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Petition To Name Fifth Avenue Stretch Outside Trump Tower After Obama Gets 275K Signatures Petition To Name Fifth Avenue Stretch Outside Trump Tower After Obama Gets 275K Signatures
Petition To Name Fifth Avenue Stretch Outside Trump Tower After Obama Gets 275K Signatures Upwards of 275,000 people have signed an online petition to name the area of Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower after former President Barack Obama. The petition, which continues to garner new signatures by the minute, has a new goal of 300,000 signatures after it quickly hit its goal of a quarter of a million. It will be delivered to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to its page on MoveOn. “The City of Los Angeles recently honored former President Barack Obama by renaming a stretch of the 134 Freeway near Downtown L.A. in his honor,” reads the “background” section of the peti…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Sex Assault Of Minor Taken Into Custody In Greenwich Man Wanted For Sex Assault Of Minor Taken Into Custody In Greenwich
Man Wanted For Sex Assault Of Minor Taken Into Custody In Greenwich A Westchester man wanted for sexual assault of a minor has been taken into custody in Greenwich, police say. Greenwich Police say 61-year-old Julio Molineros of Port Chester was picked up by bail enforcement agents and turned over to the department after the court issued a re-arrest warrant on Monday, July 15. Police say Molineros was investigated for the sexual assault of a minor child in late 2016. The results developed probable cause to obtain an arrest warrant of fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor, according to police. After obtaining the warrant, police say the…

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by Valerie Musson
Real Estate
NYC Rents Soar To Three-Year High NYC Rents Soar To Three-Year High
NYC Rents Soar To Three-Year High With New Yorkers leaving the state in record numbers, rent prices continue to rise in New York City, reaching a three-year peak. The average rent for a one bedroom apartment in New York is up to $2,980, according to a new report by Zumper. The number represents a 4.2 percent increase from June a year ago and prices have reached a three-year high. The report found that two-bedroom apartments in the Big Apple are also becoming more expensive, up to an average of $3,330 monthly, a 5.1 percent increase from 2018. The average price of rent in New York City is the second highest in the country, …

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by Zak Failla
News
This Interactive Map Shows Where Rats Are In NYC With 38 Percent Population Increase In 5 Years This Interactive Map Shows Where Rats Are In NYC With 38 Percent Population Increase In 5 Years
This Interactive Map Shows Where Rats Are In NYC With 38 Percent Population Increase In 5 Years New York City residents have been forced to welcome some unwanted visitors in the neighborhood as the rat population continues to soar. Since 2014, rat sightings are up 38 percent, according to watchdog site OpenTheBooks.com. There were 12,617 sightings reported in 2014, a number which has jumped to 17,353 just four years later. In response to the growing population, Open the Books, a nonprofit organization, has created an interactive map to allow area residents to see each reported rat sighting in their current or prospective neighborhood. The map includes all sightings in 2018 and 2019. …

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Steven Della Rocca, Area Attorney Who Raced Sailboats, Dies At 64 Steven Della Rocca, Area Attorney Who Raced Sailboats, Dies At 64
Steven Della Rocca, Area Attorney Who Raced Sailboats, Dies At 64 A Fairfield County attorney who grew up on Long Island, raced sailboats and liked to golf and ski, and is being remembered as a "gentleman" with a "dry sense of humor." Steven Della Rocca of Southport died Monday, May 27 surrounded by his family and friends. He was 64. Rocca was born in Brooklyn on March 17, 1955, to Joan and Dominick Della Rocca. He grew up in Upper Brookville and attended Locust Valley High School.  He was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, earning his B.S. in 1977 and his J.D. from the New York University School of …

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by Donna Christopher
Lifestyle
Oh Rats! The Four-Legged Vermin 'Taking Over NYC,' Report Says Oh Rats! The Four-Legged Vermin 'Taking Over NYC,' Report Says
Oh Rats! The Four-Legged Vermin 'Taking Over NYC,' Report Says Rats have gone from lurking in the shadows to literally taking over some streets in New York City, according to a new report. The New York Times reported on Wednesday, May 22 that rat sightings are up 38 percent from 2014, citing data from OpenTheBooks.com. There were 12,617 sightings reported in 2014, a number which has jumped to 17,353 just four years later. According to the report, in that same time period, during that time frame, the number of time city health inspectors found active signs of rat activities has nearly doubled. The report states that as Manhattan and the boroughs contin…

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by Zak Failla
News
Felicity Huffman Out On $250K Bail After College Cheating Arrest Felicity Huffman Out On $250K Bail After College Cheating Arrest
Felicity Huffman Out On $250K Bail After College Cheating Arrest Northern Westchester native Felicity Huffman has been released on a $250,000 bond a day after she reportedly woke up to something out of a scene of a movie. Huffman, 56, who grew up in Bedford, was among dozens of prominent celebrities, wealthy parents and coaches to be implicated in “Operation Varsity Blues,” an alleged college admissions bribery scam. According to reports, the former "Desperate Housewives star was woken up at her Hollywood Hills home at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 12 when armed FBI agents ordered her to surrender. She later appeared in court with 10 other suspects…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Area Native Matt Del Negro Hasn’t Let 10,000 No’s Stop Him Area Native Matt Del Negro Hasn’t Let 10,000 No’s Stop Him
Area Native Matt Del Negro Hasn’t Let 10,000 No’s Stop Him Blame Shonda Rhimes. Pound Ridge native and John Jay-Cross River High School grad, Class of ’90, Matthew Del Negro was looking forward to his role on the ABC hit show "Scandal" amping up in 2017. Then the storyline changed. “I went from 16 episodes that season to 3,” said Del Negro. “It got really slow, excruciatingly slow. I couldn’t just wait for the phone to ring.” Never one to sit around between acting jobs–you may recognize him from "The Sopranos," "Teen Wolf" and "Goliath," to name but a few shows he's done–Del Negro decided to pursue a passion project, a podcast about perseverance a…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Real Estate
Actress Anne Hathaway Sells Westport Home For $2.7M, But Takes Loss Actress Anne Hathaway Sells Westport Home For $2.7M, But Takes Loss
Actress Anne Hathaway Sells Westport Home For $2.7M, But Takes Loss Anne Hathaway has officially sold her Westport estate for $2.7 million in an off-market deal, taking a loss of about $90 thousand, Variety reports. The Oscar-winning actress purchased the 4,600 square-foot residence, which is located about an hour outside of Manhattan, about two years ago for $2.79 million. Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman, sold the 1920s Colonial estate in an off-market deal, meaning there aren’t many details available at the time, but tax records show that the home sits on one acre and is equipped with five bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, and has been “pristinely maintaine…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Facebook Opens Pop-Ups In Macy's Stores Facebook Opens Pop-Ups In Macy's Stores
Facebook Opens Pop-Ups In Macy's Stores While traditional brick-and-mortar retail locations continue to survive on life support, social media giant Facebook is going in the opposite direction, opening a series of pop-up stores at Macy’s throughout the country. Facebook is opening small business pop-up locations at nine Macy’s stores, marking the social media giant’s first foray into traditional retail sales. The stores will highlight nearly 100 brands that are sold and popular on social media, allowing entrepreneurs the opportunity to expand their businesses. The stores will be open through the holiday season, and housed in “The …

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
This $120M Fairfield County Mansion Is Connecticut's Most Expensive Listing This $120M Fairfield County Mansion Is Connecticut's Most Expensive Listing
This $120M Fairfield County Mansion Is Connecticut's Most Expensive Listing The most expensive home on the market in Connecticut is located right here in Fairfield County. A new report by Property Shark is running down the priciest homes for sale in every U.S. state, among them a $120 million Darien mansion. The Great Island Road home puts Connecticut at No. 5 on the list. The most expensive listing in the U.S. is a $500 million mansion in Los Angelos. Click here for the full story.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Greenwich's Hope Hicks' Job At Fox Will Pay 10 Times What She Earned At White House Greenwich's Hope Hicks' Job At Fox Will Pay 10 Times What She Earned At White House
Greenwich's Hope Hicks' Job At Fox Will Pay 10 Times What She Earned At White House Hope Hicks has hit the big time -- again and again. This time, Hicks no longer needs President Donald Trump to support her communications career. The 2006 graduate of Greenwich High School, where she was a standout athlete, has landed a new top-level management job at Fox that will pay her at least 10 times what Hicks was making at the White House -- without the unending distractions of a special counsel probe, according to multiple media reports. But does this also spell bad news for the ongoing investigation of the Trump Administration and Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidenti…

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by Jon Craig