Next year, thousands of young Americans will mount an all-out assault on Afghanistan to find Osama bin Laden, responsible for the greatest crime ever against New York City. The guy got away in 2...
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This wasn’t unexpected, Gov. David Paterson earlier this year said he would allow it, given that their projections show them running out of money by next March.
Here’s the release:
NEW YORK, NY – December 3, 2009 – New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation (“NYC OTB”) announced today that its [...]
Elizabeth Press sends these shots of the northeast corner of Hoyt and Schermerhorn in downtown Brooklyn. In what may be a first for New York City, this nifty little DOT reclamation includes bike racks installed on the roadbed, not the sidewalk. (Update: DOT confirms [...]
New York City judges spent taxpayer money on seemingly personal purchases like meditation retreats, framed photographs of themselves, and an iPod, according to the New York Post. Each year, judge's receive an expense allowance of $10,000 each — a citywide total of $12.6 million [...]
Periodically, one or the other of the partners in New York City's nervous marriage with parts north threatens to leave. This time, a State Senator from solid red upstate has weighed our value as a...
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In his race for a third term, the richest man in New York City spent an astounding $102 million of his $17 billion fortune. New filings reveal that Mayor Bloomberg shelled out about $174.53 per vote in his narrower-than-expected victory over Democratic challenger [...]
Tomorrow night the Hudson River Quadricentennial Celebration year closes out with the addition of New York City’s Lighted Boat Parade. The sparkling aquatic march will make its way down the Hudson, around the tip of Manhattan and up to the Brooklyn Bridge.
You can enjoy [...]
Sorry for not posting this sooner but here is the service schedule information for today courtesy of a press release sent to me by the MTA:
MTA New York City Transit and MTA Bus officials today announced service plans on subways and buses for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Day holiday.
On Thanksgiving Day, [...]
Opponents of the Obama administration's plan to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists in New York City will hold a Dec. 5 rally in front of the federal courthouse to demand that the trials take place elsewhere, according to the [...]
Come one, come all, to a party celebrating GothamSchools’ first year bringing our readers up-to-date news and analysis about the New York City public schools.
At the party, on Dec. 9, we’ll also officially kick off our first-ever fundraising drive, which you can read more about here. [...]
As you may have read in our newsletter, on this day in 1966 New York City experienced the smoggiest day in the city's history... and the details read like a horror movie. After 9/11, the NY Times touched upon three [...]
Judy Enck, one of Albany’s environmentalist stalwarts, made a goodbye visit to the Capitol press rooms a few minutes ago. It’s the last day for Enck as the governor’s deputy secretary for the environment, as she departs for New York City where she will serve as President [...]
I can’t figure out Governor David Paterson. First, he works to help liberal democrats take a majority in the state Senate.
Then he sounds the alarm that the state is in dire fiscal straights, then he sides with New York City Democrats in approving a budget that increases state spending by [...]
Contrary to popular belief, the mayor isn't the only elected official with a say in New York City transportation policy. So in this installment of Streetsblog's series on Michael Bloomberg's third term, we're switching things up a bit. We asked New York's most experienced transit advocate, Gene Russianoff of [...]
