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July 31, 1995
Brooklyn
All rides at Coney Island are being inspected today as a result of an accident yesterday. A woman's leg was mangled by a ride due to faulty equipment.
July 27, 1995
Queens
Three foot long alligator caught in a lake in queens. Camp go-ers theorized that the Kissena lake gator was visiting friends in the Manhattan sewer system.
July 26, 1995
Manhattan
Two city police officers are being charged with rape by a civilian co-worker.
July 25, 1995
Manhattan
Winston Moseley, Kitty Genovese's murderer, requested a new trial.
The MTV music awards will be held in NYC at Radio City on September 7.
July 21, 1995
Manhattan
An Indian man about 51-years-old took a cab from New York to Detroit to collect a checkbook from his ex-wife. The one-way fare ran $2,000.
July 20, 1995
Manhattan
Disney is coming to New York. Disney has announced plans to renovate the New Amsterdam Theater of 42nd Street.
July 19, 1995
Manhattan
The Lyric and Apollo theaters of 42 street are targeted for new renovations that will create a new combined facility. The new facility will seat between 1,500 to 2,000.
July 18, 1995
Manhattan
Yesterday, the alleged car-jacker's who stole Queen Latifah's BMW were arrested.
July 17, 1995
Manhattan
New York Newsday has published its last edition. Yesterday's Sunday paper ends a decade of service for New York's fourth daily paper.
July 16, 1995
Manhattan
Metro North Railroads' 17 unions have decided to strike. Expect delays, grid-lock, and 100,000 passengers seeking alternate transportation.
July 15, 1995
Manhattan
Yesterday, 38 people were thrown into the East River when their boat capsized. Though the vessel went down quickly, no one was hurt.
July 14, 1995
Manhattan
With the impending heat wave coming from the midwest, new yorkers are been driven to water. Unfortunately, one man who decided to swim in the reservoir to escape the heat drowned.
July 13, 1995
Manhattan
Two important Wall Street residents, the Coffee, Sugar, and Coco exchange and the Cotton exchange, are leaving the big apple to move west across the Hudson. They will be located in a New Jersey tax-free zone.
July 12, 1995
Queens
Two elephants, Debbie and Frita, got into a shoving match in Forest Park that frightened many circus go-ers.
July 11, 1995
Manhattan
Standards and Poors has downgraded New York City bonds. The rating for New York City bonds, which reflects the investment risk inherent in purchasing the bond, was going to be downgraded earlier but was deferred until after election time.
July 10, 1995
Brooklyn
Yesterday, reggae festival of 20,000 at coney island resulted in stampede when someone heard gun shoots.
July 9, 1995
Manhattan
Water-main break at 40th and 7th Ave. disrupts train service and traffic.
July 7, 1995
Bronx
The families of victims of the 1990 Happy Land social club fire were awarded $15 million in damages.
July 6, 1995
Manhattan
Newt Gingrich, speaker of the House, appeared at Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue today. There were people protesting the speaker and his beliefs on many of the issues central to modern American politics.
July 5, 1995
Manhattan
A study released by the Times Square Business Improvement District calculated that $39.5 million was spent by people attending the ceremonies in New York last New Years Eve.
July 4, 1995
Happy Fourth of July!
July 3, 1995
Manhattan
Seven members of the Colombo crime family were acquitted of racketeering charges after only a few hours of deliberation. The case of the prosecution was compromised when the head of a FBI task force in New York, Linley deVecchio, had improperly revealed government secrets to a mob informant and encouraged criminal acts.
July 2, 1995
Manhattan
The Dow Jones Company has taken over the news ticker display that wraps around One Times Square. The news will be supplied by Dow Jones, The Associated Press, and ESPN-SportsTicker.
July 1, 1995
Manhattan
The City Department of Transportation Commissioner, Oscar Serra, said that the city is looking into selling advertising space on trash cans, school buses and playgrounds. The Board of Education has already lined up ads for 2,000 school buses starting in January.