http://www.yourstreet.com/news/red-hook-houses-ny The latest Red Hook Houses, NY news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us Maris Makena Moore, 22, of 40 Viste Terrace, Mohopac, N.Y., was granted a downward departure from the state sentencing guidelines and given a second chance to stay out of prison... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777415/woman-avoids-prison-after-being-caught-with-drugs-cash-at-10klf The blue property tax bill Andrew Sapira received in the mail last month from Hoboken has him questioning whether the city billed as a lower-cost alternative to Manhattan is... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777261/in-hoboken-47-tax-boost-sparks-anger A Hoboken bar owner has been charged with death by auto and driving while intoxicated after his best friend perished in a crash in Jersey City early Tuesday morning, officials... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777262/hoboken-bar-owner-charged-in-dwi-death-of-friend Tuesday’s Games Indiana 118, L.A. Lakers 117 Washington 108, New Jersey 88 Portland 104, New York 97 Detroit at San Antonio Philadelphia at Chicago L.A. Clippers at... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776871/sports-agate SHOULD Community Board 4 approve a building that's gor geous, but immense? The board must decide tonight, as it holds a public hearing and vote on the 900-unit mixed-use project... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777041/big-beautiful-for-hell-s-kitchen CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A bankruptcy court in New York has approved funding that will allow the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher meatpacking plant in Postville to reopen. http://www.yourstreet.com/4776838/bankruptcy-court-ok-s-funding-for-plant http://www.yourstreet.com/4776741/showtime-shoot-in-maspeth “The End of America” is an unsettling documentary polemic about the erosion of civil liberties in the wake of 9/11. http://www.yourstreet.com/4777463/movie-review-the-end-of-america-when-laws-and-liberties-test-each On Monday night at Waltz-Astoria, the Lost Dog New Music Ensemble presented music by eight Sequenza 21 composers from throughout the United States, France and the Netherlands. http://www.yourstreet.com/4777068/music-review-lost-dog-new-music-ensemble-in-a-queens-coffeehouse-new New York's Plaxico Burress, right, arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court for arraignment Monday in New York City. The Giants placed Burress on the non-football injury list Tuesday,... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777024/giants-shelve-burress It’s the rare opera finale that doesn’t include bloodshed: A new deal between La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, and an Italian performers union will ensure that La Scala’s... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777465/arts-briefly-la-scala-strike-resolved Friends and coworkers held a vigil for murdered MTA bus driver Edwin Thomas Tuesday night near the site of his death. Meantime, NYPD detectives say a man with a long rap sheet... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776412/nypd-man-confesses-to-killing-bus-driver While we know what Richard Ravitch is going to propose — modest fare hikes, East River bridge tolls and a small, region-wide payroll tax increase — already this plan’s opponents... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776595/opponents-already-combatting-the-ravitch-recommendations NEW YORK -- In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded yesterday from Monday's massive decline. http://www.yourstreet.com/4776715/wall-street-rebounds-sharply Taking a trip to New York and walking around Times Square probably provided some memorable moments for the Texas Tech basketball team during its recent third-place finish at the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776439/red-raiders-use-strong-showings-in-legends-classic-as-confidence-boost There's a lot going on in the sports world this holiday season - some good, some bad and then the Bowl Championship Series rankings. As we wrap it up for the semester, here are... http://www.yourstreet.com/4777532/my-12-days-of-christmas After a helping hand, a Brooklyn teenager's talent for music blossoms. http://www.yourstreet.com/4776385/fresh-start-for-a-teenager-who-wants-to-be-heard I just watched last night's Gossip Girl episode ("O Brother, Where Bart Thou?"), the one where Vanessa has a gift certificate to Grimaldi's ("I'm thinking double pepperoni")... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776581/what-pizzerias-the-gossip-girls-and-boys-would-frequent A 20-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested last night and charged with killing a bus driver in front of horrified passengers, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/4776622/man-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-of-nyc-bus-driver Eugene Thomas had been dead 19 years as of Sept. 13, 2007. On that day, "Thomas" showed up to sell his Jamaica, Queens, house to a man named Tolessi Enyonam - and those present... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776266/dead-man-gets-mortgage-worth-whopping-533g It will take months for Plaxico Burress' legal case to wind through the New York City court system. But the Giants wasted little time in making their decision in the wake of his... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776493/good-riddance-plaxico In one of the biggest heists in American history, the Daily News "stole" the $2 billion Empire State Building. The News swiped the skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775935/it-took-90-minutes-to-steal-the-empire-state-building A twist of bergamot will make an unforgettable manhattan. http://www.yourstreet.com/4776375/food-stuff-earl-grey-flavor-to-serve-after-teatime Who said "recession"? As Miriam on Court Street closed its doors just around the corner recently, someone is converting three garages at 269 Baltic Street into an eating... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775868/from-garage-to-eating-establishment-on-baltic T he Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s is hosting a Holiday Art Show and Sale entitled “Gowanus: A Sense of Place,” an homage to the cityscape highlighting the work of 16 local... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775866/holiday-art-show-gowanus-a-sense-of-place Everyone's favorite children's movie series will have its season finale on December 15th with a Christmas classic. Read on. Monday, December 15, 4pm Season Finale! How the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775865/big-movies-for-little-kids-season-finale Dear Brooklyn Reader, Giving is good and feels great, no matter who and where you help. But if you want to help locally, check this out... There are so many things to love... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775864/brooklyn-give-where-you-live Drawing inspiration from interviews conducted around the Atlantic Yards footprint, Brooklyn at Eye Level is a take on the Atlantic Yards story through theater, dance and music... http://www.yourstreet.com/4776103/atlantics-yards-on-stage Marie Edna Roman, of Garrison, formerly of Florida, died on Saturday November 29, 2008 at her residence; she was 85. Born in New York, NY on September 13, 1923, she was the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775805/marie-roman This year, the theme of Advent Vespers at Graymoor is "Giving Peace a Chance." Rev. Elias D. Mallon, SA, on the staff of Franciscans International, New York, NY, will speak on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775802/theme-of-advent-vespers-at-graymoor-is-giving-peace-a-chance  A judge says New York City can't stop an 80-year-old Manhattan church from staying alive through a catering contract despite complaints from prominent people. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775911/judge-nyc-can-t-block-church-from-catered-affairs A portfolio manager of a student loan company in New York City has been indicted on charges of embezzling more than $2.3 million. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775912/student-loan-firm-official-charged-with-larceny NEW YORK -- In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded Tuesday from the previous day's massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials rose... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775863/wall-street-rebounds-after-big-drop Detectives say a man with a long rap sheet has confessed to the stabbing death of an MTA bus driver in Brooklyn. Cops say that driver Edwin Thomas and the suspect got into an... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775760/nypd-man-confesses-to-killing-bus-driver A 20-year-old man from Crown Heights admitted to stabbed the driver after an argument and is being charged with murder, the police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775742/arrest-in-killing-of-a-bus-driver-in-brooklyn A $126,000 book celebrating the work of Michelangelo is having its first public viewing in the United States at the New York Public Library this week. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775755/a-book-made-for-100-000-euros-plus-michelangelo-s-labor Sewell Chan follows up Monday’s bus driver murder with a piece on what drivers can do when riders don’t pay. Considering how exposed and vulnerable bus drivers are, it’s a... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775874/a-bad-situation-for-bus-drivers As I’ve written in a variety of posts on a variety of subjects, the generations now in charge, in the public sector, private sector and their own lives, have endeavored to “live... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775876/the-future-is-coming-too-soon Prosecutors said that a a former reputed leader of Al Qaeda stabbed a jail guard as part of a fruitless plan to take hostages and escape from a Manhattan correctional center. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775743/panel-rules-jail-stabbing-constituted-terrorism Police are looking for two men who they say are responsible for nearly 20 robberies in Brooklyn and Queens. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775663/cops-duo-wanted-for-19-robberies-in-2-boroughs Some plain-spoken analysis from Develop Don't Destoy Brooklyn: All Long Island Rail Road/Vanderbilt Yard work, and utility work for the Atlantic Yards project has been stopped... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775781/all-quiet-on-the-atlantic-yards-front Bwog received word today that the famed conservative periodical, the Weekly Standard has published in its most recent issue an adamant critique of Columbia's Manhattanville... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775460/nick-the-quick-and-the-weekly-standard-the-most-curious-of-friends A study from a bipartisan commission says that the federal government needs to do more to stop terrorists from waging germ warfare against the United States. The study says that... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775493/report-u-s-vulnerable-to-bioweapons-attack-in-near-future Students, teachers and officials cut the ribbon on the impressive new East Harlem School. It is the first new middle school in East Harlem in decades. Dari Alexander reports. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775494/the-east-harlem-school Tickets for Britney Spears at the Nassau Veterans Coliseum in Long Island are priced at $349 for premium seats and $150 for crappy seats. $349!!!... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775635/sal-nunziato-i-love-new-york-but-it-doesn-t-love-me NEW YORK (AP) _ Shortly after news spread that gun-toting terrorists had launched a deadly siege on Mumbai, 75 blue-and-white police cars carrying 150 officers fanned out across... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775400/india-siege-raises-security-concerns-at-us-hotels EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- Police on Long Island say they've pulled two drunken drivers from one car. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775500/car-s-drunken-drivers-have-n-y-police-seeing-double A Brooklyn narcotics officer was charged with second-degree assault for knocking a man unconscious after a traffic dispute, which occurred while the officer was off-duty. http://www.yourstreet.com/4775479/officer-is-charged-in-a-road-rage-assault-on-queens-boulevard New York City police say a 20-year-old man has confessed to fatally stabbing a bus driver in front of horrified passengers. Police said the man was facing homicide charges... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775532/nypd-man-confesses-to-fatally-stabbing-bus-driver New York City lost its last drive-in, the Bronx's Whitestone, in the mid-1980s. With Cape Disappointment , playing at P.S.122, the Debate Society attempts a half-hearted re... http://www.yourstreet.com/4775310/the-debate-society-tries-a-downtown-drive-in-finds-cape-disappointment