A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new law requiring return deposits on water bottles sold in New York state starting June 1. Federal Judge Thomas Griesa issued an order after a hearing Wednesday that will stop enforcement of the law while a lawsuit proceeds. Water bottlers had sued New York officials after they authorized [...]
A bill being pushed by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to consolidate local governments cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday but not before some lawmakers raised objections. Five members of the 20-member Assembly Local Governments Committee urged caution, saying the proposed petition process to abolish governments could be perverted by nonresidents. They also called for [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bid to keep control of city schools is getting more support from a key lawmaker. Sources say at a closed-door conference, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver argued on behalf of keeping the structure of an education policy board largely intact. But the Democrat was also said to want more parental involvement, greater oversight, [...]
Health officials say New York has 96 new cases of swine flu, bringing the total confirmed to 462. State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines says the total outside New York City rose to 132 in 19 counties, with one case each in Clinton and Onondaga counties, and two cases each in Dutchess and Suffolk. New [...]
Nassau County Legis. Roger Corbin has turned down a plea bargain offer from federal prosecutors that could require him to serve up to 21 months in prison and to resign from the legislature, according to his attorney and court documents obtained by Newsday. The deal, which would amount to Corbin agreeing to plead guilty to [...]
I was the kind of New York kid who played stickball in the street, made pocket change working at the local bagel store and handed out leaflets on Election Day. I loved New York. I couldn’t imagine why people would live anywhere else. Other dreams came and went, but as I became more drawn to [...]
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been indicted on charges of making false statements to the White House. The indictment was handed down yesterday. Kerik is accused of denying he had financial dealings with contractors looking to do business in the city. Prosecutors say those contractors spent more than $255,000 renovating Kerik’s [...]
Two more New Yorkers have died with confirmed cases of swine flu, the city’s health commissioner said on Tuesday, bringing the city’s total number of deaths related to the virus to four. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations also continued to rise. The commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, said the two latest casualties, a 41-year-old woman [...]
State Controller Thomas DiNapoli is booting 10 hedge fund managers from doing business with New York’s scandal-scarred $122 billion pension fund, the Daily News has learned. Four of the 10 firms were listed, but not charged, in an indictment the state attorney general’s office brought against two top associates to former Controller Alan Hevesi. The [...]
John Choe, the chief of staff for Councilmember John Liu, announced Monday morning that he will pursue the 20th District seat. Source: NY1 Watch The Video Here
