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		<title>Food Truck Congestion Pricing</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/22/food-truck-congestion-pricing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Craig Gaines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of food trucks slowed traffic during afternoon rush hour last Thursday in a mass protest of the city’s new congestion-pricing scheme. The act of civil disobedience, coordinated by the Mobile Food Providers Alliance, delayed commuters on their way home from work by up to 90 minutes. At 5:30 p.m., at least 215 food trucks pulled onto the Riverside Parkway and drove 15 mph. The speed brought traffic to a standstill, and was symbolic of the new toll the trucks will have to pay on the city’s highways, starting Monday. The toll plan, which City Council passed two weeks ago, seeks to discourage the city’s taco trucks and other mobile restaurants from taking to the highways at peak traffic periods. Trucks that do so will be required to pay a $15 fee. At a press conference before the traffic protest, Elena Cardozo, who operates Luchita’s Mobile Taco Truck No. 1 and is a co-organizer of the alliance, called the fee “industrial discrimination.” But City Council President Martin Wernstrom, who has asked the city attorney to bring public endangerment charges against the group, says the pricing scheme only makes sense given the burgeoning number of food trucks in the city. “When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You&#8217;re Voting For Tomorrow, Locally</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/11/03/what-youre-voting-for-tomorrow-locally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, tomorrow&#8217;s election day and, in addition to the presidential race, there are also many local races and issues to be decided, in what is expected to be a day of record turnout. A few items which will appear on (most of) your local ballots follow: Mayoral Largely between incumbent Mayor Joseph Wilders (D) and longtime City Councilwoman Maribeth Cosgrove (R). Also running are Lewis Armstrong (Lib), Louis M. Armstrong (Green) and Leonard Pierce (Ind). City Council Races will be decided in Districts 1, 2, 5, 8 and 10, as well as in three of the seven at-large seats. Municipal Court Two of these slots are up for grabs. Choose at random or along party lines, as you always do. Comptroller Only one, of course. See &#8220;Municipal Court.&#8221; Board of Education Again, unless you know someone, close your eyes and point the little sharp sticky thing at two people. Ordinances :: A resolution to turn management/maintenance of 40% of the City&#8217;s parks over to a private company. :: Approval of a $25.9 million bond toward &#8220;general infrastructure improvements.&#8221; :: Measure that would make defrauding a restaurant a misdemeanor offense. :: The allowing of liquor licenses in the currently dry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Games Going Away Once Again</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/06/04/video-games-going-away-once-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Morris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city council has reinstated a previously-repealed 1946 ordinance [seventh item] banning from city limits any and all stand-alone arcade devices and games. This measure has been taken in response to a wave of rigged slot machines appearing in the wake of the city council&#8217;s late April decision. The Video Game Museum at Mabel Tripp Gardens had placed several of its vintage games – including Stryder, Centipede and Tron – in a special public play area to celebrate the repeal of the ordinance. The exhibits are expected to be returned to their places behind display glass by 4 pm this afternoon. - Jon Morris Related: The Return of the One-Armed Bandits]]></description>
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		<title>The Return of the One-Armed Bandits</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/28/the-return-of-the-one-armed-bandits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 12:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The repeal two weeks ago [seventh item] of a 1946 city ordinance against stand-alone arcade games may be contributing to the largest incidence of rigged slot-machine syndicates operating within the city limits since 1945, according to police. The abandoned ordinance – repealed two weeks ago as part of Mayor Wilders&#8217; C.O.M.B. initiative [first item] – is being described by a police spokesperson as &#8220;an unmitigated hobbling of our ability to manage law enforcement on any level.&#8221; As many as seventeen organized criminal bodies may be involved in the placement of rigged slot machines within city limits, focusing primarily on convenience stores, bodegas, bars, middle school cafeterias and the Boys &#38; Girls Club at NE Riesling Avenue and Cutter Street. - Jon Morris Related: Breaking: Former Arcade Owner Suing City Over 1981 Arrest]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking: Former Arcade Owner Suing City Over 1981 Arrest</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/23/breaking-former-arcade-owner-suing-city-over-1981-arrest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel D. Merton of the South Pepper Street neighborhood filed suit late yesterday against the City Council, municipal government, Mayor Wilders, four former city council members and two retired police officers over a 1981 arrest and conviction under the recently-repealed city ordinance banning the presence of stand-alone gaming devices within city limits.The measure – repealed last week by the current city council – was instituted in 1946 with the intention of prohibiting the use of pinball machines in casual gambling, and unintentionally banned cabinet-style video games within city limits. Although 230 video game arcades operated during the peak of the fad in 1984, very few were charged under the ordinance.Merton, then owner of Space Shuttle Games on NE Attleboro Ave, was charged the maximum fine under the ordinance during a uniformed police officer&#8217;s response to a call regarding (according to the police report) &#8220;unruly youths kicking a Donkey Kong machine.&#8221;He is seeking damages for lost revenue (a one-time fine of $75 per machine, plus 27 years&#8217; interest), emotional distress, and violation of civil liberties. A judge is expected to rule on the suit&#8217;s validity early next week. - Jon Morris]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Discount Pork Credit Rebate A.M.</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/09/friday-facts-discount-pork-credit-rebate-am/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Andrews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Mayor Wilders&#8217; recent initiative to &#8220;clean up&#8221; the city&#8217;s catalog of archaic, outdated, obtuse or redundant ordinances begins in earnest next Wednesday when he plans to unveil his self-authored C.O.M.B. (Consolidate Our Municipal Bylaws) Initiative. Among the ordinances targeted by the measure are a 1988 ban on prostitution services for pets, last year&#8217;s activist &#8220;pro-smoking&#8221; initiative, and a late 17th-century punishment which calls for &#8220;stabbing centrely amidst the fleshie organs&#8221; for anyone caught &#8220;dealyng with goods of a gypsie nature.&#8221; :: In addition to police officers, emergency response and medical personnel, it is technically illegal in the city to pose as a practitioner of the following professions: Plumber, baker, cobbler, milliner, grocer, asphalt-mixer. :: Number of local coyote attacks sparking the &#8220;Coyotes: This Summer&#8217;s Sharks?&#8221; three-day investigative series on Channel 8&#8242;s newscast next week: 0 :: The Woodbridge District of the city boasts more hair salons, Thai restaurants and British import shops than any other district in the city (124, 70 and 17 respectively). :: Tourism in the city is down 15% over the same period last year. The Valley Regional Tourism Bureau attributes the decline to budget cuts, leading to a lack of presence for the city in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bars of St. Mary&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/01/07/the-bars-of-st-marys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquor permits in the Lawsonhurst district are a bit hard to come by. It&#8217;s one of the areas of the city whose spirits laws fall under the stricter 1913 Annexation Plan and as such, it has a fixed number of permits available at any given time, as opposed to the more relaxed methods of permitting in, say, University Center, Downtown or Sampson Heights. Up in Lawsonhurst, there are four permits available for an area stretching from the Ostanahoc River to the Barnes Expressway, from Baseline Road to Carverville Boulevard. A pretty big area, sure, but complicating the issue is Lawsonhurst&#8217;s boost in popularity over the last seven years or so, after the opening of the new transit center in 1999 and developer Anson Happ&#8217;s extensive investment- constructing new condominiums, rehabbing existing housing stock, almost as though he were trying to will a new area of the city to come to life. But there&#8217;s the issue of those four permits, held by Old Albie&#8217;s Tap Room, Manglia&#8217;s Family Eatery, Eagles Post 981 and St. Mary&#8217;s of the Redeemer, while every other new restaurant in the area has had to try and make the BYOB thing sound better than being able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Taupe, Bertram Cates, Waspgrass</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/05/04/friday-facts-taupe-bertram-cates-waspgrass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 11:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: As temperatures start to warm up, we would like to offer a reminder that a city ordinance passed last year makes public male toplessness illegal in the area bordered by 4th St, Gordon Ave, 57th St, and Burton Blvd. :: Several street name re-dedications are scheduled for summer 2007 including: Rue de la Meuse becoming Jim Henson Blvd, Megan Road&#8217;s addition to the city grid scheme as 223rd Street, and Folcher Street becoming the first convertee in the Mayor’s scheme to “contemporize” city street names (Folcher will become “The Internet Blvd”). :: Mustard, scarlet, clay and taupe (or a combination thereof) are the most popular colors for newly constructed bank branches, according to the Financial Business Journal. :: As of this weekend, the number of years LaRue&#8217;s has been open in the Polynesiantown neighborhood: 25 :: Estimated number of Lapu-Rama-Rum-Bowls served there over those 25 years: 65,000 :: The city&#8217;s bike lanes are 8 inches narrower than the national average. The League of American Bicyclists claims this has led to three bike-car fatalities in the past 14 years. :: The Council of Concerned Christian Parents will be sponsoring a potluck at Pennington Park on May 25th, in celebration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Alda, Chinnelle, Fake Moustaches</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/04/27/friday-facts-alda-chinnelle-fake-moustaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Celebrities that have spent more than 24 hours in the custody of the city&#8217;s police force: Paris Hilton, Cam&#8217;ron, Willie Nelson, Stephen Baldwin, Alan Alda :: Planning a visit to the city and looking forward to doing a little shopping in the “Antiquities District” around the 108th Street and Calendar Avenue area? You might be surprised to find that the area actually gained its name from a sarcastic, regional reference to the number of low-income housing units made available to senior citizens in the area, and that there are no antique dealers in the neighborhood whatsoever. :: Manhole covers in the northeastern borough of Royal Hills are made of a high-density, blue-tinted rubber, as per a condition of a sizable civic donation made in the 1965 will of beloved philanthropist Dr. Rory Kyle MacFarlane. The manhole covers are considered “quite nice” by many area residents. :: Between 1921 and 1926, when &#8220;Chanel No. 5&#8243; first became popular internationally, 3 different cheap imitations were sold by local parfumeries: &#8220;Shanell #5,&#8221; &#8220;Chinnelle Number Fife,&#8221; and &#8220;China Know Fiver.&#8221; Now, some unenforced ordinances still on the books: :: It is illegal for two animals to mate within 100 yards of a tavern, [...]]]></description>
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