Read more New York City stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/690/new-york-city.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:04:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74475/nyc-targets-subway-gropers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSexual harassment is on the rise in the New York City subway system and city officials are cracking down on gropers and flashers. Sexual harassment is the "No. 1 quality of life offense on the subway," the chief of the NYPD's Transit Bureau told a hearing yesterday. The average age...http://www.newser.com/story/74475/nyc-targets-subway-gropers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 3:11:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74425/artist-jeanne-claude-wife-of-christo-dead-at-74.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeanne-Claude, the artist who with her husband, Christo, traveled the globe creating massive works of public art, died yesterday in New York at age 74 after a brain aneurysm. Christo and Jean-Claude first caught the public eye in the 1960s and '70s in Europe wrapping landmark buildings and bridges in...http://www.newser.com/story/74425/artist-jeanne-claude-wife-of-christo-dead-at-74.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:29:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74261/en-route-to-daily-show-a-not-so-funny-incident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree people were injured tonight when New York police clearing the way for Vice President Joe Biden’s appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart collided with a livery cab trying to skirt the stopped traffic. “They T-boned him,” a witness told the Post of the incident, which sent two...http://www.newser.com/story/74261/en-route-to-daily-show-a-not-so-funny-incident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74183/paterson-rips-obama-for-putting-911-trials-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Gov. David Paterson, already unpopular with the White House, tonight ripped the Obama administration for deciding to try five men implicated in the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City. "This is not a decision that I would have made,” Paterson said. “New York was very much the...http://www.newser.com/story/74183/paterson-rips-obama-for-putting-911-trials-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:41:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74039/911-families-split-on-new-york-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome see it as poetic justice—the plotters of the Sept. 11th attacks brought to justice a few blocks from the site of the Twin Towers they destroyed—and others are outraged that the terrorists will enjoy a jury trial in a court in this country, let alone this city....http://www.newser.com/story/74039/911-families-split-on-new-york-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 8:34:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74029/6-myths-about-trying-mohammed-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile the news that Sept. 11 terror suspect Khalid Sheik Mohammed will be tried in New York has created quite a furor, there are also a number of misconceptions floating around about the trial. Andrew Cohen clears up six: Mohammed’s lawyers won’t be able to get the case dismissed because...http://www.newser.com/story/74029/6-myths-about-trying-mohammed-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 5:31:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73994/republicans-decry-decision-to-try-911-planner-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublican leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. John Boehner called the plan to try the confessed planner of the 9/11 attacks in New York "irresponsible” and accused AG Eric Holder of "reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality." Said the House...http://www.newser.com/story/73994/republicans-decry-decision-to-try-911-planner-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:15:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73884/facebook-is-now-offering-alibis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe’ve all read about bonehead criminals getting caught because of social networks, or people’s online lives coming back to haunt them in divorce proceedings—but can Facebook actually help you in court? The answer is yes, at least for one New York teen, who is free after he provided probably...http://www.newser.com/story/73884/facebook-is-now-offering-alibis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 9:57:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73686/suspicious-powder-sent-to-3-ny-consulates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI is seeking a suspect with an apparent grudge against the French, Austrians, and Uzbeks after envelopes containing a suspicious white powder arrived at the three nations' New York diplomatic missions yesterday. Hazardous material units were sent to the consulates and decontaminated dozens of employees. No traces of anthrax...http://www.newser.com/story/73686/suspicious-powder-sent-to-3-ny-consulates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 3:37:00 CST