Officials are calling the city’s 520 miles of shoreline the sixth borough. It’s more shoreline than Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and Portland have combined. And, they say it’s a resource that has long been neglected. “If you asked most new Yorkers how much waterfront mileage we have, they would not come anywhere close to the [...]
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has improved security despite delays and cost overruns, but says the transit system is still at risk for a terror attack. A new report by DiNapoli’s office says the MTA has completed 11 planned security projects and parts of five remaining ones. They include reinforcing bridges, [...]
NYPIRG whiz Bill Mahoney reports an amazing $210,664,067 was spent lobbying in New York State in 2010, according to lobbying data obtained from the Commission on Public Integrity. The bump from 2009’s total of $197.8 million came out to an increase of 6.5%. Source: NY Daily News Continue Reading This Article here
Andrew Cuomo on Thursday amended his proposed budget to incorporate Medicaid funding cuts and policy changes recommended by a task force that reviewed the program and to reflect some future economic optimism. His revisions include a projection that school aid will increase a year from now, which would be the first increase since the 2009-10 [...]
The Bloomberg administration may need to close 105 senior centers — 40 percent of the entire system — if Albany makes good on a budget cut of approximately $25 million, city officials said on Thursday. The proposed closing would affect 8,000 of the 28,000 people who visit the centers for meals, friendship and activities. And [...]
The New York City Central Labor Council, the umbrella organization representing more then a million workers, lost two powerful unions this week because of a controversy over its president. A spokesman for 32BJ, which represents 70,000 building service workers, said Thursday the union had withdrawn from the labor council. The Hotel Trades Council quit the [...]
If your car was damaged from the thousands of potholes across New York City, the city council says you shouldn’t have to pay for repairs. With the harsh winter we’ve had, banging in and out of potholes is a regular occurrence. If your car is damaged from one of the potholes in the city, should [...]
The State Health Department on Thursday will propose a cap on yearly increases in Medicaid financing that will require across-the-board spending cuts by health care providers. The spending cap, part of an overhaul of the way the state budgets its spending on health care for the poor, would require millions of dollars in cuts by [...]
Guy Velella, the former Republican politician from the Bronx whose career ended in scandal, died Thursday morning after suffering from lung cancer, according to published reports. He was 66. Velella, once an assemblyman and senator in Albany, had served less than 200 days in jail after a 2004 conviction for bribery conspiracy. He and his [...]
Assemblyman Jose Peralta has won Tuesday’s special election for the 13th State Senate District. He will now represent parts of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and Corona. It was a heated race between Peralta and his main challenger, former State Senator Hiram Monserrate who ran as an Independent hoping to win back his old seat. Monserrate [...]
