EMBRACE OUR VETERANS

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How do you identify a veteran? They are the heroes everywhere and can be found all around US.

Make Every Day Veterans Day by saying "thank you" to all our veterans. Our appreciation can take many forms, a warm hug, a caring phone call, a firm handshake, or by taking the time to send them your special form of appreciation like mailing them a greeting card.

Also let us take time to remember the fallen veterans and our active military, who will need help.

Visit a local veteran, or volunteer at a local veterans group or hospital.

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NYC Fails To Treat Mentally Ill Residents

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The New York City Department of Correction is locking up inmates with mental illnesses in solitary confinement.

A new report obtained by The Associated Press points to 40 percent of the roughly 12,200 inmates in the city's jail system have a psychiatric diagnosis, and about a third have schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

The Correction Department says just over 50 percent of inmates in solitary are mentally ill. That population also breaks jailhouse rules more than twice as often as other inmates.

ED SADLER ESTATE SALE

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Dozens of City Island Clam Diggers and Mussel Suckers, as wall as and those from outside the island lined up and waited outside Ed Sadler's home on Ed Sadler Way for an internet posted and long awaited estate sale early this morning.

City Island Images spoke with Kathleen from Mt. Vernon, who works for Consumer Reports, also Alice and Regina from City Island and from Massachusetts, who both work in the health care industry.

DEADLY CRASH THIS MORNING

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2 Dead, 3 Injured following a car crash. Multiple vehicles were.involved in the early morning accident on Orchard Beach Road.

Although the cause of the deadly crash has yet to be determined, two individuals have lost their lives and three others were injured in a Hutchinson River Parkway car crash. One of the people injured was in serious condition, according to FDNY.

LEGAL ACTION TO STOP A NEW BRIDGE

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A judge grants a temporary injunction to block construction of the City Island Bridge after NY State Senator Jeff Klein and City Island residents filed a law suit against NYC to stop an updated design.

The proposed bridge to replace the existing 100 year + bridge is a steel-cable structure, which many feel is out of place because of its modern looking high tower.

MONSTER STORM

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Officials fear that more than 10,000 are dead in typhoon onslaught in Philippines, with Vietnam and China next. Millions of people are being slammed by Typhoon Haiyan.

Typhoon Haiyan blasted the Philippines much harder than Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Making landfall with sustained winds of 195 miles per hour, it's stronger than Katrina at landfall in 2005.

Creativity Of Expression Theater Workshop

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THE CITY ISLAND THEATER GROUP & CITY ISLAND NAUTICAL MUSEUM PRESENTED A FREE WORKSHOP ENTITLED LIFE ON THE ISLAND AND WAS CONDUCTED BY MARGO BROOKS.

THE TWO HOUR SESSION EXPLORES TALENT, CULTURE, & ISSUES ON CITY ISLAND

AFTER 15 YEARS OF PERFORMING FOR CITY ISLAND, CITG IS OFFERING FREE WORKSHOPS WHERE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ARTISTS CAN TELL THEIR STORIES, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND SHARE THEIR TALENTS. THE ISSUES THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO SCREAM.

TWITTER FLIES OUT THE GATE

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(TWTR) took off from Wall Street and flew fast to a fabulous frenzy. The social network debuted as a public company by soaring more than 72% above its initial public offering price.

Like Amazon, Facebook and Google have become Internet Utilities, so too has Twitter. Twitter chose the best time to go public, while the stock market is surging due to the extraordinarily easy monetary policies from the Federal Reserve.

FEW WEEKS LEFT BEFORE BLOOMERG IS OUT

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That translates to one less day every day and once the new NYC Mayor takes office, Bill de Blasio will have two months to plan his first budget.

One he gets sworn in, his first challenge is retroactive pay increases from public sector unions that could cost New Yorkers around $5 billion.

There's stop-and-frisk, a Bloomberg-era police tactic which led to racial profiling of young black and Latino men, then there are the campaign platforms like income inequality, jobs... etc.

SO LONG, MIKE... BYE BYE BLOOMBERG

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NYC voters have finally elected their new Mayor. His name is Bill De Blasio and his victory signaled that the public was anxious to say goodbye to Mike Bloomberg's era.

Mayor Mike is a billionaire technocrat whose amazing wealth often made him appear insensitive to the plight of those struggling to make it in the Big Apple.

Bloomberg's popularity began to significantly sink after taking on a bully pulpit attitude and buying himself a third term by shoving a law down the throats of New Yorkers, which allowed Mayor Mike to skirt previously set term limits.