Unemployed residents of Tioga, Chenango and Delaware counties could get a free gas card from the state to pay for gasoline to get to job interviews. The three Southern Tier counties were included in a list of 34 rural counties to get a combined $250,000 in gas cards to unemployed people in an attempt to [...]
Mayor Bloomberg has decided to shut down seven blocks of Broadway in the heart of midtown Manhattan, sources told the Daily News Wednesday night, after planners convinced him it would make traffic flow more smoothly while freeing up swaths of space for pedestrians. Broadway will be shut to vehicles between 47th and 42nd Sts. through [...]
Fired last month, former City Manager Jean-Ann McGrane continues to pocket her regular paycheck, according to city officials and records. The City Council voted 3-2 Jan. 12 to end McGrane’s contract. Now, the three who voted against her suspect a deal has kept her on the payroll. “It’s like McGrane is on a permanent vacation [...]
City officials are said to be considering a plan that would open up yellow cabs to a shared-rides system. Cab drivers would be permitted to pick up more than one fare at a time. The aim is for drivers to benefit by winning customers who would not have chosen a cab if they were paying [...]
The city’s controversial plan to close four firehouses in four boroughs overnight took effect Saturday evening. Every borough but Queens will be affected by the overnight closures. Ladder 53 in the Bronx, Engine 4 in Lower Manhattan, Engine 161 on Staten Island and Engine 271 in Brooklyn are all scheduled to close from 6 p.m. [...]
Some city lawmakers are looking to give drivers a little cushion when it comes to parking violations. Councilmen Simcha Felder and James Vacca announced new legislation yesterday that would create a five-minute grace period before police could ticket cars once alternate-side parking rules go into effect or Muni-meter receipts expire. The council members say tickets [...]
New York City officials are warning homeowners to beware of impostors pretending to work for the city and claiming to need to check their house pipes, fix meters or collect cash from unpaid water bills. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection said in an advisory that impersonators acting as employees or contractors with [...]
Gov. Paterson warned Thursday that charities will have to pick up much of the burden while the state deals with its fiscal crisis. “The grim reality is that we are going to have to make some very serious and severe cuts to our budget,” Paterson told the UJA-Federation of Jewish Business Leaders at the Russian [...]
The 136 community centers that serve young people at New York City Housing Authority complexes and 135 senior centers in these developments are threatened by federal budget cuts. Advocates say roughly $75 million is needed to keep the programs going. The city committed $18 million, but many worry that scores of programs may shutter. NYCHA [...]
They’re everywhere and they’re watching. New York has become Camera City as our every coming and going is recorded. Dropping off at the dry cleaners? Getting a cup of coffee at Starbucks? Crossing the street? Smile, for better or worse you’re on someone’s security camera, whether it’s the city’s, shopkeepers’ or some nutjob’s. A single [...]
