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30 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 DAILY NEWS NYDailyNews.com DAILY NEWS NYDailyNews.com Your Borough Wednesday, March 3, 2010 43 AT A GLANCE Ex-HHC boarder fined for ethics abuse during his tenure BRONX — Bronx bus and BYKATHLEEN LUCADAMO Although his HHC post is unpaid, public “I am looking to expand the program and of- NOW subway riders will have a DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU servants are barred from using their position fer St. George’s students the opportunity to do chance to speak out to- A FORMER Health and Hospital Corp. hon- for private interests under city ethics law. their rotations in almost any hospital in New night at an MTA public cho was slapped with a $13,500 fine for abus- Ricciardi, in a signed disposition, admitted York, including in Manhattan,” Ricciardi said hearing on proposed fare ing his post to help foreign medical students he violated the law by “advocating the school’s inthat statement. hikes and elimination of get jobs at city hospitals, ethics bosses said yes- interests to HHC while serving as an HHC A call to his Brooklyn office for comment several bus routes and board member.”He agreed to pay the fine. a bottomless student MetroCards. terday. yesterday was not immediately returned. If only Tiger Woods had practiced safe text. Well, now there’s an app for that. The new iPhone In 2004, Ricciardi was appointed associate The hearing is scheduled Daniel Ricciardi, an HHC board member dean at St. George’s. He was given a deanship During his HHC tenure, Ricciardi took application TigerText (free) deletes text messages automatically (users can select a deletion for 6 p.m. at the Paradise from 2000 to 2008, made calls and met with of- a week before the school signed a contract for steps on at least eight occasions to steer clerk- Theater, 2403 Grand Con- ficials at five city hospitals about getting clerk- placing students in clerkships at HHC hospi- ships at HHC hospitals to the medical school, period from one to 30 days), so prying eyes (and wives) will never again stumble upon an in- course, at E. 187th St. ships for students at St. George’s University tals. records show. criminating emoticon. But that’s not the only app that New Yorkers fi nd useful on a daily basis. The MTA hopes to plug School of Medicine in Grenada, where he was His job was to “take the clinical program to Ricciardi resigned in 2008. In 2007, he was an $800 million budget gap. working, according to the city’s Conflict of In- all five boroughs in New York,” according to a awarded HHC’s Excellence in Public Service The Bx14, Bx18, Bx25, terestBoard. statementSt. George’s released at the time. award. [email protected] BxM4A and BxM7B buses, as well as the Barretto Park Pool shuttle, are in TAXI HOLD’EM Free New Yorkers need LIE DETECTOR $1.99 You CAN handle the danger. More routes are whatever edge they can get to hail a truth. Whether you think someone on the slated for reduced service. cab. 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Mountain Division, died on patrol in Iraq in November 2007 when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. Raised in Parkchester, Cortes attended Christo- pher Columbus High School and worked security at Yankee Stadium. He was awarded a Purple Heart. FIELDSTON — Go green to MARIELA LOMBARD; JOY KEH; CRAIG WARGA/DAILY NEWS make some green. Goodwill BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW TYPE N WALK 99 cents Pedestrian accidents should Industries and Manhattan- ####PLATE-EVEN#### go way down thanks to this app, which allows users to based EcoVentions will host a Bronx Green Busi- A pending deal for the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant could end up costing customers via a hike on their electric bills. Photo by Bloomberg News text on-the-go without walking into anything. Type n ness Summit at the Ethical Walk uses the iPhone’s camera to stream a video feed Culture Fieldston School, of what’s directly in front of you as you’re typing on 3901 Fieldston Road, on the move. An urban menace no more, iPhone users in Tuesday, March 23. transit can now walk and text, e-mail or update their The free summit will run CN-FLA-BM,1STAR,30-30-30,30,43 - Tue Mar 2 19.47.54 Facebook status without causing a sidewalk pileup by from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and stumbling into midtown traffi c. will include breakout NUKE DEAL FALLOUT sessions on green-collar jobs and green roofs. BYABBY LUBY The PSC is scheduled to rule to- the tune of $432 million, made in setts; Palisades in Michigan, and Attendees will also tour SPECIAL TOTHE DAILY NEWS morrow on Entergy’s proposed annual payments of$72 million. Vermont Yankee in Vermont. Fieldston’s newly renovated MILLIONS OF Westchester plan to spin off its plants to Enex- The agreement was made with Entergy is now being investi- and green campus. Section-Low: MAIN-30 County and New York City resi- us. The $3.5 billion deal has al- Entergy when it purchased one of gated by the NRC for allegedly ly- Sustainable South Bronx dents could face electric bill rate ready been approved by the Nu- the plant’s three reactors from the ing to the State of Vermont about Executive Director Miquela hikes if the Indian Point nuclear clearRegulatory Commission. NYPA. The new company would radioactive leaks from under- Craytor will deliver a plant winds up with a new cash- As a limited liability company, have only two sources of income ground piping. keynote luncheon speech. challengedowner. Enexus won’t be responsible for — the power generated by the NRC Chairman Gregory Jacz- Tickets to the luncheon, many costs needed to run an ag- plants and fees for their operation ko said last week that he was send- via bronxgreenbusiness. Current owner Entergy wants $2.99 This app tells and has a grocery list function as well Free It might not be enough ing nuclear power plant. Built to andmanagement. ing a new crew of inspectors to FARMFRESHNYC iTAN moonfruit.com, are $25 per to spin off the Westchester-based users which produce and seafood are as the option to create a list of items tanning power for Snooki, but now last 35 years, Indian Point is al- Opponents charge the spin-off Vermont to help find out if the person. Call Angela Boston nuke plant to the newly formed in season and where they’re available to “watch” until they are in season. New Yorkers can feel like they’re most40 years old. would create more layers of cor- leaks were actually coming from at EcoVentions for more Enexus, which will start off with at a farmer’s market. FarmFreshNYC shedding their fallow complexions Westchester County is con- porate protection, letting Entergy 1,000 feetof underground piping. ACNE FREE $1.99 Forget Dr. Zizmor: information at (212) $4.5 billion in debt. also provides a fun fact about the simply by talking on the phone. The 289-8506. Bureau Staff cerned that Enexus would not be off the hook if emergency funds Vermont legislators last week product (Did you know codfi sh, in Now there’s an app that claims to iTan application emits a fl ashing And that’s a red flag for the legally responsible to decontami- are needed for accidental leaks or dealt Entergy a blow by voting to season from November through April, clear up pimples while talking on the blue light that it claims will leave the SEND US YOUR NEWS TIPS state Public Service Commission nate some 1.63 million cubic feet radioactive spills.