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St. Vincent’s gets approval to demolish landmark site
By Albert Amateau
The Landmarks Preservation Com-mission voted 6 to 4 on Tuesday in favor of the St. Vincent’s Hospital hardship application to demolish the quirky O’Toole Building to make way for a new hospital.

Mr. Met recalls heady times as first mascot for Amazin’s
By WILL McKINLEY
Dozens of Mets legends were honored at Shea Stadium’s closing ceremony last month, from Tom Seaver to Mike Piazza and all the lesser lights in between. But one seminal figure in the team’s history was conspicuous by his absence.

First lady and daughter tour L.E.S. Tenement Museum
By Lincoln Anderson
It was a far cry from their sprawling ranch in Crawford, as First Lady Laura Bush and daughter Barbara Bush got a private tour of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum last Friday.

After shootings, calls for cops, cameras, evictions
By Albert Amateau
Concerns about recent shootings in the Alfred E. Smith Houses on the Lower East Side brought more than 100 neighbors to a town hall meeting last week called by City Councilmember Alan Gerson and attended by police, New York City Housing Authority executives and staff members of elected officials.

G.O.P. candidate Chromczak vies with Squadron in state Senate race
By Josh Rogers
Republicans are scarce Downtown, so it’s never easy when they run for office. Yet John Chromczak can’t even rely on the famous line of G.O.P. hero Ronald Reagan: “Are you better off than you were four years now?”

Garage opponents trying to get a Rise! out of city
By Lincoln Anderson
Opponents of the Department of Sanitation’s planned, three-district garage on Spring St. have unveiled a revised alternative plan — complete with a sloping, rooftop park — and are now making a last-ditch pitch to the Bloomberg administration.

High school raises the roof with graffiti program

Campaigning doesn’t stop for a ‘principal for a day’