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Report: Yankee Exec Got Help From Ticket-Fixing Cops
More details are emerging about the ticket-fixing scandal at the NYPD, which now, reportedly, includes exeucutives of the New York Yankees. DNAinfo's Murray Weiss reports the breakdown of cops...
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Bloomberg: More Solar Panels, Less Heating Oil for NYC
Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Harlem today to unveil a "clean heat" campaign and other green initiatives that will become part of the PlaNYC plan, which is aimed at building "a greener, greater New...
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Bloomberg’s Plan for Making Energy Out of Garbage
Another interesting component of Bloomberg's update to PlaNYC: the mayor has said that he wants to reduce reliance on landfills by converting solid waste into energy. Some are referring to this as...
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Schumer Refuses to Trash-Talk Trump
Chuck Schumer commented -- or rather, declined to comment -- today on Donald Trump's possible presidential bid. Evidently, the senator believes in solidarity between New Yorkers. "Donald's from...
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Schumer Plans More China Legislation Soon
After a press conference on E-Z Pass fees this afternoon, Senator Chuck Schumer talked a little bit about his recent trip to China, where he met with some of the top American business leaders in the...
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Club for Growth Labels Schumer ‘Job-Killing Protectionist’ [Update]
Club for Growth president Chris Chocola is denouncing Chuck Schumer, calling the senator a "job-killing protectionist" in response to Schumer's recent criticism of China's economic policies. "Americans...
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Experts Weigh in on Threat of Al Qaeda
In the wake of Osama bin Laden's death yesterday in Pakistan, there are lingering questions about what remains of his Al Qaeda network, and whether the terrorist group maintains sufficient strength to...
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Chelsea Residents Finally Draw the Line at Large Glass Mutation
Neighborhood residents are speaking out against a budding plan by Chelsea Market owner Jamestown Properties to build towers atop the complex. Evidently, local penthouse owners (whose lives must be...
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Should We Retire ‘Ground Zero?’
In his column today, the Post's Steve Cuozzo (the 100th most powerful man in real estate) suggested that New Yorkers retire the phrase "ground zero," and let the term become--like bin Laden and the...
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Chelsea Clinton Joins Fight for Same-Sex Marriage
Chelsea Clinton joined advocates this evening in Manhattan to mark the first week of a phonebank campaign to legalize same-sex marriage, and said she hopes that New York will pass a same-sex marriage...
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Koppell Calls for Children's Welfare Chief to Step Down
City Councilman Oliver Koppell called today for ACS Commissioner John Mattingly to step down from his post following the death of
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Children’s Aid Society CEO, Councilwoman Palma Defend Children’s Services...
Children’s Aid Society CEO Richard Buery and Councilwoman Annabel Palma have stepped up to defend John Mattingly, Commissioner of the
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Local Democrats Blast ‘Radical, Draconian’ Budget Deal
A handful of discontented Democrats gathered on the steps of City Hall today to blast the $38 billion budget cut,
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Walcott Green-Lit for Schools Chancellor Job
State education commissioner David Steiner has granted Dennis Walcott the waiver that he needed to officially assume the post of
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The Ticket-Fixing Scandal Story: a Chronological Analysis of the Scoop
Mayor Bloomberg may say it’s “almost impossible” for NYPD officers to fix tickets, but it seems that internal investigators and
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Chelsea Clinton Joins Fight for Same-Sex Marriage
Chelsea Clinton joined advocates this evening in Manhattan to mark the first week of a phonebank campaign to legalize same-sex
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Gillibrand to Head West for Hochul
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced today at an awards luncheon that she will travel to New York’s 26th Congressional District to
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Breaking: New York Is Not Wisconsin
That sound byte is beginning to feel familiar. In absence (homage, really) of the New York Times’ On Language, here’s a little research I did into the sudden popularity of “New York is not...
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Rangel Can't Help Talking Libya, Maloney Mostly Agrees
When Carolyn Maloney finally got a word in after her press conference this morning, she added her voice to the chorus of New York congressmen criticizing President Obama’s handling of the military...
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Levy Surrenders Funds, Will Not Seek Third Term in Response to D.A. Probe
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced today that he will not seek a third term this November, and turned over the entirety of his $4 million campaign account to the district attorney’s office....
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