Danny Gold
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Fire kid horror
A 7-year-old Brooklyn boy died in a fast-moving blaze that broke out during his mom’s birthday party early yesterday — as his distraught dad desperately tried to save him but...
Late-night B’klyn riders in a ‘fix’
Better get home early. Subway service between Grand Central and Atlantic Avenue will be shut down in both directions tonight and for the next three nights in an experimental program...
iFanatics flock to 'Grand' opening of new Apple store
They love it to the core. A crowd of 2,500 flooded Grand Central yesterday for the grand opening of the city’s latest Apple store — a marriage of Silicon Valley...
City racks up big boost in bicycle commuters
Keep your eyes peeled, pedestrians — the number of cyclists is skyrocketing. Nearly 19,000 people now pedal to their jobs every day, a nearly threefold increase from just 10 years...
CUNY ups tuition
The CUNY board of trustees approved tuition increases of $300 annually through 2015 yesterday — even as four protesting students were arrested and hundreds of others loudly derided the vote...
Pimp outsmarts ‘victim’
This pimp oughta take the bar exam! Admitted pimp Anthony McCord scored some legal points when he cross-examined the prostitute he is charged with raping and beating — catching her...
Cart-drop kid facing probation
One of the two preteen boys charged with dropping a shopping cart over a fourth-story railing in East Harlem — nearly killing a philanthropist who was shopping for underprivileged kids...
Kid may dodge jail in near-fatal East Harlem shopping cart toss
One of the two pre-teen boys charged with dropping a shopping cart over a fourth-story railing in East Harlem -- nearly killing a philanthropist who was shopping for underprivileged kids...
OWS vows to shut down Wall Street, subways
Occupy Wall Street leaders announced today their plans to rachet up their wild antics — vowing to wreak havoc on Thursday by shutting down Wall Street and the subways to...
Thief nailed at Zuccotti
Just another day at Zuccotti Park. A raging lunatic was body-slammed yesterday when he tried to swipe medication and a jar full of cash from a plumber who was taking...
Bridge refs in furor
They’re costly bridge referees who are supposed to keep cyclists and pedestrians from colliding -- but commuters gripe that they’re only taking taxpayers for a ride.The $38-an-hour pathway police can’t...
Local shops clean up, too
The Zuccotti Park cleanup left some hardware stores cleaned out of mops and brooms. “A lot of people came in [Thursday] afternoon,” said Howard Weintraub, of Weinstein & Holtzman hardware...
Ciao time in NYC
Sunny skies and a show of force yesterday marked the city’s annual Columbus Day Parade, where a true daughter of New York took center stage. Before she was an “American...
BLT Market gets failing grade from health department
The Ritz is the pits, as far as the city’s Health Department is concerned. Inspectors slapped a C grade on BLT Market, noting the tony restaurant at the Ritz Carlton...
She feared the parade
Investigators are trying to find out out whether the bullet that fatally wounded a woman outside her Crown Heights home after the West Indian Day Parade Sunday night was fired...
Only 8 percent of Manhattan singles would date someone from Staten Island: survey
Sorry, Staten Island, but Manhattan says you're undateable. A Match.com survey found only 8 percent of martini-sipping Manhattan singles would stoop to dating someone from the fake tan and track-suit...
Fliers escape from NY
Every major airport in the New York metropolitan area will be closed today to incoming flights, a massive shutdown aimed at preventing thousands of travelers from becoming stranded in a...
Bronx kids enroll-er coaster
A Bronx school-enrollment office has been closing its doors to parents before 10 a.m. this week because staffers claim they can process only 70 families a day. Incensed parents said...
Homeowner rips bill for sidewalk fix
This one really slipped between the cracks. After notifying a Queens homeowner that his sidewalk had cracks requiring repair within 45 days, the city finally got around to completing the...
PA hikes taking huge truck toll
It’s gonna get costly to keep on truckin’. Big rigs that carry everything from food to medicine into the city will get slammed with monster-sized toll hikes on Port Authority...