Author Archives: Max Paige-Vieux
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12:03 pm, 04/18/2012 |
by Gioia Shebar for Taxnightmare.org [Read More] |
Schools Fight Dominates Record Spending on Lobbying |
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4:47 pm, 04/16/2012 |
The new school-reform supergroup, founded by former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and ex-D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee builds directly one of the biggest lobbying forces in New York State. [Read More] |
Editorial Cartoon |
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10:30 am, 04/11/2012 |
Young Ray Kelly Time Travels To Present, Accuses OWS Of Throwing Glass Bottles At Cops |
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2:05 am, 04/10/2012 |
One of those YouTubes has surfaced depicting young police officers at an Occupy Wall Street gathering in Union Square engaging in a heated exchange with protesters about their mutual civil liberties. By far the noisiest of the officers has the old badge number of current-NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly—which can only mean that the department’s DHS-larded budget is even larger than previously estimated. The New York City Police Department has mastered time travel. It’s probably related to overtime hours. [Read More] |
1:27 pm, 04/09/2012 |
Burger King Wants To Have A Food Truck Like The Cool Kids | Monday Links |
Some Salaries of New York State’s Minimum Wage Hike Opponents |
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4:22 pm, 04/06/2012 |
Things were looking pretty good for a moment there, if you were a fan of livable wages for New York’s hardscrabble and adorable working families. [Read More] |
The $21 million sidewalk: Putting a price tag on privately owned public spaces |
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1:59 pm, 04/06/2012 |
If the owners get their asking price, this drab stretch of concrete, plus a loading area on the side of the building, will be worth nearly $21 million to them. That’s because the sidewalk is a privately owned public space, like hundreds of others around Manhattan — including Zuccotti Park, home base of Occup [Read More] |
Editorial Cartoon |
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9:31 am, 04/04/2012 |
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1:23 pm, 04/02/2012 |
A Brooklyn Whodunit | Monday Links |
Study: NYPD violating Kelly edict to end improper marijuana arrests |
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2:08 pm, 03/30/2012 |
Six months after New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly ordered all police officers under his command to cease arresting people carrying marijuana, many are still being handcuffed and sent to jail after officers coerce or trick them into displaying the drug. [Read More] |
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1:10 am, 03/30/2012 |
NY is about to get Un-Healthy | Friday Links |
Editorial Cartoon |
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10:37 am, 03/28/2012 |
Mainstream Monday: Fun. & Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry goes shoegaze |
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12:52 pm, 03/26/2012 |
by Michelle Matthews/Popminx.com When I say I’m super into pop, I don’t just mean the kind that you can only find on obscure CD-R labels run out of a remote corner of Sweden or even stuff on Matador. No [Read More] |
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5:40 pm, 03/23/2012 |
Get Your Doctor’s Visit And Religious Observance Done In One Place | Friday Links |
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10:30 am, 03/21/2012 |
Another Bus Comes Every Fifteen Minutes | Wednesday Links |
‘Substantially the same’? Redistricting maps tell a different story than Cuomo’s |
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8:11 pm, 03/20/2012 |
But there’s one problem with Cuomo’s analysis, as the New York Times editorial page and Wall Street Journal have pointed out – OMG CLICK ON READ MORE TO FIND OUT —> [Read More] |
12:25 pm, 03/16/2012 |
Op-ed: Why I Think a Sex Strike is Dumb Way to Protest Attacks on Contraception |
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9:39 am, 03/16/2012 |
Goldman Sachs is Anti-Muppet | Friday Links |
The Daily Q: What is a pension ‘tier’ and why are state workers opposed to a new one? |
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2:07 pm, 03/15/2012 |
As part of his proposed budget for FY 2012-13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for significant changes to the pension program for state employees. [Read More] |
Veronica Falls’ “My Heart Beats” Video Debuts |
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4:33 pm, 03/13/2012 |
by Michelle Matthews/Popminx.com Let’s face it: most of the time, when you love a band’s first record to the extent to which I loved Veronica Falls’ debut, the follow up is a disappointment. It happens to me all the time. [Read More] |
