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Judge to Decide Monserrate Case
by Arun Venugopal
September 14, 2009
Queens state senator Hiram Monserrate's fate will be decided by a judge, not a jury. Monserrate's attorney, Joseph Tacopina, asked for a bench trial today. He says he's concerned a jury might be sw....
New Yorkers Celebrate West Indian Heritage
by Arun Venugopal
September 07, 2009
The West Indian Day parade brought hundreds of thousands of people to Eastern Parkway, in Brooklyn, including one very prominent person of West Indian descent... Colin Powell. The former Secretary o....
Bill de Blasio: "Got to Have the Inside and Outside Game"
by Arun Venugopal
September 01, 2009
Bill de Blasio says he'd make a better public advocate than his more aggressive challengers, because he also knows how to work with the mayor. The Brooklyn council member was on The Brian Lehrer Show....
Public Advocate Candidates Faced Off in Debate
by Arun Venugopal
August 31, 2009
The four major candidates for public advocate faced off in a debate that was broadcast yesterday morning. Early on, Councilman Bill DeBlasio took aim at the front-runner, Mark Green, who held the jo....
Ramadan Fasting Observation Begins
by Arun Venugopal
August 24, 2009
The hot weather might mean cold drinks for some people, but for Muslims observing Ramadan, drinks -- and food -- aren't an option. The holy month began Saturday and that means fasting between dawn an....
Council Members Call for Crackdown of Illegal Street Vending
by Arun Venugopal
August 24, 2009
Some Council members say the city needs to crack down on illegal street vending, especially at high-tourism sites like the Met Museum, where carts have proliferated recently. But some of the vendors ....
Lower Manhattan to Get New 2-Mile Waterfront Promenade
by Arun Venugopal
August 19, 2009
A stretch of lower Manhattan along the East River is set to get a new, two-mile promenade. The project is meant to transform the waterfront into a more pedestrian and bike-friendly space. City Plann....
Next Phase for Broadway Pedestrian Plazas
by Arun Venugopal
August 18, 2009
City transportation officials say they've completed work closing stretches of Broadway to vehicles, and they'll now gather data to assess how traffic's been affected. The preparations started at the....
NYC Gets Federal Stimulus Funds for Housing
by Arun Venugopal
August 18, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson are trumpeting what they call the nation's first affordable housing developments to be built with federal stimulus funds. Three developments in Harlem, and a fo....
Bloomberg: Cool Off at the Library
by Arun Venugopal
August 17, 2009
Summer finally feels like it's arrived, with the high hitting 91 degrees today. Mayor Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to take it easy in the heat, and also on the air conditioning thermostat. BLOOMBERG....
Gays and Lesbians Protest Exclusion From India Day Parade
by Arun Venugopal
August 17, 2009
The Bollywood and bhangra dancers were out in full force at the India Day parade yesterday, but so were protesters opposing the exclusion of gays and lesbians. The South Asian Lesbian and Gay Associ....
Lawmakers Call on Paterson to Support Reform Bill
by Arun Venugopal
August 17, 2009
State legislators are accusing Mayor Bloomberg of obstructing efforts to reform the state's public authorities. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky says a legislative package that has already passed both th....
Bloomberg's Twitter Debut
by Arun Venugopal
August 12, 2009
Feeling intimidated by Twitter? So was Mayor Bloomberg. But then he got a tutorial, from none other than Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter. BLOOMBERG: My first tweet was just before but I did sp....
Housing Works Thrift is Expanding
by Arun Venugopal
August 10, 2009
Positive economic news isn't easy to come by these days, but apparently for all the job losses and foreclosures, a silver lining does exist: in the form of Housing Works. The combination thrift store....
Bloomberg Plays Down Rift With Felder Over Grants
by Arun Venugopal
August 06, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg is downplaying a controversy over how city money was allocated to two Jewish non-profits. The issue pits the mayor against Councilman Simcha Felder, who claims the money was distribu....
Big Buck Hunter Pro Championships
by Arun Venugopal
July 29, 2009
Deer hunting season starts this Saturday in bars and restaurants across the city. That's when the world championships begin for a popular arcade game called Big Buck Hunter Pro. The person who rack....
De Blasio On the Ballot, Alan Gerson Off
by Arun Venugopal
July 28, 2009
Councilman Alan Gerson has been bumped off the ballot. The city's Board of Elections decided this afternoon that he could not run again this fall, after finding errors in his filing. Gerson has repre....
De Blasio Demands Reinstatement on Ballot
by Arun Venugopal
July 27, 2009
Brooklyn City Councilman Bill de Blasio joined with other elected officials to demand that the Board of Elections put him back on the ballot for public advocate. De Blasio's name was removed because ....
Councilman Wants More Transparency in Schools as Swine Flu Returns
by Arun Venugopal
July 27, 2009
A city councilman is calling on school officials to be as transparent as possible this fall about the spread of the swine flu. Eric Gioia says providing more information to parents will help them onc....
Mayor Dismisses Calls for Chancellor Klein to Resign
by Arun Venugopal
July 22, 2009
City Comptroller Bill Thompson says School Chancellor Joel Klein is not fit to run the Department of Education and should step down. THOMPSON: We found the DOE has engaged in sloppy and unprofessi....
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