Mayor Bloomberg Opposes Making All Cabs Wheelchair Accessible
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pushing back against federal efforts to make more New York City taxis able to handle the needs of the handicapped.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pushing back against federal efforts to make more New York City taxis able to handle the needs of the handicapped.
The democrat says the $1.7 billion bill would also preserve more than 16,000 more jobs in New York.
Nassau County legislator John Ciotti is calling on the dismissal of a former campaign worker from his job at a county sanitary district after he made racist remarks outside the office of Ciotti's Democratic opponent.
Put simply, prosecutors say John Haggerty stole money from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows a majority of New York City voters believe Bloomberg lost his focus during his third term.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he and legislative leaders agree on 90 percent of the details of a bill that's supposed to help grow jobs in the long- and short-term.
Officials say Anthony Bologna will lose 10 vacation days for his actions on September 24. He used the spray on Occupy Wall Street protesters who were penned-in by police.
The special investigator for the city's school system found that director of public affairs Lenny Speiller asked that a petition sent to parent coordinators include a line in support of ending the rules.
It was another busy day for Occupy Wall Street protesters who are holding three marches throughout the city on Tuesday.
On the heels of Gilad Shalit returning home after spending five years in a Hamas prison, a second Israeli prisoner swap was being negotiated on Tuesday, one that hits real close to home.
Haggerty's defense claimed he created a slipshod budget for the billionaire's campaign because he believed no one cared about the details in a win-at-all-costs environment fostered by mayoral insiders desperate to hold on to power.
A Nassau County legislator calls a YouTube video of one of his campaign workers making racist remarks "an embarrassment" and says such actions will not be tolerated.
Homeowners seeking dollars for clean energy and efficiency improvements through property tax assessments may find such programs unavailable. That's thanks to what Rep. Nan Hayworth sees as an overreach by the fedeoverseers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Sidewalk food carts have been around for decades, but now food trucks are increasingly popular on the streets of New York.
Most workers in New Jersey will be paying less in payroll taxes starting in January. That's when a reduction in the Disability Insurance tax takes effect.
