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Hoping to defy a jinx that’s haunted other mayors, Bloomberg kicks off the greatest presidential campaign money can buy – dodging electoral landmines and repudiating a signature policy People went to Candle 79 for the warm atmosphere and farm-totable organic food. Photo: Jason Cohen
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CANDLE 79 SOON TO GO DARK
His estimated net worth today stands at a cool $54.3 billion – more than enough to attempt to buy a presidential election without taking a dime
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New development forces vegan eatery to close BY JASON COHEN
After nearly 20 years on the UES, Candle 79 is closing at the end of the year. Located at 154 East 79th, Candle 79 has served the UES community for 16 years. The eatery, which is known for its organic and vegan cuisine, offers much more, said General Manager Benay Vynerib.
Vynerib, who has been with the restaurant since its inception, said when they heard that the entire corner of 79th and Lexington was being turned into a high rise, it was a like a punch in the gut. In February 2018, HFZ Capital Group purchased the First Republic Bank on the southeast corner of 79th Street and Lexington Avenue and it already owns six adjacent properties at 150, 152, and 154 East 79th Street, and 1129, 1131 and
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from the public. It’s the ultimate transaction, its impact on American democracy uncertain, and it officially got underway on Sunday, Nov. 24 when exMayor Michael Bloomberg told the world, “I’m going all in.” Portraying himself as a “middle-class kid who made good,“ he declared his candidacy with a grave message: The current occupant of the White House poses an “existential threat to our country and our values.” In a choreographed burst of
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FIGHTING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC Experts gather at Touro College to address the crisis. p. 6
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined MTA officials and other local leaders on Dec. 20, 2013 and took the first ride on the extension of the 7 Subway line to 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue in Manhattan. Photo: Gage Skidmore, via flickr WEEK OF AUGUST
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ads, videos, websites and social media that echoed across every major market in the nation, he defined both the problem - and what he saw as the solution. “Defeating Donald Trump, and rebuilding America, is the most urgent and important fight of our lives,“ Bloomberg said. “And I’m going all in. I offer myself as a doer and a problem solver - not a talker and someone who is ready to take on the tough fights and win.”
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