Ilya Marritz

"It is very long, it is very hard, and that's when it's normal. What they do for these tournaments is they grow the fescue so tall, that if you go in it, you almost never can find your ball."

- From today's presser, re: US Open Golf Tourney

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Mayor Bloomberg says he doesn't care how they do it, but leaders in the state Senate must resolve their differences and soon. The mayor mentioned two pieces of legislation he hopes will advance once the deadlock is broken.

BLOOMBERG: Mayoral control of the schools, I mean ...

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President Obama introduced new regulation for mortgage lenders, but will it work? Washington Post Financial Reporter, Binyamin Appelbaum.

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Winners and Losers in the City Budget. Guest: WNYC’s Bob Hennelly.

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What’s behind the avalanche of FHA loan solicitations. Guest: The New York Times’ Bob Tedeschi.

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An Upper East Side private school suffers a bond downgrading, NY businesses root for a GOP takeover of the state senate, and two senior staff jump ship at the ESDC. Guest: Greg David, Crain’s New York Business.

With a $30 million check, private equity group Riverstone has become the second firm to settle in Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's probe into alleged kickbacks at the state pension fund. Carlyle settled last month, for $20 million. The two firms were joint venture partners in seeking investments from ...

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Ken Lewis tells Congress his version of how Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch. Guest: Congressman Edolphus Towns.

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How to make it as an iPhone applications developer. Guest: Josh Koppel, co-founder, ScrollMotion.

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Upstate Congressman Maurice Hinchey plans to introduce a bill to place stricter controls on natural gas drilling, which he says could endanger New York City's drinking water. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more.

REPORTER: Hinchey proposes to change just a few sentences in the Energy Policy Act ...

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Why banks are not selling toxic assets. Guest: Greg David, Crain’s New York Business.

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Five states, including New York and New Jersey, have formed a working group to protect the waters between Montauk and the Chesapeake. Governors Paterson and Corzine inked a pledge today to cooperate on issues like conservation and fisheries. Governor Corzine says the new multi-state group ...

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Crude makes a comeback. Guest: Roben Farzad of Businessweek.

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Governor Paterson says he believes his veto will stand in a dispute with the legislature over benefits for police and firefighters. The governor said no to a bill to guarantee new recruits the same pension benefits that experienced officers and firefighters get. The bill passed ...

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Citigroup says it has figured out how to help mortgage borrowers in trouble. Guest: Eric Eve, Senior Vice President of Global Community Relations at Citigroup.

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Lessons of the Northeast cap-and-trade system. Guest: WNYC’s Ilya Marritz.

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With the state pension fund down 26 percent in the last fiscal year, and an investigation continuing into alleged corruption there, the man who oversees the fund, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, says he's making transparency a priority. But he says some information is too sensitive ...

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New York considers public-private partnerships for state assets. Guest: H. Carl McCall, Chair of the New York State Commission on State Asset Maximization.

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Toy’s R Us Buys FAO Schwarz, H&M says yes to unions. Guest: Greg David of Crain’s New York Business.

The Congressional Oversight Panel for the TARP touched down in Manhattan today, for a hearing about - this is New York, after all - commercial real estate.

Based on what she heard there, panel chair Elizabeth Warren fears commercial property loans may go the way of residential mortgages: