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Congressman Weiner announces money for New York City to process DNA evidence. (Anthony Weiner)

All About Anthony

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Anthony Weiner is a fourth-term Congressman and a candidate for Mayor of New York. He’s making a 10% tax cut for New Yorkers making less than $150,000 a centerpiece of his campaign.

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This Is Not A Drill

Bill Henderson, Associate Director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA
- says the MTA needs a better emergency communication system

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Robert ("Buzz") Passwell, former head of the Chicago Transportation System and director of the University Transportation Research Center at City College
- on where the MTA can improve.

» PCAC

A Salt and Battery

Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and author, Salt: The Forgotten Killer (released Feb. 24, 2005 by CSPI)
- on their study on the dangers of salt

» Center for Science in the Public Interest

Trouble in Mind

Paul Raeburn, former BusinessWeek editor, science writer and author, Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children (Broadway Books, 2004)
- on the particular problems of dealing with childhood mental illness

» Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

» The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

All About Anthony

Anthony Weiner, U.S. Congressman (D-NY 9) and mayoral candidate
- on the mayoral campaign and what's new in New York
» Anthony Weiner's Congress website

» campaign website