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Curtis Sliwa Hit By Yellow Cab In NYC, Mayoral Campaign Team Reports Curtis Sliwa Hit By Yellow Cab In NYC, Mayoral Campaign Team Reports
Curtis Sliwa Hit By Yellow Cab In NYC, Mayoral Campaign Team Reports There's something about Curtis Sliwa and yellow cabs. The Republican New York City mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder was reportedly struck by a yellow cab in midtown Manhattan on Friday, but it didn't slow down his campaign. "Don't worry, everyone," he jokingly tweeted late Friday afternoon. "The taxi is OK." Sliwa had just wrapped up a news conference on city gun violence when he got out of a campaign van and got clipped near the corner of 50th Street and Sixth Avenue on the way to a radio interview, according to his campaign team. Sliwa did the interview, anyway, before che…

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Legacy Of NJ Woman Lives On Through Memorial Foundation Legacy Of NJ Woman Lives On Through Memorial Foundation
Legacy Of NJ Woman Lives On Through Memorial Foundation Megan Schulman had a promising future ahead of her. The 23-year-old New Jersey native had recently graduated from Washington University and begun her career at Cigna, in the company's competitive Actuarial Executive Development Program. A bright light with a contagious smile, Schulman pursued every opportunity with fierce determination, and lived every day to the fullest. On March 27, 2021, Schulman died at Lenox Hill Hospital, leaving a promising and full life behind. Those who knew and loved Megan have ensured her legacy will live on, though, through a foundation started in her nam…

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NJ Boy Gets Only Christmas Gift He's Ever Wanted: An Ear (PHOTOS) NJ Boy Gets Only Christmas Gift He's Ever Wanted: An Ear (PHOTOS)
NJ Boy Gets Only Christmas Gift He's Ever Wanted: An Ear (Photos) A 9-year-old boy from New Jersey will finally get the only Christmas gift he's ever wanted this year: An ear. Masyn Ortiz, of Jackson, was born missing an outer ear on his right side due to conditions called microtia and atresia. Last Friday, he underwent the first of two, free life-changing surgeries at New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital (featured in a Netflix docu-series released last Spring). The new ear will not only improve his looks but will also give him the gift of hearing, thanks to Lenox Hill and children's charity "The Little Baby Face Foundation." "It'll be the best gift he …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Doctors On Netflix Show 'Lenox Hill' Rid NJ Grandmother, 89, Of Massive Head Tumor Doctors On Netflix Show 'Lenox Hill' Rid NJ Grandmother, 89, Of Massive Head Tumor
Doctors On Netflix Show 'Lenox Hill' Rid NJ Grandmother, 89, Of Massive Head Tumor For 25 years, Lorenza De La Villa of Teaneck barely noticed the small tumor in the back of her head. She found it in 1995, when she was 64 years old.  It was benign. It didn't hurt. It never grew. "She did what doctors told her to do," said one of De La Villa's 22 grandchildren, Michelle Tavares, of Weehawken. "She went for MRIs every year and saw a neurologist every six months. "Since it wasn't growing, causing pain or neurological impairment, doctors didn't have her do anything about it." For 25 years, that's the way things were. De La Villa's "little egg" rarely crossed her …

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Murphy Praises Paramus 'RHONJ' Star, Coronavirus Survivor Jennifer Aydin For Distributing PPE Murphy Praises Paramus 'RHONJ' Star, Coronavirus Survivor Jennifer Aydin For Distributing PPE
Murphy Praises Paramus 'Rhonj' Star, Coronavirus Survivor Jennifer Aydin For Distributing PPE "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Jennifer Aydin is shining in another role -- donating vital personal protection equipment  (PPE) to frontline medical workers amid the coronavirus crisis. Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday gave one of his #NJThanksYou shoutouts to "Garden State hero" Aydin of Paramus, who recovered from the virus along with her daughter, Gabby. Aydin has been soliciting, rounding up and distributing PPE -- including 3,000 N95 masks for doctors, nurses and other critical workers, the governor said. "Thank you for keeping our frontline responders in your thoughts,'' Murp…

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by Jon Craig