Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
City to settle $21 million discrimination suit
The City of New York has agreed to pay $21 million to settle a discrimination class action lawsuit against the City Parks Department, plaintiffs and members of their legal team announced today at a press conference in Manhattan. As part of the settlement, the department will pay nearly $12 million in back pay and compensatory […]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Fish tanks unveiled at ferry terminal
Now posted on The Columbia Journalist.
The waiting area of the St. George Staten Island Ferry Terminal, with its aqua and blue colored tiled floor, high metallic-buttressed curved ceiling and windows to fit, looks like an indoor swimming pool. And, Tuesday morning, 400 brightly colored swimmers made a splash in it, drawing photographers, delighting children and […]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Actor’s death spurs debate on who owns rights to celebrity images
(As seen on The Columbia Journalist.)
MANHATTAN, Jan. 29 — The recent death of actor Heath Ledger in his SoHo apartment has given new impetus to a proposed New York State law that would restrict rights to photographs and other images of deceased celebrities to only their estates or families.
Such a law would ensure, for example, […]