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  • Homeowners sue NY over $4.6M in flood damage

    Paul DeLorenzo, one of the attorneys representing property owners, said the lawsuit seeks $4.6 million for damage not covered by insurance. "Some of these people lost everything; others lost personal belongings or parts of their homes," DeLorenzo said Wednesday. "We maintain that this was foreseeable. The state didn't take any action to prevent ...

  • Oneonta lender eying Albany market

    NBT Bank or M&T or KeyBank," he said. "I help businesses through the short term and send them back to the banks." Kleszczewski does not plan to open a full-time office in the Albany area. His business model is based on keeping overhead low and doing as much online as possible. He said he may take a "traveling salesman office" approach, spending a day or two a week ...

  • State DOT announces new traffic pattern for Route 370 bridge closure over Seneca River

    Lysander, NY -- A new traffic pattern will open up the Route 370 bridge over Seneca River to eastbound and westbound traffic at different times during the day, the New York State Department of Transportation announced this afternoon. The new traffic pattern represents a compromise between the needs of the community and the goals of the state DOT to replace the bridge deck. Hundreds of residents ...

  • Hilton Albany unveils $14 million renovation slideshow

    Celebrating the completion of the renovations at the Hilton Albany are (left to right) Chris Shaffer, food and beverage director; Miten Negandhi, conference services director; and Michael Melnick, manager of Charter restaurant The new Hilton Albany was unveiled this week after more than a year of renovations that cost $14 million. The 385-room hotel, the largest in the Albany, NY, region, ...

  • Should Anthony Weiner Run for New York City Mayor

    video on his website . Weiner resigned from Congress two years ago following the revelation that he had sent inappropriate photos of himself to young women via ...


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The Savages

The Savages

Like Tamara Jenkins' first feature, Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Savages is a pitch-black comedy about the pitfalls of growing up. Slums was a more conventional maturation comedy in that the protagonist was a 14-year-old girl, but Jenkins brings many of the same in ... ...

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  • Anthony Weiner hides from press after mayoral bid vid prematurely leaks online

    Anthony Weiner was lying low this morning after releasing a video announcing his last-minute entry into the race for mayor.A crush of reporters was camped outside his Park Avenue South apartment for so long that campaign aides treated them to three boxes of pizza and made plans for individual interviews later in the day.Some of Weiner's rivals, meanwhile, wasted no time poking fun at the ...

  • Tick Tock diner manager charged with plotting to kill uncle co-owner freed on bail

    CLIFTON, NJ - The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his ...

  • Jay-Zs Roc Nation Sports Signs New York Jets QB Geno Smith

    Kimberly Ann Miale to make her mark as a part of Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports. Miale, who has failed to negotiate any active players' contracts in the NFL, signed New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith and will now be tasked with negotiating his contract with the team that selected him in the 2013 NFL ...

  • A SUNY address now means no taxes—for a decade

    State University of New York system. Eligible companies include startups, out-of-state companies that move into New York, and also existing companies that expand while maintaining jobs. The announcement means commercial real estate firms and local economic developers have a new competitor: New York state itself. It's not clear how much tax revenue localities and the state will forgo as a ...

  • QA This man just won $250000 for his startup

    Rutvik Mehta 's childhood science experiments once included trying to ferment oranges. These days, in Troy, he's doing something far less odorous--and more important. Mehta, 28, is president, CEO and co-founder of ...

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