPRINGS FOR 4,000 AT DISNEY
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amThe Magic Kingdom is suddenly not so magical. The Walt Disney empire said yesterday it will slash 4,000 jobs to save $350 million to $400 million in annual expenses. The...
CONFIDENCE DATA GIVES RALLY LEGS: DOW ADDS 260; S&P, NASDAQ GAIN
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amIs three a charm? Investors gave stocks a big bear hug again yesterday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its third straight day of triple-digit gains. The boost came...
LABELS SAY NAPSTER'S SCREENING STINKS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amThe recording industry marched back into federal court yesterday and asked a judge to order file-swapping service Napster to do a much better job of stopping songs from being illegally...
STEVE & JERRY GETTING FLIGHTY ; AOL TIME WARNER LAUNCHES A SHUTTLE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amCOME fly with Steve and Jerry to Virginia! Times are tough inside the world's largest media company, AOL Time Warner. Chairman Steve Case and CEO Gerald Levin have promised Wall...
LATEST TALKS WITH BT PUT MA BELL ON THE LINE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amAT&T could soon become nothing but a distant memory. Ma Bell has reignited talks with British Telecommunications about merging the two companies' business-services units. And the telco giant is also...
LAZARD LOPPING OFF AT LEAST 60 STAFFERS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amLazard LLC, like several of its Wall Street peers facing a slowdown in the mergers advisory business, is swinging the ax. The mergers specialty firm is eliminating more than 60...
TOP CSFB EXECS LEAVING AS NON-COMPETE EXPIRES
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amCredit Suisse First Boston lost two more top flight investment bankers last week, and more are expected to go shortly, The Post has learned. Thomas M. Benninger, managing director and...
NAPSTER WANTS FANS TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amNapster is searching for friends. In an attempt to kick-start a protest movement to defend the service against the record labels, Napster is calling for music fans to gather in...
FANS BANANAS FOR BELAFONTE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amHARRY BELAFONTE HEY, Mister Tallyman, tally me a good show!At Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall Monday, handsome pop great Harry Belafonte was sucked into the vortex of schlock by a...
ON THE SIDE: NOBU'S 'IRON CHEF' STARTING A CHAIN
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amMASAHURA Morimoto, who oversaw the kitchen at top-ranked Nobu for six-years, is opening Morimoto in Philadelphia this spring and a namesake eatery in New York by the end of the...
SEMBENE HEROINE LIVES LIKE AN AFRICAN QUEEN
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amFAAT-KINEIn French and Wolof, with English subtitles. Running time: 118 minutes. Not rated (sex talk). At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. OUSMANE Sembene is highly...
THE 'KIDS' (AND THE 'WIFE') ARE ALL RIGHT: DAMON WAYANS TEACHES AN OLD SHOW NEW TRICKS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00am"My Wife and Kids" Tonight at 8 on WABC/Ch. 7 I'LL be honest with you - I didn't expect to like "My Wife and Kids." Not because I don't love...
ROTISSERIE IN LEAGUE OF ITS OWN
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amD'ARTAGNAN, LA ROTISSERIE 152 E. 46TH ST. (212) 687-0300 'MY father drinks it every night at dinner," beaming Ariane Daugin, co-owner of D'Artagnan, says of the house drink, Pousse Rapiere....
EDWARD: DEAD SILENCE; PSYCHIC STRIKES BACK AT TIMEWITH NO-CHAT REQUEST
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amJOHN Edward, The SCIFI Channel's red-hot psychic who talks to dead people, wants the live people in his studio audience to clam-up. Edward has been accused of using high-tech microphones...
AN E-ZPASSOVER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amPASSOVER begins at sundown April 7 - just 10 days away. If you think you have a huge to-do list before the holiday, consider the pre-seder activities at Abigael's on...
SPREADING THE NEWS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amNEWYORKERSMTC's Stage II at City Center, 131 W. 55th St. Call CityTix at (212) 581-1212. A GENERATION or so ago, they would have been in a nightclub. Someplace chic, I...
BRAVOS FOR BRYGGMAN ; SOAP SUPPORTS 'PROOF' STAR'S 'THEATER HABIT'
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTALK of Tony Awards is starting to rumble around Broadway, and one actor whose name will surely appear among the nominees is Larry Bryggman. One of New York's finest and...
VH1 TALKS TO STREISAND
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBARBRA Streisand is in talks to put her husband, James Brolin, in a new cable show about the music biz. Streisand is reportedly in negotiations with VH1 for a weekly...
T' BETTIN' DINERS, SHANGRILA'S A WINNER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSHANGRILA 129 SECOND AVE. (BETWEEN SEVENTH STREET AND ST. MARKS PLACE) (212) 387-7908 AT Shangrila, a tiny dish of red sauce comes with a warning. "It's hot," the waitress cautions...
PUFFY SHOOTS BACK ON MTV BY REQUEST
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amMTV has landed the most sought-after sit-down interview in recent memory - an exclusive with Sean "Puffy" Combs It's his first formal interview since being cleared on charges of shooting...
FROWN & COUNTRY: BEATTY FILM POSTPONED 13 TIMES AS MORE AND MORE MOVIES GATHER DUST ON HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SHELVES
March 28, 2001 | 5:00am"Town & Country," a romantic comedy with Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton, is finally scheduled to hit theaters next month - nearly three years after the cameras stopped rolling. Since...
CLASS WARFARE HITS FEVER PITCH BETWEEN ; LEVY & BRUNO
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - The war between Schools Chancellor Harold Levy and state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno escalated yesterday, as the powerful Republican said the chancellor should butt out of politics....
BILL STILL SEDUCING UFT'S DEWEY-EYED CHIEF
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amUFT President Randi Weingarten is giving the union's sacred John Dewey Humanitarian Award to Bill Clinton on May 12. I suggest the union change the name of its award to...
CASTRO'S PUBLICIST AND OTHER COMMUNIST APOLOGISTS OF THE FOURTH ESTATE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTHE New York Times on Saturday published an interesting story out of Havana, where Fidel Castro was hosting a conference on the 40th anniversary of the disastrous Bay of Pigs...
MORE GALS DYING TO SMOKE: STUDY
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amAmerican women face a smoking epidemic, the latest U.S. surgeon general's report says. Women account for 39 percent of smoking-related deaths - more than double the rate in 1965. Worse,...
SHORT IS SWEET FOR OSCAR WINNER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amThe Dutch filmmaker who took the Oscar for Best Animated Short says he'll go down in movie history for the wrong reason - winning a deluxe TV set for making...
CHOKE-HOLD VICTIM'S MOM TO PROBE COPS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amIris Baez - who became a leading advocate against police brutality after her son was choked to death by a cop in 1994 - is expected to be named to...
BUSINESS IS LOUSY - BUT NOT FOR THIS MATCHMAKER ; BEST RELATIONSHIP $$ CAN BUY ; 15G GETS TWO YEARS OF DATES - AND MAYBE MR. (MS.) RIGHT
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amONE of New York's most elite matchmakers is finding that the more the economy tanks, the better her business gets. "The dating industry is absolutely fabulous right now," says Denise...
JITTERY KIDS WARY OF GOING BACK ; BUT SHRINKS SAY LITTLE HARM IS DONE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amPsychologists predicted most students will shrug off the violent threats that triggered school shutdowns in Westchester - but many youngsters admitted they were spooked. "I'm worried," said Justin Simone, 14,...
LOUIMA'S DEAL WITH CITY & PBA UNRAVELS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSources said Louima and his legal team of Johnnie Cochran, Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld and Sanford Rubenstein were "embarrassed" and "furious" by a report that they "caved in" on the...
JUSTICE NOT SERVED UNTIL SCHWARZ IS FREE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amABNER LOUIMA deserves $9 million - but Chuck Schwarz deserves solitary confinement like I deserve cancer. Can you believe Abner Louima wants to keep the option open of suing Chuck...
IS PRIVATE FIRM PUBLIC NUISANCE?
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amEdison Schools Inc. didn't seem to be making any headway as parents continued the crucial voting yesterday on having the private firm run their schools. "Edison is very annoying. They're...
EVEN AT WORST OF TIMES, THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN BRONX
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amNO ONE ever bought a house just to get near the schools where Beatrice Wunder spent her career. In fact, the South Bronx remains the kind of turf from which...
HEIRS SHARING IN BEAME'S $2M ESTATE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amAbe Beame, the son of poor immigrants who went on to guide the city through the fiscal woes of the 1970s, left behind an estate worth almost $2 million, court...
MCCALL SUFFERS BLOW AS CONSULTANT QUITS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Carl McCall's gubernatorial bid suffered a surprise setback yesterday as his longtime political consultant quit the campaign. Chicago-based adviser and media guru David Axelrod, who oversaw...
BLOOMBERG'S OLD SUIT FAILS DEMS' TASTE TEST
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amA state Democratic Party spokeswoman urged Republican Michael Bloomberg yesterday to "reconsider" a City Hall run - saying women "aren't going to stand for" sexual-harassment complaints in his background. A...
RUDY WARNS OF SUMMER ELECTRIC PRICE SHOCK
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday predicted "catastrophic" problems for the city this summer unless the federal government clamps down on out-of-control electricity prices. "Deregulation is terrific, it's great," Giuliani said. "But right...
5TH-GRADERS SUSPENDED OVER LIST OF 'ENEMIES'
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE A Brooklyn elementary-school principal suspended four fifth-graders for writing a name-calling pamphlet that "posed a threat" to classmates, The Post has learned. PS 197 principal Sally Savedoff is holding...
DUBYA DISSES DEMS' $300 ONE-SHOT PLAN FOR TAX REBATE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday rejected Democratic calls for a one-time $300 tax rebate to juice up the economy, saying Americans need permanent tax cuts as well as a quick...
TV COMPUTER GIVES JESUS A MAKEOVER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amCould this be what Jesus looked like? Yes, says the Discovery Channel, which put together a high-tech computer image generated from data provided by forensic scientists who analyzed the skull...
LOBBYISTS EASE OFF SPENDING
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - For the first time, the army of lobbyists in New York spent less money last year influencing state lawmakers than they had the previous year, a new report...
2ND THREAT CANCELS CLASSES ; W'CHESTER COPS SAY ADULT CULPRITS WERE CAUGHT ON TAPE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amFor the second time in a week, edgy officials closed schools in a Westchester town yesterday after an anonymous threat of violence - this one by two warped adults caught...
HOLY HILL! NOW SHE'S PRAYING WITH GOP
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amOVER cornflakes, coffee and the Bible, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is quietly praying her way into the company of some of the Senate's conservative members. Clinton has joined an informal,...
18 FAMILIES HOMELESS IN BLAZE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amEighteen South Bronx families were put out of their homes yesterday in a spectacular blaze that destroyed two houses and damaged 16 others, 12 severely. Miraculously, nobody was seriously injured...
MCCAIN WINS BIG ROUND IN CAMPAIGN-$$ BATTLE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain yesterday scored a big win for his legislation to overhaul the campaign-finance system when the Senate crushed a weaker bill that was supported by President...
DYING INFANT'S PIC LATEST SALVO IN PR WAR
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amShalhevet Pas, in the arms of her father, Yitzhak, was killed by a sniper in Israel.APA chilling photo of a fatally wounded Israeli infant circulating yesterday had mortal Mideast enemies...
BOARD OF ED RAPS LEVY FOR EDISON FIASCO
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBoard of Education members admitted yesterday the effort to privatize five of the city's worst schools has been a disaster - and put the blame on missteps by Schools Chancellor...
LEROY LEAVES LOVELY LADIES A SIZABLE TIP IN FINAL WILL
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amRestaurateur Warner LeRoy left a $48 million estate, including thousands for the women in his life and a chunk for a "great fun memorial party." In his will, made public...
RUDY AGAIN RIPS 'VILE' DORISMOND
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani last night insisted cop-shooting victim Patrick Dorismond died because of his "vile" actions, and cited his "prior record of violence" - repeating the stern rhetoric he used following...
DRIVERS FUME AT INSURANCE HIKES
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amCity drivers blasted upcoming insurance rate hikes - as much as 30 percent for some motorists. "Between the tolls, the insurance and the gas, how am I going to feed...
HEIRS SHARE IN BEAME'S $2M ESTATE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amAbe Beame, the son of poor immigrants who went on to guide the city through the fiscal woes of the 1970s, left behind an estate worth almost $2 million, court...
GUNPLAY LEAVES BX. MOVIEGOER BADLY WOUNDED
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBronx cops combed a Co-op City movie multiplex last night, looking for two suspects involved in a shooting near a candy concession that sent patrons scrambling for the exits. The...
ISRAEL BLAST KILLS THREE ; SIX HURT IN THIRD TERROR EXPLOSION IN TWO DAYS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - An apparent suicide bombing at a gas station in central Israel killed three people early today - one day after another suicide bomber blew himself up, injuring scores...
SAD TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF 1911 FIRE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTheir names filled the air, and their memories filled the hearts of hundreds who gathered yesterday to remember the victims of the historic and horrific Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. Julia...
CABBY HITS CITY WITH $45M SUIT
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amA cabby who claims he was brutally beaten when he was stopped in December by four Taxi and Limousine Commission inspectors slapped the city with a $45million federal lawsuit yesterday....
ED. BOARD CONCEDES EDISON MESS : PREXY LAYS THE BLAME ON LEVY
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBoard of Education members admitted yesterday the effort to privatize five of the city's worst schools has been a disaster - and put the blame on missteps by Schools Chancellor...
BOMBINGS RATTLE MIDEAST: SEPARATE JERUSALEM BLASTS TARGET BUS, SHOPPING AREA
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a nail-studded device near a passing bus yesterday, an incident that puts further pressure on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to deliver on his...
WARNACO CLOBBERED - SHARES PLUNGE 63% AFTER WARNING ON LOSS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amThe bottom fell out of Warnaco shares Tuesday, as they plummeted 63 percent on news that the company's loss for fiscal 2000 would be greater than expected. The stock fell...
LOW CAN EXPLAIN YORK'S DROP-OFF
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amWhether Mike York has succumbed to the infamous sophomore jinx is a matter of opinion. While his numbers would say he has, Ranger coach Ron Low has a different opinion....
BR-R-RING YOUR WARM CLOTHES IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TROUT
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amAPRIL Fool's Day is the opening of the trout season in New York State and you have to wonder, who's the bigger fool? Is it the state for continuing to...
'BALTO' IS MISSING SOMETHING
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amLeading up to the mile and aquarter Kentucky Derby, the$64,000 question always is, "whocan get the distance?" In the weeksleading up to this year's Derby onMay 5, we'll look at...
NETS HAD NO IDEA IT'D BE THIS BAD
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTravel back four months. Approach anyone on the Nets, either management or player, and tell them that the 2000-01 season was going to be worse than that rollicking 31-victory romp...
ROSE MAY BLOOM AS 12TH HURLER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - While the Mets will be active in the trade market before Tuesday's season opener, don't expect them to do anything shocking. "I think it is likely that...
CURSE STILL HAUNTS SAWX
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Carl Everett arrived on time to Legends Field, donned a Red Sox uniform and was listed in the starting lineup yesterday. There was just one little problem. Boston's...
PAYTON VOWS TO BE READY
March 28, 2001 | 5:00am11 INNINGS Mets 5 Expos 4 JUPITER, Fla. - On the bulletin board inside the Mets' clubhouse yesterday morning, the typed list of players scheduled to make the trip here...
CHURCHILL JOINS FOES FOR OTB
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amFollowing the adage "if you can't beat them, join them," Churchill Downs Inc. announced yesterday it has abandoned its bid to purchase New York City Off-Track Betting and instead has...
TIMO'S STILL QUESTIONABLE FOR OPENER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES JUPITER, Fla. - Timo Perez took batting practice yesterday, but Bobby Valentine thinks Perez's aching groin will force him to miss his sixth straight game today when the...
KNIGHTS EYE MARTELLI
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amOn the day Jay Wright was officially announced as the new head coach at Villanova, Rutgers athletic director Bob Mulcahy took bold steps to find a replacement for the fired...
JETER SEEMS HEADED FOR YANKEES' DL
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amRed Sox 11 Yankees 2 TAMPA - When the Yankees raise their third straight World Series championship flag Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, a colossal piece of their four-peat effort...
RAINES MIGHT BE IN EXPO FORECAST
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amJUPITER - He had the watery eyes of a man battling a relentless flu. His right hand caught repeated coughs. He had just struck out with yesterday's exhibition game against...
CLEMENS SHAKES OFF POUNDING
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - The pounding Roger Clemens absorbed from the Red Sox at Legends Field yesterday meant nothing to The Rocket. Giving up 13 hits and five runs in...
OF ASSIST EASES CHUCK'S 'LEFT OUT' FEELING
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Chuck Knoblauch bounced a throw yesterday - and the Legends Field crowd cheered, teammates rejoiced and the one-time Gold Glove second baseman called it his most satisfying moment...
GIANTS EYING RICH OWENS
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSeeking to bolster their depth on the front line of their defense, the Giants yesterday inquired about free-agent defensive end Rich Owens and appear interested in signing him as a...
BASEBALL WEBCASTS COST
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBaseball fans are going to have to pay to listen to Internet audiocasts of games. Beginning this season, fans will have to surf to MLB.com and pay a $9.95 annual...
'BAMA FIGHTS BACK, BUMPS OFF DETROIT
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSemifinal Alabama 74 Detroit 63 They are a young and terrible road team. They are a club that nearly collapsed at the end of the season and was crushed when...
THAT'S 100 IN FIVE STRAIGHT
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amDevils 7 Lightning 1 TAMPA - One shot at an NHL record streak gone, the Devils have another in the making. Meanwhile, they have put the final touch on a...
'ZO'S BACK ... AND KNICKS SAY, 'ZO WHAT!
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - Several Knicks wondered last night if the Alonzo Mourning who returned to the Heat will be the same Mourning who has dominated the East the last few years....
TULSA HANGS TOUGH
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSemifinal Tulsa 72 Memphis 64 The NIT version of the Final Four became a Final Two when Tulsa staved off Jim Calipari's Memphis squad, 72-64, in last night's late game...
NYC HAS BECOME BIG APPLE OF WEBBER'S EYE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - Chris Webber, the free-agent-to-be the Knicks covet, revealed last night that not only does he like New York, he likes it so much he's lived there the past...
NO MIRACLE ENCORE: KNICKS TIE LATE, CAN'T FINISH 2ND STRAIGHT OT WIN
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amOVERTIME Kings 124 Knicks 117 SACRAMENTO - Two West Coast miracles in two nights? Not a chance. Kurt Thomas, 1 of 9 in his career from 3-point land entering last...
GUT-CHECKETTS TIME: GARDEN PREZ ORDERS INCONSISTENT KNICKS TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - Garden president Dave Checketts said it's time to put up or shut up. In his state-of-the-Knicks address late Monday night, Checketts called for no more excuses, no more...
HOUSTON REMAINS MAIN PAWN IN DEAL FOR WEBBER
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - The Knicks, with Garden president Dave Checketts along for the ride, arrived in Chris Webber Country yesterday to face the Kings last night. Hopefully, it will not be...
DEVILS MUST DO ROADWORK
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - The big record chase slipped away, but the Devils were still working on another as they began their two-game, two-night southern swing here last night. Winners of six...
BASEBALL WEBCASTS NOT FREE ANYMORE
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBaseball fans are going to have to pay to listen to Internet audiocasts of games. Beginning this season, fans will have to surf to MLB.com and pay a $9.95 annual...
BUZZ MAKING NOISE: TULSA COACH IN SPOTLIGHT
March 28, 2001 | 5:00amBuzz Peterson is well aware that the coaching path through Tulsa has been golden for his predecessors. The first-year Golden Hurricane head coach, who led his Tulsa players into last...