Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has officially placed his name in the running to be the next mayor. “We deserve a city government that actually believes in our neighborhoods and sees things the way we do,” said de Blasio at his announcement on Sunday, January 27 outside his Park Slope home. Photo courtesy of the [...]
The recent superstorm, Sandy, has devastated large parts of our city, and while we must continue to help those neighborhoods still in need, we also must begin to figure out how we move forward to avoid this large-scale suffering again. First of all, our power grid is extremely fragile and in need of serious upgrade. [...]
Council Speaker Christine Quinn remained at the head of the field in the 2013 mayoral race, though her once wide margin has shrunk. NY1-Marist Poll released a poll surveying registered city voters on next year’s race for mayor with Quinn coming out on top with the support of 23 percent of Democrats. She was followed [...]
Conflicting reports have come out about a Democrat state senator considering a run for mayor next year as a Republican. The New York Post reported on Wednesday, August 1, that State Senator Malcolm Smith, who was the majority leader when the party held the senate, was in talks with the state Republican party about running [...]
Without raising the tax bar, education, child care, libraries and other city services will be spared – despite original concerns of heavy cuts – in the 2013 Fiscal Year budget, city officials announced Monday, June 25 attributing the balanced budget to several cost-saving methods. “When times were better, the city set aside surplus revenue — [...]
With severe cuts to fire companies, child care and libraries looming, an on-time, balanced city budget was agreed upon with all services restored, the mayor announced. “We produced an on-time, balanced budget that does not raise taxes and preserves central services we all rely on,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the press conference announcing the [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg today revealed a revised balanced budget that will retain nearly 2,000 teacher positions that he proposed eliminating in his preliminary plan. The $68.7 million budget includes no tax increases. “Our budget won’t impose any new taxes on New Yorkers, maintains the strength of the NYPD and continues our strong support for public [...]
Queens jurors lead city in no-shows [New York Post]
Queens deli destroyed by early morning fire, explosion [New York Post]
Deliberations To Begin This Week In Queens Terror Trial [NY1]
Hundreds Of Union Job Applicants Camp Out In Woodside [NY1]
Historic Forest Park Greenhouse gets $3.8 million upgrade, replacing century-old structures with high-tech ones [Daily News]
1 WTC to vault past Empire State Building today and become tallest tower in city [Daily News]
Laughing at Fidel: NY fest stars ‘defect’ — as in their film [New York Post]
Sick sex ‘drive’ — Trapped prostitutes shuttled to tricks by 6 cabbies: DA [New York Post]
Poll Finds Quinn Is Clear Leader In 2013 Mayoral Democratic Field [NY1]
MTA Alter 21 City Bus Routes To Match Riders’ Demands [NY1]
Man in critical condition after being slammed by hit-run driver in Woodhaven [Daily News]
Making room for another civic group in Queens [Daily News]
Weiner a jerk before crotchgate, craved media attention: book [New York Post]
Rapper guilty in ’93 slay [New York Post]
6 months for yeshiva perv [New York Post]
Delta Flight With Blown Tire Able To Land Safely At JFK [NY1]
NYPD’s Transit Patrol Dogs Now Train In Long Island City [NY1]
Sudan diplomat’s wife is shot, wounded by stray bullet in Queens [Daily News]
Queens kindergarten waiting lists up at zoned schools [Daily News]
