Michael O. Allen

Tag: Staten Island

  • Living ‘Black’ in the United States of America

    And living to tell the tales. Traffic was heavy on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights on my way home to Ridgewood, NJ, after work on Wednesday, which wasn’t exactly news. But, as I approached a stretch where Route 46 and Interstate 80 go over Route 17, traffic eased and I saw the reason why. Rubbernecking…

  • ISLAM ON THE RISE; Converts, a Boom in Births Help Swell Rank of Muslims

    Sunday, November 09, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN NADIA BARNES RECITED the shahada, or central principle of Islam. “La ilaha illa Allah, sa Muhammadun rasulu Allah,” Barnes said after Imam Muhammed Salem Agwa: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammed is the messenger of Allah.” The 23-year-old fashion designer and finance student descended from…

  • FBI’s Most Vaunted

    Sunday, October 5, 1997 By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer The Most Wanted List, an icon of a seemingly bygone era, started innocently enough. A wire service reporter asked the FBI in 1949 for a list of the toughest guys it would like to capture. The resulting story in newspapers around the nation…

  • Foes Trash City Over Exporting

    March 06, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JOEL SIEGEL, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani’s plan to close Fresh Kills landfill and export the city’s trash has prompted howls of outrage — and some eager welcomes — from activists and officials in communities that might get tons of banana peels and dirty diapers. The…

  • Rudy Probes His Own Campaign

    February 17, 1997 by BOB LIFF and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani’s reelection campaign has launched internal audits to determine whether any corporate contributors gave donations that exceeded the $7,700 limit allowed by the city’s public campaign finance law. Campaign officials disclosed the reviews after the Daily News reported that a…

  • IN THE CITY, SEX IS A RICH EXPERIENCE; Borough Of Queens Sits Atop the Lust List

    Monday, January 20, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers The rich are different from the rest of us and not just because they have more money. They have more sex, more fantasies about sex and more sex partners. But, then again, so do people living in Queens. Yes, Queens,…

  • MEGASTORES OK’D; Fight looms for planners

    Friday, October 25, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and PETER GRANT, Daily News Staff Writers In one of the most sweeping zoning changes in 35 years, the city Planning Commission yesterday approved Mayor Giuliani’s plan to open up the city to massive superstores. But the unusually close 8-to-5 vote set the stage for what promises…