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Court Approves East River Waste Facility
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The Bloomberg Administration's plan for a waste transfer station along the East River got a thumbs up from a state judge.
Henry Lewis, Legendary WNYC Host Dies
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Wind Advisory for NY Area: Hold on to Your Hats
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Just a Few Days Left in New York Cares Coat Drive
Monday, December 28, 2009
This is the last week to donate a gently used coat or jacket to the needy through New York Cares. The annual collection drives ends on Thursday December 31.
Mary Drayne, who's been volunteering at Grand Central Terminal, says people have been generous but there's always a need for ...
Percy Sutton, Trailblazing Black Attorney, Dies
Monday, December 28, 2009
Percy Sutton, one of New York's trailblazing black attorneys and businessmen, has died. He was 89.
Pioneering Black Journalist Dale R. Wright Dies
Friday, December 25, 2009
The first reporter to integrate the newsroom at the old New York World Telegram and Sun has died. Dale R. Wright was 86.
Among Wright's best-known work was a ten-part investigative series in the early 1960s about the plight of migrant farm workers. The award-winning series prompted legislators to improve ...
Former Brooklyn Museum Manager Admits $620K Theft
Thursday, December 24, 2009
NYU Administrator Indicted for Submitting $409K in Fake Expenses
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Prosecutors say a former New York University staffer passed off thousands of receipts mined from a liquor store's trash as spending on lab supplies and college events, finagling $409,000 in bogus reimbursements.
John Runowicz was released without bail after pleading not guilty today to charges including grand larceny.
Manhattan prosecutors ...
New Restaurant Rises--Literally--at Freedom Tower
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The first restaurant in the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero opened today -- even though the tower's only just started rising.
A Subway sandwich shop for construction workers went up today. It's attached to a lift on a hydraulic jack that will move it higher and higher as each floor ...
Groups Bash Corzine's Budget Cuts
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A coalition of 40 New Jersey labor, education, and health-care groups is blasting Gov. Jon Corzine's plan to cut nearly $1 billion to close a budget gap.
Paterson Defends Witholding School Aid
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Gov. David Paterson is standing by his decision to withhold state funding from New York's public schools in order to keep the state solvent.
A New Home on Broadway for Signature
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Signature Theatre Company, which had once planned to move to Ground Zero, is getting a new home in the theater district.
Health Bill Hurts NY Say Mayor, Governor
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. David Paterson say the Senate version of the health-care bill shortchanges the city and state on Medicaid funds.
Giuliani Backs Lazio for Governor
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Discussion of Giuliani's political plans eclipse endorsement of the former LI Congressman.
DiNapoli Targets Medicaid Waste
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says auditors in his office found the state has lost $92 million in Medicaid billing errors and waste.
"O Stock Exchange" and Other Christmas Carol Protest Songs
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Unable to Correct the System Failure? NY Court Tosses 'Star Trek' Lawsuit
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Christmas Shopping: Going Small
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Signature Theater Moving to New Gehry-Designed Home
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Signature Theater Company is getting a new home in the theater district. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city would contribute $25 million toward the construction of a new building on 42nd Street.
Despite the sluggish economy, he says attendance at cultural attractions has grown 8 percent since last year.
...Main Street NYC: Lessons from the Downturn
Saturday, December 19, 2009
There are more than 220,000 small businesses just in New York City-- that’s 20,000 more than five years ago. These are businesses that employ fewer than 50 people each, but overall they provide almost 40 percent of private sector jobs. Some economists say it is these small-time entrepreneurs who drive ...