October 1, 2001
DEATH & TAXES; DOWNTOWN TARGETS $TILL OWE CITY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amOwners of buildings destroyed or damaged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack won't be getting a tax break from the city. City administrators have decided, at least for now, that...
NEW YORK'S FERRY WINDFALL FIRMS SCRAMBLING TO WIN COMMUTERS ON THE WATERWAYS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amRiver commuter ferries are plying New York's waterways more than they have in 100 years - and stand to make some investors much richer. They may not hit it as...
INVESTMENT BANKS READY TO SWING AX
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amBeleagured investment banks are ready to ax staffers - the first wave of layoffs since the Twin Towers tragedy. Wall Street firms suffering from deal drought, rocky markets and the...
EMMY'S NEW LOOK : 'ELEGANT BUSINESS' DRESS CODE HAS FASHION WORLD IN A LAST-MINUTE FRENZY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amTHE fashion world is in a scramble to get ready for the dressed-down Emmys on Sunday. Designers, stylists and stars are in a race to interpret the new "elegant business"...
POP PERFECTION
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amTONY BENNETT IN a conspiratorial whisper, America's pre-eminent proponent of pop, Tony Bennett, explained who he was to the young crowd: "I had a lot of hits . . ....
'APOLLO' AGAIN IS WORTH IT
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amARTHUR MITCHELL'S DANCE THEATER OF HARLEMCity Center, West 55th St. between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Season runs through Oct. 7. (212) 581-1212. ARTHUR Mitchell's Dance Theater of Harlem's "Apollo Show"...
CAST ADRIFT AT COCTEAU
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amSMALL CRAFT WARNINGSThe Jean Cocteau Repertory, 330 Bowery, (212) 677-0060. Through Nov. 15. TENNESSEE Williams set his 1972 "Small Craft Warnings" in a California seacoast bar where his tempest-tossed folk...
FOX SNAGS NEWS PRO FROM CNN
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amFOX News Channel announced a high-profile hire yesterday, snagging Afghanistan-based correspondent Steve Harrigan from rival CNN. Harrigan filed his first report for FNC yesterday at 8:50 a.m.-from Hodga Budin in...
ACTOR'S NEW ROLE AS ANGEL ; 'GOUMBA' HELPS KEEP SHOW ALIVE
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amJAMES Lorenzo had been chasing a role in "Six Goumbas and a Wannabe," a comedy about the reunion of seven buddies who grew up in an Italian Brooklyn neighborhood, for...
AUSSIES ARE COMING, BAM'S GLAD TO HAVE 'EM
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S all Australia, all the time at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month. The Next Wave Down Under festival - which kicks off tomorrow with the U.S. premiere of...
IN A N.Y. STATE OF MIND
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S no surprise Ryan Adams, a singer-songwriter who hails from Jacksonville, N.C., writes songs brimming with references to New York. He lived on the Lower East Side before leaving for...
STARR REPORT
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amDoubled up: 'CSI' season premiere scores big What a difference a year makes in the world of network television. Last season, when "CSI" premiered, it scored good numbers on its...
WAR SEEN IN WORDS ; HOW WILL NEWS COVERAGE LOOK MINUS LOTS OF VIDEO?
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE could be a new slogan for morning shows as they cover the coming war with little or no video footage - "A thousand words will be worth only one...
OSAMA FLICK IN THE WORKS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amA NOVEL that two years ago predicted Osama bin Laden would try to blow up the White House is set to be made into a Hollywood movie, it was reported...
TAKE A BREAK
October 1, 2001 | 4:00am"Bob Patterson" Tomorrow at 9 p.m. on WABC/Ch. 7 1/2 THE first time I watched the advance video for "Bob Patterson," Jason Alexander's new show, I had a few chuckles,...
HOW SLEAZY SELLERS RAKE IN BIG BUCKS ON THE CITY'S SUFFERING
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amGreedy photo-shop owners and sleazy street hawkers are raking in cash by exploiting the city's tragedy - earning huge profits selling heartbreaking photos of the burning World Trade Center. The...
MAYOR: I'M FOCUSED ON RECOVERY, NOT POLITICS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday that he has adopted a "removed attitude" about his request for an unprecedented term extension. After days of intense behind-the-scenes maneuverings and talks with state legislative...
BLOOMBERG AD WATCH
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amLENGTH: 30 seconds PRODUCER: David Garth, with Squier, Knapp and Dunn SCRIPT: Announcer: "All of a sudden, what New York City needs in our next mayor has changed. "We weathered...
AFGHANI JET PILOT: TALIBAN BOSSES HAD ME TRAIN 14 'HOLY WARRIORS'
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amAn Afghani airline pilot was ordered by the Taliban government to give flight training on commercial jets to 14 Islamic holy warriors who were then sent abroad on possible suicide...
GOP LAWMAKERS DESERTING RUDY - PUZZLED BY HIS PLAN FOR TERM EXTENSION
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMAYOR Giuliani's hopes of winning an extra three months in office diminished at the state Legislature yesterday, as even Republican lawmakers said they were confused by his behavior. Already in...
EVEN TINIEST COMMUNITIES COME UP BIG
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amGibraltar is rock solid in its support of the heroes who died at the World Trade Center - the tiny British territory at the tip of Spain is donating tens...
BOOSTING BIG APPLE A TRUE LABOR OF 'LOVE'
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amOK, New York, it's time to get the tourists back. Even as our local tourist bureau, NYC & Company, was promoting the theater industry last week, the state's Empire State...
OUTRAGE AS PATAKI BIDS TO BOOST YONKERS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amKey officials in Mayor Giuliani's administration hit the ceiling last week when Gov. Pataki announced the creation of a "Small Business Recovery Center" for displaced World Trade Center-area businesses -...
BELOVED E. SIDE STORE IS LOSING LEASE ON LIFE
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amSam's Smoke Shop, a local landmark, is nearing the end of the line in Manhattan's Stuyvesant Town. Pakistani-born owner Syed Mahmood took over Sam's, the only convenience store on the...
NEW RATE CUTS MAY BUOY STOX
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street, on shaky legs, faces more uncertainty ahead - but interest-rate cuts expected this week may help a lot. After stocks suffered their biggest declines in more than a...
CAR BAN TO STAY FOR 'FORESEEABLE FUTURE'
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe ban on single-occupant cars entering a large part of Manhattan during the morning will continue for the "foreseeable future," Mayor Giuliani said yesterday. The car-pool requirement gets its first...
ALL THEY DEMONSTRATE IS THEIR OWN STUPIDITY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWE'RE seeing a rebirth of the whining peaceniks who are so dumb that they think a terminal illness is being sick at an airport. On Saturday, we witnessed 1,500 of...
U.S. TAKES PAKISTAN 'CHARITY' OFF BLACKLIST
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe White House reluctantly dropped a "charity" from its blacklist of terrorist fronts last week because Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is on the board of trustees, it was reported yesterday....
CASHING IN ON THE DEAD - EVEN VENDORS' CUSTOMERS ARE OUTRAGED
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amA woman passing by Abu Hossain's tiny table of patriotic wares on Sixth Avenue stood staring at two photos of the burning Twin Towers billowing with black smoke and fire....
U.S. REJECTS REGIME'S CLAIM IT 'CONTROLS' OSAMA
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. officials said yesterday they believe terror chief Osama bin Laden is still hiding in Afghanistan - but scoffed at the ruling Taliban's claim that he's under their...
MORE RUDY IS LEGAL
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amTHE liberal love affair with Rudy Giuliani is fast coming to an end. "Rudy Giuliani is being mercurial again," sighed Frank Rich in Saturday's New York Times - Rich, the...
RUDY: HELP BY BUYING BONDS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday urged New Yorkers to forge a special bond with their beloved city - by purchasing new bonds being issued by the Big Apple. The bonds - called...
ISRAEL TERROR PLEA TO U.S. ; WANTS HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH & ISLAMIC JIHAD ON TARGET LIST
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is demanding that the United States include three of Israel's foes on its list of targeted terrorist groups in the wake of the Sept....
GREEN REJECTS REBUILD ROLE FOR GIULIANI
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Mark Green yesterday ruled out a significant role for Mayor Giuliani in the rebuilding effort next year, charging that the city doesn't need a "mayor and a half."...
A GRIEVING BROTHER TELLS HIS TALE
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Dennis Kelly attends his firefighter brother's memorial service tomorrow, he will be thinking about his own heart-shattering quest in the terrifying minutes following the attack on the World Trade...
CON EDISON KOS HELMET FLAG DECALS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amA Con Edison bureaucrat ordered workers at ground zero to remove hard hats showing American flag decals, saying that such patriotic gestures "defaced" the safety equipment. Workers were stunned when...
LOVE BUSS-TED OUT AT J.LO'S NUPTIALS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe photo above was snapped just moments after Jennifer Lopez made kiss-tory - enjoying the greatest smooch of her life, with Cris Judd. The sexy star was in seventh heaven...
ASHCROFT WARNS OF MORE TERROR - SAYS RISK WILL RISE IF U.S. ATTACKS BIN LADEN
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Americans should brace themselves for more deadly terror strikes at home, especially if U.S. troops strike back at Osama bin Laden, Attorney General John Ashcroft warned yesterday. The...
SECURITY CZAR GIVEN 'CLOUT' - RIDGE GETS BIG STAFF, WEST WING OFFICE
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Newly appointed anti-terror czar Tom Ridge will "have a lot of clout" as America's homeland security chief, President Bush's chief of staff said yesterday. The just-created Office of...
FEDS FOLLOW MONEY - BIN LADEN PAYMASTER WIRED CASH
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amProbers are close to tying key hijacker Mohamed Atta to Osama bin Laden's money man, through two wire transfers the kamikaze terrorist received days before he flew a plane into...
JEWISH HOLIDAY BOOSTS SPIRITS IN TRIBECA
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMembers of a TriBeCa synagogue gathered yesterday both to prepare for the joyous holiday of Sukkot and to offer healing support for neighbors devastated by the Twin Towers' disaster. At...
TALIBAN'S SOLDIERS DEFECTING
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Hundreds of Taliban fighters - facing the threat of U.S. military strikes - have defected to the opposition in Afghanistan, anti-Taliban leaders claimed yesterday. One defection was confirmed...
PROTESTERS A NO-SHOW - ONLY POLICE MAKE PARK PEACE RALLY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThey banged drums in Washington, waved banners in Switzerland and took to the streets in Australia - but, in New York, the anti-war protesters stayed at home. For two hours...
PRISON OFFICER BUSTED IN FATAL DWI SMASH-UP
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amA drunk off-duty correction officer yesterday plowed his car into a disabled vehicle on the side of a Staten Island highway, killing a 29-year-old man, police said. State Correction Department...
MCCALL: HIZZONER SHOULD GO DEC. 31
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amState Comptroller Carl McCall, a Democratic candidate for governor who is backing Fernando Ferrer for mayor, said yesterday he opposes extending Mayor Giuliani's term - while McCall rival Andrew Cuomo...
HERO 'DIED SAVING OTHERS' - RESCUER HAILED AS TRUE FRIEND
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amCalling him both a hero and a friend, hundreds of people gathered yesterday to say farewell to firefighter David Weiss, a member of the elite Rescue 1 squad who died...
TOURISTS STILL SNAPPING UP SOUVENIRS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amAmerican flags, World Trade Center pins and patriotic T-shirts were still flying off the shelves of Manhattan shops yesterday, nearly three weeks after the terrorist attack downtown. At Gift Etc....
OFFICIALS MAKE IT FLAG DAY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The real NFL officials returned to work last week and the result was a dramatic increase in penalties, as the replacements on the field to open the season...
DEFENSE & DAYNE ENOUGH FOR JINTS ; BIG BLUE 2-1 AFTER HOLDING OFF SAINTS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amIn their first meaningful home game since their rousing NFC Championship Game rout of the Vikings more than eight months ago, the Giants yesterday gave their season-ticket holders a throwback...
A BIG GAME FOR NEW YORK ; JETS, NINERS EXPECT AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThey will be playing for themselves. They will be playing for Herman Edwards. They will be playing for their hopes and dreams of reaching the playoffs and Super Bowl. But...
49ERS' GARCIA: THIS IS MY BIGGEST GAME
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES When he lines up against the Jets' defense tonight, 49ers QB Jeff Garcia will be playing, by his own admission, the biggest game of his NFL career. Making...
HOPKINS' EXCELLENCE WON OVER THE CROWD
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMANY of the 19,075 people who came to the Garden for the fights Saturday night had every reason to despise Bernard Hopkins. You didn't have to be a Felix Trinidad...
VAN MAY EXPAND KNICK ROTATION
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy and his eight-man rotation have been as much a staple at the Garden as its pinwheeled ceiling. Armed with the league's deepest roster of credible veterans, Van...
JORDAN FACES WORLD TODAY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMichael Jordan will tell us today why is returning to the NBA. He'll speak about his love for the game. Maybe he'll acknowledge that his competitive nature precludes him from...
UCLA COACH HAS A VERY GOOD MEMORY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amCOLLEGE NOTES UCLA coach Bob Toledo's favorite animal must be an elephant. This guy's got some memory. Don't laugh, Bill Parcells has a collection of elephant figurines, all with the...
IONA PREP'S LIVIN' LARGE
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amIona Prep 14Chaminade 7 David Weaver clearly remembers how his season finished last year. "It was good to have won, but it wasn't as satisfying as it could have been,"...
YANKEES UNITE FOR PILOT
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amSeveral Yankees were expected to attend a benefit for the Victor Saracini Children's Fund last night at a Lower East Side club called bob. Captain Victor Saracini was the pilot...
ZEBRAS TURN IT INTO FLAG DAY ; PENALTIES SLOW GAME
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The real NFL officials returned to work last week and the result was a dramatic increase in penalties, as the replacements on the field to open the season...
FANS DON'T MIND EXTRA SECURITY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMost fans that saw the Giants' 21-13 win yesterday at the Meadowlands sat in earlier-than-expected traffic jams on the way there and stood in slower-than-usual lines when they got there....
A BLUE WHEW: JINTS HANG ON ; SURVIVE TRIO OF END-ZONE PASSES TO IMPROVE TO 2-1
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amAfter securing an early lead of 14-0 and a later lead of 21-10 with barely more than six minutes remaining, the Giants and their golden victory was tarnishing right before...
BONDS' ATTITUDE, NOT RACISM, IS REAL ISSUE
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amAS BARRY Bonds neared the home run record, the inevitable surfaced: The white, male, racist sports media, we read and heard throughout last week, doesn't want Bonds to equal or...
RANGERS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMike Richter appears ready to start the season, Eric Lindros has made it through in one piece, and the acquisition of Bryan Berard stands to become a significant coup. Still,...
RIPKEN'S A MODEL FOR BOMBERS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amSINCE IT WAS the Yankees honoring Cal Ripken yesterday, it was the Irony Men paying homage to the Iron Man. A team suddenly as fragile as paper held a ceremony...
ARMANDO A BIG-GAME BUST
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - The spinners began spinning yesterday in support of Armando Benitez, the man who blew a three-run lead a week ago Sunday and a four-run lead six days later,...
BOBBY V: IT'S NOT OVER ; METS AGREE AFTER PICK-ME-UP WIN
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMets 9Braves 6 ATLANTA - Bobby Valentine sensed his team thought it was over. After Saturday's crushing loss, there was no music in the clubhouse, players were down. The Mets...
BENITEZ BLAMING NOBODY BUT SELF
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Armando Benitez didn't have any words that could erase his actions. He knew real hope of an NL East miracle disappeared when he and John Franco couldn't hold...
EJECTION LEADS TO DEJECTION FOR BOBBY
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Bobby Valentine blames himself for Saturday's loss. If he hadn't gotten ejected in the sixth, the Mets wouldn't have blown a 5-1 lead in the ninth,...
YANKS HONOR CLASSY CAL
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amAt the end of a speech that was typically class, baseball's Iron Man said, "Let's get to the game." For Cal Ripken Jr., that has always been the foremost thing....
IKE'S RETURN GIVES KERRY KEY WEAPON
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThird down, five yards to go, the Giants on the Saints' 21-yard line, leading 7-0 in the second quarter and not wanting to settle for a field goal. Kerry Collins...
SAINT TACKLE RIPS REFS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe Giants were the ones making an emotional return to their home stadium for the first time since the Sept. 11 tragedy. But it was the young Saints that seemed...
YANKS TIE ONE ON AT CAL'S FAREWELL
October 1, 2001 | 4:00am15 INNINGS Yankees 1 Orioles 1 Cold, wet and another player hurt. That's all the Yankees had to show for playing five hours yesterday at Yankee Stadium. No win. No...
INSPIRED STRAHAN CAN'T BE STOPPED
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amYesterday was a game defensive end Michael Strahan said the Giants absolutely had to win, for themselves and for their tragedy-shaken city. And his dominating three-sack performance ensured an emotional...
2-1 IS ALL THAT COUNTS
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amSINCE push had come to push and shove to shove for three hours and twenty-five minutes, how else should it have ended? Willie Jackson put two hands to Emmanuel McDaniel's...
NETS EYE COOK
October 1, 2001 | 4:00amJason Kidd is the point-guard starter for the Nets. His backup is another matter, but one real long shot is St. John's product Omar Cook. The Nuggets, who own Cook's...