Assemblyman Micah Kellner, one of the officials to whom state senator Tom Duane reached out when Joe Holladay got gay-bashed on the Upper East Side last week, has told WCBS that there have been othe...
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Life can be rough. We all know that. Sometimes you just have to take things that happen with a grain of salt. There are unexpected joys and unforgettable hurts. Every day, thousands of bloggers around the world chronicle those joys and hurts. They can write about [...] It may be a new day and a new system, but at Tweed the plan for handling mayoral control’s expiration is to act as though it never happened.
When Department of Education officials began considering what the system would look like if mayoral control expired, they envisioned anarchy. (At least [...]
Special education advocates are giving early praise to recommendations released today that would transform schools’ approach to students with special needs. The recommendations, which Chancellor Joel Klein endorsed, center on integrating students with special needs into the city’s ongoing school reforms.
Garth Harries, a department official who is starting a [...]
With it being all but official that Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney will be taking on Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for Senate next year, now comes the tough part for Maloney—finding a base of voters while getting little to no support from Democratic big [...]
With the Macy's July 4 fireworks extravaganza on the Hudson River this year (to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage down the Hudson River), crowds will be lining up on both the New York and New Jersey sides of the river to [...]
More video from the 6-25 HCAN rally in Washington D.C. In this one, Senator Chuck Schumer, our senior Senator from New York State, is shouted down in Washington at a Health Care rally (note: I was jostled a few times, but but watch and listen).
I’ll explain after the video where [...]
Around 1:15 p.m. today, almost immediately after graduating from the Police Academy with his fellow cadets at the WaMu Theatre, new Police Officer Dariel Firpo (pictured) apprehended a robbery suspect...
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Mr. Met already has enough to worry about when his team is in town, what with fans disgracing his wholesome image, drunkenly attacking him to the point that he's ready to snap. Now the poor guy's going to pick up the papers [...]
Cookie Road, outside and in. (John Del Signore/Gothamist)
Cookie Road: Sometime last winter, a building on the corner of Franklin and Oak in Greenpoint was cryptically painted with happy illustrations about a mythical "Cookie Road." But it was many months before that road [...]
At 5:30 p.m., the Working Families Party is hosting a mayoral forum with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Comptroller William Thompson, and City Councilman Tony Avella. The WFP will stream video of the forum live on their website. The candidates were given questions in advance, [...]
Yan Chong Liao (left) went missing on June 30. He's 82 and lives at 41st Street in Brooklyn between 9th and 10th Avenue. He's 5'3", 130 pounds, and was last seen wearing a brown shirt, black pants...
Continue reading "Missing Persons: Yan Chong Liao, Stephanie Johannsen"'" [...]
Photo of the Superfund Octopus Alright Gowanus Canal, where were we? The NY Times reports on the latest developments surrounding the clean-up debate, which is split between those who want it to be labeled a Superfund site and those who [...]
FishbowlDC: The Washington Post responded to criticism of its proposal offering lobbyists and others off-the-record access to reporters and editors for a price. The "salon" idea has since been nixed altogether. Also: some fun bits from the AP's interview with President Barack Obama today.
The New [...]
Statement From State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
on Paying State Senators
Shortly after the Senate leadership controversy arose, I directed my staff to stop processing any Senate vouchers, including those for Senators' travel. To date, we are holding more than 250 vouchers, totaling $560,000.
The question' [...]
P.S. If the player starts to drive [...]
The Bronx man who was arrested Tuesday after going full monty during a flight bound from Charlotte to L.A. wasn't doing it to freak out the squares; he happens to be bipolar. Authorities have identified the U.S. Airways passenger as Keith Wright, a Navy' [...]
The view outside our newsroom window. The rain sounded like hail (plague no. 7).
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John Adams once wrote to his wife Abigail, "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival." July 2nd? [...]
Photograph of State Senate maybe majority leader Malcolm Smith from the AP Because the two squabbling State Senate factions haven't come to any sort of leadership/power sharing deal, Governor Paterson issued proclamations for the Senators to hold special sessions at 3 p.m. every' [...]
Former Yankee Jim Leyritz was arrested once again at his South Florida home, this time charged with domestic battery against his ex-wife. He's accused of dragging Karrie Leyritz out of bed and pushing her to the floor because she wrote a check without his [...]
Before he had ever spent any substantial time in restaurant kitchens, the chef Michael Psilakis went to college and earned an accounting degree. Oddly, it was a fluke, part-time post-graduation waitering gig at a T.G.I. [...]
With the July 4th holiday right around the corner, MTA New York City Transit has released information on their service plans for the holiday. Here are the complete details courtesy of the press release I received:
MTA New York City Transit subways will operate on a Saturday schedule on Friday, July [...]
As we head in to the long weekend, we have BBQs, fireworks and parties on the brain. So, we interrupt your holiday party planning to let you know: we're throwing a party a everyone's invited! Well, almost everyone.
On July 13 we'll be hosting a Flacks 'n' [...]
According to Rihanna Buff (your ultimate online Rihanna news source?), the singer was in the East Village yesterday getting tattoo lessons at East Side Ink. The fan blog reports, "All the black she’s been wearing is getting kind of repetitive, but I can" [...]
A screenshot from DFER's web site advertises four new branches. (The Florida branch is yet to be official, according to executive director Joe Williams.)
The [...]
Bartel-Pritchard Square, courtesy Bridge and Tunnel Club. Some Windsor Terrace residents say they're fed up with the NYPD's failure to do anything about the late night cacophony from skateboarders in Bartel-Pritchard Square, at the intersection of Prospect Park West and Prospect' [...]
This was the scene at Herald Square yesterday afternoon. It's full of people doing what the Times' Susan Dominus finds so un-New York: sitting down. Some of these loafers are actually putting their feet up, right in the heart of our fast-paced, cutthroat city. [...]
Hope you enjoy your holiday weekend while the Albany Coup keeps your state senators stuck in Albany -- hardly a vacation destination -- under orders by Governor Paterson. The respective party leaders...
Continue reading "Coup in Review: State Senators Weekend in Albany! Diaz Walks Out, Yonkers" [...]I'm sitting here in my solarium thinking there is something seriously screwed up about the weather. You can attribute it to something other than global climate change if you want, but this business of...
Continue reading "Rain, Rain, Go Away!" >With the upper house still in deadlock, Sen. Brian Foley (D-Blue Point) has been touting a bill aimed at preventing foreclosure for Suffolk armed-forces veterans.
LIBN's political blog has previously posted a good summary of the mechanics here.
Like other legislation, it is in limbo due to the 31-31' [...]
Friends, throughout the existence of Monroerising.com, we have railed against the influence that special interests and big money plays on the hypocritical Democratic party within Monroe County, the State of New York and across the country. However, the most ironic of all the hypocritical Dem bankrollers is none other than [...]
Arguello-Pryor, Fight of the DecadeAlexis Arguello -- three-time professional boxing champion, mayor of Managua, Nicaragua, and friend of the Voice -- died this past Wednesday, apparently by his own h...
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downtown4 by flickr's Johnnie Utah The NY Post reports today that the city will pay $25,000 to a Brooklyn man as part of a settlement deal in a case involving the NYPD. Jangir Sultan, a 32-year-old Brooklyn native of South Asian heritage, [...]
At the risk of irritating my friend Mole and interrupting his jihad against the Working Families Party, let me point you towards the party's Mayoral forum tonight. All three major-party contenders have confirmed attendance.
The Forum begins at 5:30 today, and you can watch it either here or on WFP's' [...]
Today, WWD takes a look at author, Vanity Fair columnist, media critic and all around character Michael Wolff, his Newser.com aggregator that houses his blog and his recent affair that was splashed all over Page Six.
Journalists typically don't like to talk about themselves,' [...]
The holiday weekend has all but started, which means the countdown is on to the 94th Annual Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest. Tens of thousands will be watching Takeru Kobayashi and reigning champ Joey Chestnut shove the sticks of mechanically recovered meat down [...]
We're bringing Pencil This In to you earlier with our new newsletter, GothamList. Sign up below for the daily scoop on concerts, readings, performances, and other events, which will arrive in your inbox first thing every morning Monday through Friday. You can get today's newsletter when you sign' [...]
I've been a big fan of the new New York State Senate web site. It's much more than "new and improved" - it actually offers a window into the operations of the Senate, inviting the audience not only to watch but to participate. It rightly made a splash at' [...]
Believe it or not, there are just four months before the city’s mayoral election, and tonight the three declared candidates will take questions from a group whose endorsement is still outstanding.
Tonight’s Working Families Party forum isn’t a debate, per Mayor Bloomberg’s refusal to debate his two challengers, Democrats [...]
Guess Ruth Madoff is on the streets—the U.S. Marshals have seized her and her husband's East 64th Street penthouse apartment. The AP reports, "U.S. Marshal Joseph Guccione said Thursday that the marshals were at the property pursuant to a court order." Newsday explains' [...]
The task of finding a good New York City school just became more difficult — and that has nothing to do with the demise of mayoral control of schools or what the new Board of Education did or did not do yesterday. InsideSchools, the premier source of information [...]
The task of finding a good New York City school just became more difficult — and that has nothing to do with the demise of mayoral control of schools or what the new Board of Education did or did not do yesterday. InsideSchools, the premier source of information [...]
The Mets pulled one out last night despite scoring only one run, but God still hates them and sent a plague of furries to throw them off before their upcoming series with the Pirates. Thus far only Me...
Continue reading "Mets Meet Furries on the Road, Announcer" [...]
Kidnapped New York Times reporter David Rohde returned to the paper's newsroom yesterday where he, his wife Kristen Mulvihill and Afghan reporter Tahir Ludin were met with a standing ovation, applause and tears from the Times staff.
Although Rohde didn't give any details about' [...]
Meet Gabe Klein, who was appointed to direct Washington D.C.'s Department of Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008. With a background including four years working for Zipcar, Klein was brought in to look at the city's mobility problems from a fresh perspective. As he says:
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Photograph by Tom Simpson on Flickr
Joel Klein is wasting no time: A day after being rehired as chancellor, he is announcing the creation of a new position to supervise education for some of the city’s neediest students.
The new administrator will focus on two groups of students whose performance has barely budged in recent years: [...]
Yesterday's Staten Island Ferry crash hard landing was caused by a transformer malfunction, the Staten Island Advance reports. One of the John W. Marchi's transformers went out, which we would have th...
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