Today in 1970 Mayor Lindsay appoints a special commission to investigate police corruption allegations brought by officer Frank Serpico and others; it is headed by Whitman Knapp.
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- What a beautiful day! Stop in and see Audubon's Aviary, which closes May 19: t.co/Rgu2nmbYMB
- Who's headed out to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather? Drop in for this weekend's family programs: t.co/WsXKtlwcxu
- Today in 1849, photographer Jacob Riis, whose exposes initiated slum clearance programs & new laws, was born … t.co/SrdFdk1yfi
- Tonight @ 6:30: WWII film screening of Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent t.co/ApsOoY3Qht #FREE thanx 2 @BofA_Community
- RT @postwarhist: Toured the NY in WW2 exhibit @NYHistory today - good cross-section of stories, different experiences of NY at war...
- Celebrate spring with sing-alongs, magic, baby birds, and more family programs in May: t.co/MMWav6bXku
- RT @NYTMetro: Critic’s Notebook: New Native Plant Garden at the New York Botanical Garden @nybg t.co/P7CqKUiyN1
- RT @hyperallergic: The Front Lines and the Fallen: Photographs of Finland in WWII - t.co/eYdQWEPaNW #WW2 #History
- Last chance for WWII & NYC, Audubon, plus more May events in our e-newsletter: t.co/wFeccwWKOA
- Today in 1853, about 10,000 people attended the opening of Franconi’s Hippodrome, a circus-like complex on 5th Ave. at 23rd St.
