Money
Rudy Giuliani Sure Likes Making Money |
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12:34 pm, 04/26/2012 |
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani travelled to Serbia last week, two weeks ahead of a pivotal national election, and met with the opposition party, former allies of nationalist war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. [Read More] |
Gold On The Ceiling: Your Committee To Save New York |
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11:36 am, 04/18/2012 |
This is who your precious Committee to Save New York really is. [Read More] |
That Didn’t Last Long |
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1:02 pm, 04/17/2012 |
A bill introduced by Democratic Senators Velmanette Montgomery (Brooklyn) and Keith Wright (Harlem) that would have taken control of New York City’s school system back from Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been shot down by Senate Republicans. [Read More] |
NYLEAD, Coalition of Rich People, Wants to Get Rich People Out of Politics |
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1:01 pm, 04/12/2012 |
A coalition of wealthy people is advocating to get wealthy people out of politics in New York State. The coalition of media, banking, and inheriting moguls, dubbed NYLEAD, is working to bring New York City’s model of campaign financing to statewide races, and counter the increasing dominance of wealthy donors in American politics. [Read More] |
Quinn Inspires Controversy |
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10:22 am, 04/11/2012 |
Christine Quinn, a.k.a. Future Mayor, is under fire from a few of her constituents who are P.O.’d about the deal reached to develop the building that formerly housed St. Vincent’s Hospital. [Read More] |
Dean Skelos Doesn’t Want to Raise the Minimum Wage |
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4:48 pm, 04/09/2012 |
And he posits some science to back up his theorems. [Read More] |
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] |
New York City’s Coming 911 Scandal |
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12:04 pm, 04/02/2012 |
The Bloomberg administration is trying to suppress a damning report of the city’s inadequate and bloated 911 response system. One New York Post source calls the report, “nuclear.” [Read More] |
10:30 am, 03/21/2012 |
Another Bus Comes Every Fifteen Minutes | Wednesday Links |
Tier 6 Passes Assembly |
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1:47 pm, 03/15/2012 |
State lawmakers were up all night in Albany, and passed another sharp reduction in state worker pension benefits around 7:30 this morning. The vote is part of a Big Ugly: a cute Albany term for a mass of unrelated bills linked together by government leaders in a back room deal. [Read More] |
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1:47 pm, 03/14/2012 |
Redistricting News and Hipster News | Wednesday Links |
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12:23 pm, 03/12/2012 |
All Power in the Hands of the SPECIAL MASTER | Monday Links |
John Liu is in a You Know What Storm Without an Umbrella |
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5:20 pm, 03/08/2012 |
How the $%^& did this happen? [Read More] |
Albany County DA Let Pedophile Cult Borrow His Subpoena Power |
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10:50 pm, 03/07/2012 |
Sometimes, I really hate it when a news report says, “So-and-so’s allegations are raising eyebrows.” In my book, it’s just as bad as when a journalist begins an interview question with “Now, you know, some people are saying …” HOWEVER, the Albany Times Union’s 4-Part series on NXIVM—Keith Raniere’s self-empowerment “technology” company—will totally move your eyebrows upward. Your effing eyebrows will never be the same again. [Read More] |
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9:04 pm, 03/05/2012 |
Lots of Confusing, Easy to Ignore Redistricting News. Oh, and Hipsters. Some Hipster News | Monday Links |
Dirty Dealings Alleged at NYC Car Washes |
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8:44 pm, 03/05/2012 |
It’s not always cool at the car wash, after all, and The New York Times reports that it’s often the boss, not employees, who are allowed to act the fool. [Read More] |
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1:44 pm, 02/27/2012 |
Tweets and Twits | Monday Links |
The Curse of the New York Journal: Eric Schneiderman |
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12:46 pm, 02/10/2012 |
Just a day after a glowing tribute in the New York Journal, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won the wrath of decent people everywhere by allegedly caving in on the 50 state foreclosure settlement. It seems like every time [Read More] |
MTA, TWU Resume Contract Discussions |
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3:08 pm, 02/02/2012 |
New York City’s unionized public transit employees have been working without a labor contract since January 15, but are back in discussions with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as of today. [Read More] |
