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Vito Override: Disgraced Politician Ponders a Second Act Bloomberg: ‘New York City Has Zero Tolerance for Intolerance’Helen Marshall Didn’t Know John Liu Was Running for Mayor

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Victoria's Secret Moves Upstairs After Kylie Bisutti Finds God Bloomberg LP Leases Posh Penthouse As Mayor Fumes Over Reporting Scandal On the Market: Michael Shvo Is Back! The Rockaways Are Scheduled to Re-open This Weekend; An Indefinite Lease For Madison Square Garden?

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Jay Walder Vigintuples His Salary in Hong Kong

In a new security filing, MTR Corporation reveals it will pay its new CEO $7.2 million when he starts in November, according to Bloomberg News. And to think people complained about Jay Walder’s compensation package when he was hired by the M.T.A. Read More

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