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The Round-Up: Wednesday

Central banks worldwide cut interest rates; Feds cut U.S. rate by 0.5 percent. [NY Times]

L.I.R.R. official now concerned that former employees may also be improperly collected disability payments from private insurance companies, not just the railroad itself. [NY Times]

Two men who scaled the New York Times building on the same day are charged with very different crimes. [NY Times]

NYC’s chief crane inspector charged with corruption for taking bribes from a Long Island crane company. [NY Times]

F.B.I. confirms that the body dug up this week in Farmingdale, Long Island, was that of Colombo family underboss, William Cutolo Sr. [NY Times]

What $250,000 gets you. [NY Times]

A decrepit Adams Street school in downtown Brooklyn in line for major repairs. [NYDN]

Many questions remain regarding the cost of Bloomberg’s Willets Point redevelopment plan, and City Council members aren’t happy. [NYDN]

Drivers with out-of-state licenses racking up major parking fines they don’t pay, yet the city can’t afford to track them down. [NYDN]

Self-described “crazy redneck Jew” drove fake missile inscribed with the words “Viva Viagra” straight into Midtown Manhattan last month. [NY Post]

Between the Bricks: Victoria’s Secret signs $100 million deal for a 24,000-foot Soho duplex that doesn’t yet exist; Barclay’s snags two floors at Queens’ One MetLife Plaza; commercial vacancy rates could rise from 7.4 percent next quarter to as high as 10 percent. [NY Post]

Cuomo subpoenas two more suspects in the widening L.I.R.R. disability scandal. [NY Post]

Twelve million households, or 16 percent of Americans, owe more than the value of their homes. [WSJ]

Officials from 11 states urge subprime-mortgage lenders nationwide to modify their loan program along the lines of Bank of America’s. [WSJ]

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