MTA Considers 2010 Fare Hikes to Plug Budget Gap

MTA Considers 2010 Fare Hikes to Plug Budget Gap »

MTA brass are considering a fare hike as early as this year as they struggle to fill a $750 million budget gap, The Post has learned. Increasing the cost of a ride on subways, buses and...

March 12 2010 / No comment / Read More »
MTA Holds Final Public Hearing In Manhattan

MTA Holds Final Public Hearing In Manhattan »

Dozens of concerned straphangers headed down to Chelsea Thursday night as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority held its fifth and final public hearing over proposed service cuts. More than 150 people signed up to speak inside the...

March 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »
New York Getting Millions for Rail Projects

New York Getting Millions for Rail Projects »

Charles Schumer says the $8 billion in federal stimulus awards for rail projects the White House is announcing Thursday include $151 million for seven projects in New York. Most of the money – $147 million – is for...

January 28 2010 / No comment / Read More »
MTA Introduces New Website

MTA Introduces New Website »

The MTA has gone 2.0, launching an overhauled Web site Wednesday for the first time in seven years. “Score one for the MTA,” said Gene Russianoff, of the Straphangers Campaign. The site, mta.info, was designed in-house and...

January 14 2010 / No comment / Read More »

News

AG Andrew Cuomo Taps Judith Kaye To Oversee Paterson Probe »

AG Andrew Cuomo Taps Judith Kaye To Oversee Paterson Probe

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped aside in the ethics investigations of Governor David Paterson. Cuomo has named former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye to...

Mar 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »

NY Police Chief Pedro Perez Steps Down As Paterson Scandal Grows »

NY Police Chief Pedro Perez Steps Down As Paterson Scandal Grows

The state’s top cop is out after just seven days on the job – the fourth victim of the scandals swirling around Gov. Paterson. State...

Mar 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »

NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan Visits Scandalized Capitol »

NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan Visits Scandalized Capitol

On his first trip to the state’s scandal-scarred Capitol, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan had a message that government isn’t the savior for society’s...

Mar 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »

NY Senate Passes Resolution Opposing City Terror Trials »

NY Senate Passes Resolution Opposing City Terror Trials

The New York Senate has passed a resolution opposing trials of terrorists being held in New York City. The resolution passed Tuesday urges President Barack...

Feb 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »

David Paterson

Governor Paterson Pardons Immigrant Slated For Deportation

Governor Paterson Pardons Immigrant Slated For Deportation

Governor David Paterson has pardoned an immigrant slated for deportation for having spent time behind bars for crimes he committed as a teenager. Qing Hong Wu, 29, was officially pardoned on Saturday but he...

Mar 10, 2010 / More »

Christine Quinn

Christine Quinn Endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor

Christine Quinn Endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor

Eight days before Election Day, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the city’s leading Democrat, has endorsed William Thompson for mayor. Quinn, a longtime backer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has been criticized by some for...

Oct 26, 2009 / More »

Kirsten Gillibrand

Bill Clinton To Reportedly Support Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate Bid

Bill Clinton To Reportedly Support Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate Bid

As she tries to shore up support for her election bid, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has reportedly received the backing of one of the country’s most powerful Democrats. Former President Bill Clinton is supporting Gillibrand’s...

Jan 29, 2010 / More »

Malcolm Smith

Senate President Malcolm Smith Defends Regional Offices

Senate President Malcolm Smith Defends Regional Offices

Senate President Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, on Wednesday defended the Senate’s regional offices and said his conference was not getting enough credit for legislation it had passed. The Senate operates an office on East Avenue...

Jan 14, 2010 / More »

Hiram Monserrate

State Senate Votes To Expel Hiram Monserrate

State Senate Votes To Expel Hiram Monserrate

Queens senator Hiram Monserrate was formally expelled Tuesday from the State Senate following a 53-8 vote. The resolution takes effect immediately. Sources say there were two resolutions being considered by state senators as they met...

Feb 10, 2010 / More »

Michael Bloomberg

Mayor Bloomberg Clueless Over Diverted Donations

Mayor Bloomberg Clueless Over Diverted Donations

Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that he had no idea that $750,000 of the $1.2 million he donated to the state Independence Party last year for poll-watching would end up at a hastily formed...

Feb 3, 2010 / More »

William Thompson

Bill Thompson Endorsed By El Diario and Amsterdam News

Bill Thompson Endorsed By El Diario and Amsterdam News

City Comptroller William Thompson picked up a pair of newspaper endorsements today in his quest to become mayor. El Diario and the Amsterdam News both announced that they are backing the Democratic candidate. In endorsing...

Oct 15, 2009 / More »

Pedro Espada

Advocates Push to Replace Pedro Espada as Housing Chair

Advocates Push to Replace Pedro Espada as Housing Chair

Pedro Espada is the State Senator representing New York’s 33rd District in the northwest Bronx, as well as the Democratic Majority Leader. He’s also a businessman under investigation by the state attorney general...

Jan 20, 2010 / More »
Advertisement
Search by Date
Search by Category
Search with Google
Search Everything