Anti-Gay Harassment at Wolfgang Puck's Company Alleged

The way most Americans perceive traditional Jewish culture is defined by the Ashkenazi, who originally emigrated from central and eastern Europe and comprise the majority of Jewish immigrants in the U.S. By contrast, the Sephardim come from Spain, Portugal, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, and their culture, food and music is pretty ... (more)

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Noah Bernamoff and Matt Kliegman to Bake Wood-Fired Bagels at Black Seed, Opening Soon in Nolita

Black Seed's bagels will be a cross between Mile End's Montreal-style, pictured, and an old-fashioned NYC specimen.

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Recipes: A bite of the Big Apple

... and, of course, scouting out all the amazing places to eat. From iconic bagels and hot dogs, to dumplings in Chinatown and hot chestnuts on a street corner, the diversity of food offerings is as numerous as the people who fill this dynamic city. ...

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De Blasio: City On Track To Roll Out Universal Pre-K This Fall

... full-day pre-kindergarten are coming together. As WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported, the mayor visited P.S. 130 in Chinatown on Tuesday afternoon to announce his administration has lined up all the classroom seats and then some to roll out universal ...

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N'ews

Thaddeus Russell's political incorrectness cracks me up, but he just lays out historical facts the way they are.

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Officials Target Asylum Fraud in NY's Chinatown

More Chinese immigrants apply for asylum than any other immigrant group in the country, with the Chinese population in New York leading the way: Over the past six years, about half of all applications filed by Chinese immigrants not facing deportation were submitted in New York City.

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Foreign investors get fast track for Pa. projects

Shanghai native John Zhang had a dream: to live in the United States. Comcast had a desire: to outfit tenant office space in its Center City tower .

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Foreign investors get fast track for Pa. projects

Comcast had a desire: to outfit tenant office space in its Center City tower. Both got what they wanted with the help of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. and a federal program that links foreign investors to local projects, and, in the process, provides those investors a fast track to U.S. residency.

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Foreign investors get fast track for Pa. projects

Comcast had a desire: to outfit tenant office space in its Center City tower. Both got what they wanted with the help of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. and a federal program that links foreign investors to local projects, and, in the process, provides those investors a fast track to U.S. residency.

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Program matches foreign investors with Philly projects

Shanghai native John Zhang had a dream: to live in the United States. Comcast had a desire: to outfit tenant office space in its Center City tower.

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Building Bikes with MSC - Mott Street Cycles

New York City's Chinatown isn't only an important hub of the Asian American community, but an intersect between other cultures in the Lower East Side and SoHo.

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Citi Bikes encased in snow amid poor dig-out

Despite the bike-share program's boasts this winter about hearty New Yorkers braving the cold, it takes some heavy digging to get a bike out of some of the racks, The Post has found.

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New low for Instagram stupidity as rapper tips cops in record-breaking gun bust

We knew that people had it coming when they were advertising weed, guns, and other types of illegal stuff on Instagram , but in no way did we expect it to lead to New York City's largest gun bust in history.

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NY Fashion Week ends as snow wreaks fashion havoc

... of thousands in the ice-encrusted South. Pedestrians use umbrellas as they walk through falling snow in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Snow and sleet are falling on the East Coast from North Carolina to New England ...

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NY Fashion Week ends as snow wreaks fashion havoc

... of thousands in the ice-encrusted South. Pedestrians use umbrellas as they walk through falling snow in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Snow and sleet are falling on the East Coast from North Carolina to New England ...

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NY Fashion Week ends as snow wreaks fashion havoc

Pedestrians use umbrellas as they walk through falling snow in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.

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Kazuko Miyamoto: A self-titled solo exhibition from the minimalist...

Invisible Exports is a small gallery space that sits just on the border of Chinatown behind an unassuming door at 89 Eldridge Street.

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Valentine's SOS: Forgot to Book Your Table? 11 Worthy Options

... 9:45 The food at this new Chinese/American joint is unlike anything you'll find coming from the kitchens of its Chinatown neighbors, but it's a fun destination for eaters with a curious palate. Sidle into a booth with your lover and let the ...

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Lucky Rice's Danielle Chang's Favorite Nolita/Downtown Restaurants

While Danielle Chang, the founder of Lucky Rice , eats in Chinatown all the time - it's blocks away from her home in Nolita - she's often on the go searching for the best Asian food.

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StreetPass NYC Celebrates Bravely Default at Maid Cafe NY on February 16th

... for the Nintendo 3DS (and Nintendo 2DS)! The Maid Cafe NY (150 Centre Street New York, New York 10013) located in Chinatown welcomes all Bravely Default and Japanese RPG fans with their kawaii maid staff serving affordable and delicious Japanese ...

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Police probe drug arrests for link in death of Philip Seymour Hoffman

... drugs to late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, CBS News and the New York Daily News are reporting. Police raided a Chinatown apartment at about 7 p.m. and took the four people into custody, the Daily News reports. The New York Times reports search ...

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

... drugs to late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, CBS News and the New York Daily News are reporting. Police raided a Chinatown apartment at about 7 p.m. and took the four people into custody, the Daily News reports. The New York Times reports search ...

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4 arrests made in Philip Seymour Hoffman heroin probe

... drugs to late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, CBS News and the New York Daily News are reporting. Police raided a Chinatown apartment at about 7 p.m. and took the four people into custody, the Daily News reports. The New York Times reports search ...

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Four Arrested in Connection with Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apparent Drug Overdose

... his 20s - and a woman in her 20s had been detained and were being questioned. They were reportedly arrested in a Chinatown apartment on Mott Street, according to the Daily News , after police received a tip that the drugs found in Hoffman's ...

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4 arrested; reports cite possible tie to Hoffman drugs

... drugs to late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, CBS News and the New York Daily News are reporting. Police raided a Chinatown apartment at about 7 p.m. and took the four people into custody, the Daily News reports. The New York Times reports search ...

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Four arrests in drug probe of Hoffman death: report

... traced the heroin believed to have killed Hoffman and arrested four people during a raid on a building in the Chinatown district of Manhattan. A second spokesman earlier said that heroin found in Hoffman's apartment was not cut or mixed with ...

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Four Arrested In Investigation Into Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death

Police arrested four people in a Mott Street apartment on Tuesday night after receiving a tip that the Chinatown building was the source of the heroin that killed Philip Seymour Hoffman, according to the Daily News .

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20 reasons for girls to visit NY

... Abeille Royale Facial is one of the best - and most effective - in the city. For those on more modest budgets, Chinatown is the place to be. Wander along Mott Street and you'll find dozens of reflexology spots where an hour's kneading is just US$30 ...

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The slow decline of American Chinatowns

... Chinatowns. This is partly a result of the success of Chinese immigrant families. Many of those from Manhattan's Chinatown have moved to younger Chinese neighbourhoods in Flushing, Queens and Brooklyn's Sunset Park. Thousands of working-class ...

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Dining Out At The Dawn Of The 1900s

... the aristocracy would walk on the wild side. For example, an Irish hoodlum named Chuck Connors conducts tours of Chinatown with groups of innocent but easily excited tourists from Connecticut or Iowa. And Mr. Connors would walk into the group and ...

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Dining Out At The Dawn Of The 1900s

... the aristocracy would walk on the wild side. For example, an Irish hoodlum named Chuck Connors conducts tours of Chinatown with groups of innocent but easily excited tourists from Connecticut or Iowa. And Mr. Connors would walk into the group and ...

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A family's history brought to life

... Money, served as the moderator for last Thursday's discussion, which brought together friends of the Lee family, Chinatown residents and MOCA members. Melissa Lee has reported extensively on China for CNBC, including documentary work and reporting ...

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