New York rally planners lose a round on park use
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NEW YORK A federal judge has refused to force New York City to allow a rally on Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park, after the city administration and protest organizers failed to reach a compromise during a sudden round of weekend negotiations.
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New York's gay pride parade is traditionally a mix of politics and campy pageantry, and the state Assembly's move toward legalizing same-sex marriage has heightened the atmosphere this year. But parade organizers are smarting over the city's rejection of a request to hold a street fair in an area with the city's heaviest concentration of gay-oriented businesses.
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Authorities on Tuesday spurned a new bid by an anti-war group to stage the biggest rally of the Republican convention in Central Park after activists rejected a site chosen by New York police.
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A plan to install bike lanes citywide has met resistance from environmentalists and others who question its wisdom.
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When it comes to land for development, gasoline stations clean up nicely. As a result, they are steadily disappearing from New York City.
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Planners opposed a private developer's scheme for a visitor's centre at the Giant's Causeway, it emerges.
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A judge on Wednesday declined to order city officials to give an anti-war group permission to rally in Central Park on the eve of the Republican convention, leaving uncertain where thousands of protesters will go after a march past
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By DEVLIN BARRETT  WASHINGTON - Parts of New York City's fabled waterfront are disappearing faster than the Brooklyn accent of "dese, dem, and dose." A preservation group wants to do something about it, declaring the area one of the most endangered places in the country.
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A day after massive street demonstrations, smaller groups of protesters turned Monday to health care, civil rights and economics &#151; areas where they say President Bush and the Republicans convening in Madison Square Garden have failed the country.
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Here&#39;s what New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told leaders of an anti-war coalition when he explained why they couldn&#39;t stage a rally in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention Sunday:
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A city parks board appointee has resigned after her controversial membership in an anti-illegal immigration group prompted two organizations to take their annual conventions elsewhere.
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A federal judge refused Monday to allow a large rally on Central Park&#39;s Great Lawn during the Republican National Convention, but urged protesters and the city to work toward a compromise.
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NEW YORK -- Despite a federal judge&#39;s refusal to force city officials to allow a protest rally in Central Park before the Republican convention, organizers of an even-larger demonstration remained optimistic.
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federal judge in Manhattan refused yesterday to force the city to allow a rally on Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park, after the Bloomberg administration and protest organizers failed
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 11--A federal grant will revamp off-road trails at Finger Lakes State Park to keep riders out of a polluted stream on the land.
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An Arab-American organization and a group opposed to war and racism filed suit charging they were unconstitutionally denied a permit to hold a protest in Central Park during the upcoming Republican National Convention.
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Dear Editor:  The recent article titled "Property Owners Blast Brookhaven's Overton Plan" (LIBN, May 18) presented an incomplete and misleading perspective on the town's proposal to protect the 568-acre "Overton Preserve" area in Coram.