Bloomberg: Time For Buildings To Convert To Cleaner Fuels
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that now is the perfect time for buildings to convert to cleaner heating fuels and the city wants to help them do it, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that now is the perfect time for buildings to convert to cleaner heating fuels and the city wants to help them do it, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
Council members Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander plan to introduce legislation Wednesday calling for the creation of an inspector general to oversee the department.
Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is using his personal fortune to try and spark innovations that will improve life in America's cities, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
At the southern end of this year's Summer Streets festivities will be a high-flying attraction, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
The Quinnipiac University poll found that New Yorkers are opposed to the proposed ban 51 to 46 percent.
The proposal would put a 16-ounce limit of sugary drinks sold at city restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts and would apply to both bottled and fountain drinks.
Demonstrators in favor of the ban gathered on the steps of City Hall demanding action.
It may be ugly and noisy, but there is good news for those living around the 2nd Avenue Subway construction site, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
"I've always thought that corruption is worse than somebody walking in with a gun and holding up a store. Corruption takes, basically without the gun, takes away from everyone," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday.
The new legislation would make the possession of 25 grams of marijuana or less, in private or public view, a violation subject to a ticket and fine rather than a misdemeanor, Cuomo announced Monday.
After two years and $17 million in repairs and improvements, the 103rd Street footbridge to Wards Island in the East River reopened on Friday, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
"Daddies Ketchup" was created by artist Paul McCarthy and is part of the latest exhibition by the Public Art Fund called "Common Ground."
For the mayor, it's a sugar smack down, and while he's not going to make people take a "sugarlizer" test, he is taking giant steps to limit the size of sugary drinks people can buy.
A special ceremony will be held tonight at 6:30 at the 9/11 Memorial to honor the people whose hands carried the buckets, whose torches cut the steel, and whose searching discovered the bodies.
The lawsuit wants to block a law allowing car services to pick up passengers who hail them on the street in the outer boroughs and above 96th Street in Manhattan.
Taxi cab fares are set to go up 15 to 20 percent, likely in late August.
The way major parts of New York City are lit is in the midst of a big change, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported.
Wearing an orange jumpsuit and seated with his hands behind his back, Pedro Hernandez was arraigned from his bedside at Bellevue Hospital via teleconference. He did not enter a plea.
At the corner of West Broadway and Prince Street sits a makeshift memorial with flowers and a teddy bear.Once a Bodega, it was there, police said, that 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez killed the 6-year-old 33 years ago.
Councilman James Vacca said it was unacceptable that complaints come from riders despite the fact that they keep "paying more and more."
Family members of some Sept. 11 victims are frustrated with delays at the museum being built alongside the memorial at the World Trade Center site.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is set to marry girlfriend Kim Catullo this Saturday.
Just one day after a judge ruled that the NYPD's "stop-and-risk" policies have led to thousands of illegal actions, the Department announced Thursday it is "refining" the program.
A New York judge has granted class action status to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime.
Two World Series titles and nearly 50 years later, the Midsummer Classic is coming back to Queens.
