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From the NY Times:According to a standard set by one prominent New Yorker, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s re-election ought to be dismissed as inconsequential. That standard comes from Mr. ...
From the Times Ledger:The MTA plans to shut down parts of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel the next two Sundays for repair work.Judie Glave, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Department of Bridges and Tunnels, said both lanes of the Manhattan-bound tunnel will be shut down f...
From the Queens Campaigner:After the attorney representing former state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio argued that his client was a hardworking public servant who bent over backward for his constituents, U.S...
From the NY Times:All the while, developers welcomed the service — just a quick jaunt to Manhattan, with tickets $3 to $5.50 — as an amenity in marketing expensive condos on the Brooklyn and Queens waterfronts.But eight months later, the operator of the ferry service, New York Water Taxi, says tha...
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police have arrested a 23-year-old Queens man in connection with two rapes in Far Rockaway.Police say a 25-year-old woman was followed as she got out of a subway at Beach 67 around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 27. The suspect flashed a gun and told her to obey or he'd kill her...
From the Times Ledger:A Bellerose civic association is proving it is possible to win a fight against a developer.The Queens Colony Civic Association’s effort led to a Bellerose developer taking 2 feet off a property being built adjacent to St. ...
Runoff-election translators at a loss for wordsBy JENNIFER FERMINO, NY PostPoll workers weren't the only ones with nothing to do at September's feeble Democratic runoff election.The New York City Board of Elections hired more than a thousand Chinese and Korean interpreters at $200 a pop to work the...
From the Village Voice:"How can you explain being the party boss, the chair of the democratic party, and not supporting the democrat in this election?" said Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez as she stumped for Reyna in the 34th...
From Crains:The bidding to redevelop Aqueduct racetrack into a “racino” has entered yet another round: Gov. Da...
A) I never signed up for this spam.B) John Liu is no Barack Obama.C) They praise "diverse communities" then follow that up by repeatedly mentioning only Asians.D) Insiders are considering him a contender for mayor after Bloomberg is out of the way? The only insider saying that is Johnny.
Halloran Stands up for College Point at City Hall HearingCandidate Makes Case for Safeguards in New Police Academy ProposalDan Halloran had a simple message for City Council Members on Monday at the Meeting of the Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Uses: College Point needs a police academy.But...
From Gothamist:The future USS NEW YORK (LPD 21), built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, will be commissioned in New York City on November 7, 2009...
From the NY Times:More than 30 construction workers died in falls and other events on job sites in New York City last year, the federal Department of Labor reported Wednesday...
NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS) -- New York City police are beefing up their presence in a Queens neighborhood where two women were raped in as many days.Police say they are searching for one suspect and are waiting for DNA evidence...
