Lawmakers: Grand Central Area Rezoning Plan Is Bad For New Yorkers
Lawmakers joined labor and business leaders Tuesday to protest against a rezoning plan that would affect a broad area around Grand Central Terminal.
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Lawmakers joined labor and business leaders Tuesday to protest against a rezoning plan that would affect a broad area around Grand Central Terminal.
The shutdown, the first since the winter of 1995-96, closed national parks, museums along the Washington Mall and the U.S. Capitol visitors center.
Why Hunger, which operates the National Hunger Hotline, said the shutdown will freeze distribution of food to millions of elderly, pregnant women, young children and others.
The White House's budget office has notified federal agencies that the government is shutting down Tuesday, after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a temporary spending plan.
On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate voted 54-46 on Monday to strip a one-year delay in President Barack Obama's health care law from the bill that would keep the government operating.
Even with a government shutdown in effect Tuesday morning, certain elements of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act are set to take effect. CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger explained some of the plans.
An expected low turnout in the runoff election for New York City's public advocate has a government watchdog group seeking changes.
A judge ruled Friday that the state must allow gay couples to wed starting Oct. 21. But Gov. Chris Christie plans to appeal the ruling.
The Senate's Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the former first daughter to become the United States' next ambassador to Japan.
According to a Marist poll released Monday, 23 percent of registered voters nationwide consider themselves to be supporters of the Tea Party.
De Blasio was born with the name Warren Wilhelm, Jr. His father, Warren Wilhelm, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a car outside a motel in Conn., the New York Post reported.
To implement the tax hike, the Democratic mayoral hopeful would have to get Albany's approval, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Republican majority in the state senate.
The state senator from Metuchen has already put more than 20,000 miles on her SUV reaching out to voters at places like a strip mall in Bordentown.
The Metro-North Railroad on Sunday announced that some slight service improvements are on the horizon for New Haven Line for the start of the work week Monday.
The countdown to a government shutdown is on, with the deadline just 25 hours away.
