Bloomberg: Alleged Fraud Slipped Through Cracks
Bloomberg said Friday on his weekly radio show that the alleged fraud should have been detected earlier. But he said the city can't investigate everything at all times.
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Bloomberg said Friday on his weekly radio show that the alleged fraud should have been detected earlier. But he said the city can't investigate everything at all times.
The latest figures show Connecticut added 2,500 new jobs in November, a sign of hope for a state that's stands last in the nation in job growth.
The Education Department has been led by an acting commissioner since Christie fired Bret Schundler in August after the state lost $400 million in federal education aid.
It comes a little more than a week after President Obama struck a deal with Republicans, but liberal Democrats have been strongly opposed to the deal.
Talks are ongoing between the Christie administration and standardbred breeders about saving horse racing at the Meadowlands.
The Empire State Pride Agenda said their count after the November elections shows a net gain of two votes for gay marriage. The group also notes Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos has promised to bring the issue to the floor again.
Shah is an internist at Bellevue Hospital Center, associate investigator at the Geisinger Center for Health Research and assistant professor at NYU Langone Medical Center.
Christie said he hasn't heard directly from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on reducing the tab for the Hudson River tunnel he killed in October.
Christie said remarks by Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce "ill-advised." DeCroce told business leaders this week that a resident collecting $550 a week in unemployment benefits has little incentive to look for work.
Smith embraced his attorneys as the verdict was read in Newark federal court. Prosecutors accused him of taking $15,000 from a government informant who posed as a developer.
Congress sent President Barack Obama sweeping, bipartisan legislation late Thursday to avoid a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes for millions and renew jobless benefits for victims of the worst recession in 80 years.
Public worry about out-of-control government spending hasn't stopped Congress from trying to get $8 billion worth of new pork barrel projects.
In New York City, parking near a fire hydrant can cost you dearly. So a councilman is proposing a way for motorists to "see" how close they can get to a pump and still be legal.
For his chief legal counsel, Connecticut Governor-Elect Dan Malloy has chosen Stamford lawyer Andrew McDonald.
A judge has certified Martins the winner of the 7th Senate District seat by 451 votes out of the tens of thousands of cast.
