Amy Eddings

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Long Island Faces Chronic Problem of Hate Crimes

Friday, January 30, 2009

On Long Island disturbing new allegations have emerged in a high profile hate crime case. The Suffolk County district attorney says the 7 teens who allegedly attacked and killed Ecuadorian immigrant Marcello Lucero last November, had been on a year-long rampage against Latinos.

The 7 teenagers ...

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City's Financial Outlook... Worse Than Expected

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The city's economy has been sliding for three consecutive quarters, but City Comptroller Bill Thompson's latest report says the deterioration really picked up pace in the last three months of of 2008.

He says "gross city product" fell 5.5% in the fourth quarter skidding rapidly from ...

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Bringing in Transit Hub Amid Rising Construction Costs

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority seems to have thrown in the towel on trying to cap costs at the Fulton Street transit hub in Lower Manhattan.

Despite changes to its original design, MTA CEO Lee Sander says the hub will still cost 62 percent more than its ...

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Albany Takes a Tough but Expected Hit from Wall Street

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says Wall Street bonuses slid by a record amount last year.

DINAPOLI: We estimate the bonus pool contracted by 44% this year, falling to $18.4 billion from about $33 billion in 2007.

REPORTER: He says the steep decline in bonuses was due to ...

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Paterson Keeps 'Em Guessing on Clinton Replacement

Monday, January 19, 2009

Governor Paterson says he hopes to announce by this weekend his appointee to replace Senator Hillary Clinton.

The governor, speaking to CNN from Washington, DC, says he would have made the announcement sooner, if not for President elect Obama's inauguration.

He says he's whittled the field to ...

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NYPD Relents, Gives Press Credentials to Bloggers

Friday, January 09, 2009

The New York Police Department has finally relented, and has issued press credentials to three bloggers. Two months after they had filed a federal lawsuit, Rafael Martinez Alequin, David Wallis and Ralph Smith were given press identification cards. Their attorney, Norman Siegel, was with them ...

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Mayor: Obama Stimulus May Not Help in Short-Term

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Mayor Bloomberg is sounding a note of caution about President-elect Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan, saying it may not do enough to help those who need the money most. Obama laid out goals of doubling the production of alternative energy over three years, updating most ...

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Council Requires NYPD Weapons Reports

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The City Council voted unanimously to require the police department to file annual reports about officers' use of their guns. Currently, the New York Police Department voluntarily submits its firearms discharge reports. Under the new legislation, the NYPD would have to break down shootings by ...

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City's Inauguration Party Is Tapped Out

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The City Council is hosting a viewing party at City Hall for Barack Obama's inauguration, and it has had such an overwhelming response that it can no longer accommodate any more guests.

The council has received more than 2,000 responses to invitations that were sent out ...

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Rough Weather for New Year's Eve

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Year's revelers will face subzero wind chills from Times Square to Buffalo as snow, wind and low temperatures drop New York into a deep freeze on the last day of 2008. While the city will see light snowfall throughout the afternoon, National Weather Service ...

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Traffic Issues

Friday, December 19, 2008

How New Yorkers deal with traffic that's too close for comfort.

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Waste Facilities a Blight for Brooklyn Residents

Friday, December 19, 2008

Traffic is the bane of many a New Yorkers' existence. We're either stuck in it, dodging it, or listening to it, like Carlotta Giglio does every single day.

GIGLIO: I used to keep very pretty little suncatchers in my windows. I don't do it anymore. You ...

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20-Year Deal May Prevent Recycling Cuts

Thursday, December 18, 2008

A long-awaited contract that allows Sims Metal Management to process and sell the city's metal, glass and plastic for the next 20 years is finally official, just as the city faces pressure to cut costs and Sims finds it more difficult to turn a profit ...

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Officers Indicted for Sexual Assault

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Officer Richard Kern is accused of sodomizing Michael Mineo with his baton. Two other officers, Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales, face charges for trying to cover up the assault.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes credited two witnesses. Transit Officer Kevin Maloney and Police Officer Noel Jugraj ...

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McMahon Ready for Capitol Hill

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Michael McMahon is the first Democrat in 28 years to represent the 13th Congressional district, which includes Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn

In just four weeks, Michael McMahon, a city councilman from Staten Island, will be sworn into office as part of the 111th ...

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Cool New Treatment for Cardiac Arrest

Thursday, December 04, 2008

City ambulances will be taking a new tack with patients struck by cardiac arrest. Starting next year, EMS paramedics will take many heart attack victims to certain hospitals where their bodies can be cooled down, even if those hospitals with specialized cooling equipment are farther ...

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Fixing the MTA Budget Deficit

Thursday, December 04, 2008

It's a plan designed to spread the burden among the largest group of people.

At least that's how Richard Ravitch described his panel's recommendations for bailing out the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Recommendations include a payroll tax for companies, fare and toll increases of just 8 percent, instead ...

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Bagging the Habit

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

A bill creating a statewide plastic bag recycling program in New York is now on Governor Paterson's desk and New York City's council is urging the governor to reject it.

Speaker Christine Quinn says the bill would undercut the city's own fledgling plastic bag recycling program. ...

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Star Wide Reciever Catches Bloomberg's Wrath

Monday, December 01, 2008

Giants receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded not guilty today to two charges of criminal possession of an unlicensed handgun, after accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

Mayor Bloomberg had harsh words for Burress, for carrying an illegal handgun

BLOOMBERG: Our children are getting killed with guns in ...

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Wall Street's Payback

Monday, December 01, 2008

Mayor Bloomberg says Wall Street firms have significantly overpaid their local taxes this year, basing estimates on their much better earnings in 2007. He says the city will likely owe them back more than a billion dollars by the end of 2008.

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