Former Hasidic Jewish woman who leapt to her death had long history ...

... Monday evening, Mayer sprinted toward a row of bushes on the roof's edge at 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar in the Flatiron District of Manhattan at about 7.30pm, onlookers said. 'She was a manic depressive and she was going out with a bang,' Llerman-Russak ...
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The Brave Life and Shocking Death of Faigy Mayer

Faigy Mayer left the Belz community, a Hasidic enclave in Brooklyn's Boro Park, in 2010. She was 24 years old.
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McCusker and Company Expands With New Regional Office in New York City

McCusker and Company, a leading worldwide provider of warranty services for the consumer electronics, furniture, commercial services industry, announced today that it has added a new regional office in New York City. Due to strong growth and additional staff driving the demand for more office space in our expanding markets.
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Dirty Work

Handy's third birthday party last month was everything you'd expect from a startup soiree. Twenty- and thirtysomethings crowded the dimly lit bar at Pergola, a Mediterranean spot in Manhattan's Flatiron District, munching on skewers of free-range chicken and a seemingly endless cascade of spicy meatballs with tzatziki sauce, as a hoodie-clad co-founder boasted about the company's recent triumphs.
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Ex-hassidic woman who jumped off roof blasts Orthodox in last letter

A Jewish woman in New York whose suicide precipitated a fierce debate over the treatment of those seeking to leave ultra-Orthodoxy this week sent a letter to a close friend lambasting religion and recounting her difficulties in fitting into the Belz hassidic sect as a child in Brooklyn only days before her death. Faigy Mayer, 30, climbed a ledge and jumped Monday evening during a party on the roof of the 230 Fifth restaurant and lounge in the Flatiron District, just south of midtown.
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Orthodox Funeral Held for Faigy Mayer, Former Hasid Who Jumped to Death From Trendy NYC Rooftop Bar

"She wrote that she asked her family for pictures of when she was a baby, and they didn't want to give them to her," mourner Chaya Huss said. Two hours after the Facebook post, Mayer ran through a crowd of party-goers Monday night at the trendy, 230 Fifth rooftop bar in Manhattan's Flatiron District.
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Ex-Chassid, 30, jumps to her death in New York

Faigy Mayer, 30, carried out the apparent suicide after climbing onto a ledge during a party on the roof of the 230 Fifth restaurant in the Flatiron District. She was the founder, CEO and developer of Appton, a start-up specialising in mobile apps, and graduated in accounting from the City University of New York.
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