Adversaries of the bill extending term limits vowed yesterday that the fight will continue, calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to not sign what they described as a self-benefiting piece of legislation. “You have a chance to redeem yourself and respect the people’s process,” Councilman Charles Barron said. “Don’t sign it. Don’t sign your bill.” Barron, [...]
More than 5,000 vacant seats are still available for free universal prekindergarten programs in some areas of the city, Council Speaker Christine Quinn said Tuesday. If the seats aren’t filled by Friday, the city will have to relinquish millions of dollars in available state funding. Last year, a similar problem with unfilled vacancies cost the [...]
Governor David Paterson was in Washington, D.C. this morning to ask for federal help for New York and other states, one day after warning the state faces a $47 billion budget deficit over the next four years. Testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, Paterson made his case for increased aid for New York [...]
Election Day could be D-Day – for disaster. Worried city election officials are biting their nails after Mayor Bloomberg turned down an emergency request to hire extra workers at polling places on Tuesday, as the possibility of widespread voting delays and confusion loomed amid an expected massive turnout. Last week, the state Board of Elections [...]
The Democratic majority in the Nassau County Legislature said Wednesday it has reached an agreement on budget cuts of about $30 million that clears the way for approval later in the day of a $2.6 billion county budget for next year. The nine-member Republican minority was expected to announce its own proposed cuts later in [...]
Former Assemblyman Chris Ortloff remains behind bars, and it’s unclear when he’ll return to court for allegedly trying to solicit sex from minors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Spina said Tuesday there’s still no date set for when the 61-year-old will return to court to face federal charges for allegedly trying to arrange sex with two [...]
The Erie County Board of Elections and Rochester billionaire B. Thomas Golisano appear to be hunkering down for a long battle. Republican Elections Commissioner Ralph M. Mohr on Tuesday asked the Buffalo Sabres owner to answer questions — under oath — about his dealings with three political action committees controlled by G. Steven Pigeon, former [...]
Wall Street had another astounding advance Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials soaring nearly 900 points in their second-largest point gain ever as late-day bargain hunters stormed into the market. The Dow and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index were each up nearly 11 percent. There didn’t appear to be any one catalyst for the [...]
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is financing a new group that will be active in five congressional races this week, supporting gun control and other measures, a spokeswoman said. The billionaire mayor’s new group, Americans United for Safe Streets, is sending out mailings attacking three Republican congressmen who oppose most gun control, Tom Feeney of [...]
The MTA warned yesterday that riders may be socked with even higher fare increases than anticipated because agency budget planners hadn’t foreseen the global economic crisis headed their way. Operating-budget forecasts made in July – which predicted a $900 million deficit – didn’t anticipate the sudden shock of frozen credit coupled with rising interest rates [...]
