Republican lawmakers called on the House ethics committee on Tuesday to investigate Representative Charles B. Rangel’s efforts to preserve a tax loophole for an oil-drilling company at the same time that its chief executive pledged $1 million to a City College of New York school that will bear the congressman’s name. And Senator Charles E. [...]
The fiscal crisis may wipe out 3,000 city jobs, dental clinics may close and property owners may not get their $400 rebate check, but Mayor Bloomberg still wants to give deserving city workers a raise. “More than ever before we want to [incentivize] our employees,” the mayor said Tuesday. Asked if he’d ditch raises to save [...]
With this month’s elections over, next year’s political competition is already well under way. And the race to succeed City Councilman Eric N. Gioia, a Queens Democrat, is already off to a fast start, with nearly half a dozen candidates raising money, organizing volunteers and campaigning. Mr. Gioia, who was elected in 2001, is in [...]
Senate Republicans, who narrowly lost majority control on Election Day, are moving to create a nearly $6 million honey pot designed to encourage one of the “Gang of Three” Democrats to defect to the GOP side, The Post has learned. The highly unusual move involves the $95 million 2008-09 budget that the still GOP-controlled Senate [...]
Representative Charles B. Rangel has helped raise $11 million for a City College of New York school of public service to be named in his honor. In recent months, as questions have emerged about his fund-raising, he has insisted that he has kept his efforts to attract donors scrupulously separate from his official duties in [...]
New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Monday the financial crisis gripping Wall Street and the world economy could cost the state and New York City 225,000 private sector jobs over the next two years. DiNapoli said instability in the financial sector could also cost the state and city $6.5 billion in tax revenue from the [...]
The MTA’s doomsday budget may take a huge toll not only on drivers’ wallets but also on their time. The agency is weighing a plan to close some cash lanes at the nine bridges and tunnels it operates. And as if that won’t create enough congestion, it may also begin stopping drivers without enough money [...]
And the winner is … Bronx Democrats will finally find out Tuesday which side of their fractured party was the victor in recent dual elections – the camp led by Assemblyman Jose Rivera or rival rebels led by Assemblyman Carl Heastie. State Supreme Court Justice Robert Seewald told both sides late Monday that he will [...]
A disporportionate number of black and Latino students are stuck in the city’s worst schools, a Daily News analysis shows. About 30% of students in schools given “report card” grades last month are African-American, yet blacks make up 41% of the classroom rosters in schools rated D or F. Similarly, Latinos are 39% of the [...]
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that he thinks the economic stimulus package should be between $500 billion and $700 billion. In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Schumer said, “I believe we need a pretty big package here.” He added that Congress is working on getting the economic package to President-elect Barack Obama by [...]
