Bridgeport Mayor Says Tax Hike Necessary To Save Schools
After holding the line on taxes for three years mayor, Mayor Bill Finch says there is no choice now but to raise taxes.
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After holding the line on taxes for three years mayor, Mayor Bill Finch says there is no choice now but to raise taxes.
Gov. Chris Christie, a rising star in Republican politics, is in Israel on his first official overseas trip.
New York City has given a reprieve to seven of the 33 schools slated to be closed and then reopened with dozens of new teachers, but will go ahead with plans to close the other 26.
Parents have demanded that their children be relocated, but officials, including city health inspectors, have tried to reassure parents that recent testing revealed low levels of mold.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and plans to visit Jerusalem's Western Wall during his week-long trip.
Hundreds of New York City employees who drive city-issued cars, may soon be out of their set of wheels.
Riverkeeper says the bridge would damage the Hudson River's ecosystem. It also says the bridge will be immediately obsolete because it will not include mass transit.
The survey shows Connecticut has made a conscious effort through its public policy to make sure it's inclusive of women.
The app will provide access to nearly 90,000 restaurants, stores, attractions, hotels and bars. Its features include reservation bookings on OpenTable, movie ticket purchases via Fandago and information about public transportation.
Occupy Wall Street Protestors marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, marking six months since demonstrators were arrested walking the same route.
The New York State sales tax exemption for clothing and shoes under $110 is back. Starting on April 1, 2012 customers will be paying four-percent less.
Louis Manzo, a former state lawmaker, is a free man after a bruising legal battle to clear his name, an effort that cost him his home, his job and $150,000 in legal fees.
An official in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration says a Twitter posting he wrote about a state lawmaker being hospitalized after a car accident was an April Fools' Day prank.
New York officials say $1.4 million in federal homeland security money will be distributed to support the operations of a dozen bomb squads across the state.
