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• Republicans Win 2 Council Races in Queens

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  Republicans won two open City Council seats in highly competitive Queens races, beating out two Asian-American Democrats who had both survived grueling primaries. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:53pm EST
  by By Jennifer 8. Lee

• Adults Told to Hold Off Getting Seasonal Flu Vaccine

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  Healthy, nonelderly adults in New York should not receive the seasonal flu vaccine until the supply of vaccine increases, the city health department said. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:10pm EST
  by By Julie Bosman

• President of New York City Transit Resigns

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  Howard H. Roberts Jr. had been in charge of subways and buses. He started as president of New York City Transit in 2007. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:49pm EST
  by By Michael M. Grynbaum

• Staten Island Elects Its First Black Council Member

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  Deborah L. Rose, who had made two previous runs for the City Council, will represent the increasingly diverse North Shore. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:45pm EST
  by By A. G. Sulzberger

• Koslowitz Will Return to City Council

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  Karen Koslowitz will return to the seat she held from 1991 to 2001, representing the middle-class Queens neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:28pm EST
  by By Sewell Chan

• Answers About New York City Politics

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  Taking Questions: Bruce F. Berg, professor and the author of "New York City Politics: Governing Gotham," answers readers' questions.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:35pm EST
  by By The New York Times

• Groups Urge Opening of Vacant Condos to the Poor

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  The city should increase subsidies to convert vacant condos to moderately priced housing for low-income residents, advocates say. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:29pm EST
  by By Bao Ong

• Daughter of Peeler Man Takes Up the Carrot

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  Blogtalk: The Bloomberg victory party; hipster clubs and bars; and restaurant closings, temporary and permanent. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:11pm EST
  by By Daniel E. Slotnik

• Bloomberg's Influence May Be Diminished

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  Also in the Morning Buzz: a Wall Street Journal expansion; a possible guilty plea from Bernard B. Kerik; and more headlines from local papers. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:57am EST
  by By Jennifer 8. Lee

• Maker Learns the Fate of a Penny Made of Gold

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  A counterfeit penny, made of 18-karat gold, was put into circulation by a Seattle artist in March 2007. It was discovered a few weeks ago by a graphic designer in Brooklyn. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:30am EST
  by By Jennifer 8. Lee

• Bloomberg's Victory Speech

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  The text of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's victory speech, delivered at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in Midtown Manhattan, as transcribed by The New York Times. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:29am EST
  by By The New York Times