Suffolk Lawmaker Seeks To Ban Sale Of Puppy Mill Pets
The measure also calls for more pet shop inspections, new caging standards and tougher penalties for violators.
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The measure also calls for more pet shop inspections, new caging standards and tougher penalties for violators.
After nearly two centuries of using paper tickets, the commuter lines are going high tech.
The future Bus Rapid Transit system will have seven routes, new stations, dedicated bus lanes in some places and wireless Internet.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said high-technology jobs have been growing four times faster than the rest of the city's economy the past four years and paid an average 2012 salary of $118,000, about 50 percent higher than the citywide average.
The agency approved an additional $11.3 million contract to speed up the retrofitting of hundreds of Metro-North and LIRR coaches for Positive Train Control.
Many patients with debilitating brain diseases turn to marijuana after traditional treatments fail. A new review from the American Academy of Neurology shows that marijuana pills or spray can help some MS symptoms.
An Act of Congress created the Port Authority in 1921. Schumer said the agency has drifted from its core mission of operating "airports, seaports, bridges, tunnels."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency benefit that helped victims of the Oct. 2012 storm obtain temporary housing will run out on Thursday.
The developer of a massive New Jersey megamall has signed a union agreement to jumpstart work on the long-delayed project.
The amusement park where the Jet Star Roller Coaster once stood is still not back to full strength. Officials said the goal is to make the pier whole again.
The Tappan Zee Gateway Alliance said its main concern is the landing for the shared use path. The group does not want the path to start in a residential neighborhood in South Nyack.
The transit agency surrendered the number in question in 2008. The phone company apparently reassigned it.
Clarkstown police have conducted multiple sting operations at three such spas, arresting women, typically Asian immigrants. But authorities said the illegal activity continues.
The dispute is over whether the agency should back $1.2 billion in loans for 3 World Trade. Developer Larry Silverstein is building the planned $2.3 billion tower on the site.
Drought conditions in Brazil have hurt the coffee crop and now wholesale coffee prices are on the rise. Brazil grows a third of the world's coffee.
