News Articles by Amy Eddings
Indian Point 2 Conducts Safety Drill, Amid Criticism
September 25, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The Indian Point Two nuclear power plant's bienniel emergency drills are typically conducted under close watch; the drills are evaluated by federal nuclear regulators and emergency response officials....
City Settles Fate of Community Gardens
September 19, 2002
by Amy Eddings
After three years of legal battles, the future of New York's 600 city-owned community gardens is no longer in doubt. Under an agreement between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and State Attorney General Elio....
Employers Face An Atypical Work Day on September 11th
September 05, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Next week's anniversary of the terrorist attacks will find most New Yorkers at the same place they were a year ago: their jobs. At companies and organizations near the World Trade Center site, the wo....
Bloomberg Announces Revised Trash Plan
August 01, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing away from former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's plan to send half the city's trash to a proposed waste transfer station in Linden, New Jersey. That facility was going to ....
Local Catholics Consider Joining a Movement for Change
July 22, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The first international conference of lay Catholics to convene as a result of the child sexual abuse scandal drew about 180 people from the Tri-State area. Saturday's day-long "Voice of the Faithful....
Port Ivory Trash Plan
July 19, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Mayor Michael Bloomberg had orginally planned to unveil a new strategy for handling the city's trash by today, his 200th day in office. He now says that announcement will come next week. The adminis....
Egan Puts NY Face on Texas Gathering
June 17, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The head of the New York Archdiocese, Cardinal Edward Egan, was active during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Dallas, putting a New York face on that gathering. His views helped shape the ....
American Bishops Voting
June 14, 2002
by Amy Eddings
In a closed-door session, after a morning spent listening to victims and concerned lay Catholics, bishops discussed a draft policy on child sexual abuse. Bishops have indicated that they're close to ....
Archbishop Takes Stock of His Committee's Draft
June 12, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Top Roman Catholic officials from the metropolitan area are heading to Dallas today for the U-S Conference of Catholic Bishops, where they'll vote on a draft set of procedures for handling priests who....
Visy Paper Mill Seen As Recycling Success Story
June 05, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The Bloomberg Administration and the City Council are expected to miss today's deadline for a budget agreement. One of the sticking points in the negotiations has been the fate of the city's glass, m....
Priest Charged with Molesting a Young Girl in 1999
May 24, 2002
by Amy Eddings
A Roman Catholic priest from India, who was studying and working in New York City, has been charged with sexually abusing a twelve year old girl. The alleged abuse took place in 1999, when Father Fra....
EPA Cleanup Downtown
May 10, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will have an apartment clean-up program in place by the end of the month for Lower Manhattan residents whose homes were shrouded in dust and ash after the ....
The 'Father Shanley' Letters
May 06, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Brooklyn's Bishop, Thomas V. Daily, formerly served in the Archdiocese of Boston as an Auxiliary Bishop, as one of the deputies of the late Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros. Because of his role in the A....
Chelsea Blast Evokes 9/11 Fears
April 26, 2002
by Amy Eddings
12 people remain critically injured from an explosion that took place in a 10-story commercial building on West 19th Street. At least 40 people were injured. Fire officials say the explosion took pl....
City Council Holds Hearings on Saving Recycling
April 18, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The proposed suspension of the city's glass, metal and plastic recycling program has also prompted sharp and vocal opposition. But Mayor Bloomberg is refusing to restore it, despite the objections of....
The EPA Ombudsman: Who is This Guy?
April 05, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Although acrid smoke from fires at the World Trade Center site dissipated months ago, the confusion over the air quality, both inside and outside buildings, still lingers. The national ombudsman for....
Child Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations
March 22, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Advocates for people who were abused by priests when they were children say it takes many victims decades to talk about their experiences with family members and police. They've expressed hope that t....
Mandating Priests to Report Sexual Abuse
March 18, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Under current New York state law, certain people are required to report suspicions of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities. Members of the clergy are not among those people. But the recent pe....
Roman Catholic Church Confronts Sexual Abuse
March 14, 2002
by Amy Eddings
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has been rocked by a scandal in which its leader, Bernard Cardinal Law, is accused of moving priests, with known histories of sexually abusing children, from p....
New Jersey's Budget
February 12, 2002
by Amy Eddings
Governor Jim McGreevey, addressing a special joint session of the legislature, has unveiled his plan to eliminate a 2.9 billion dollar budget gap in this year's budget. His proposal closes the gap wi....
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