NYC Moving Sanitation Supervisors To The Streets
New York City's Sanitation Department says it will put more workers on the streets by reassigning supervisors and adding 100 new hires for trash and snow removal.
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New York City's Sanitation Department says it will put more workers on the streets by reassigning supervisors and adding 100 new hires for trash and snow removal.
As the bed bug problem grows, there is a new effort to exterminate the problem. It's a battle that's bugging New York City. However, the solutions aren't simple.
"We wanted to organize and send a message to anybody who might be a copy cat, that our community is responding to these attacks...we are not going to take them lying down," Quinn said.
An angry Mayor Michael Bloomberg denounced the actions of three teachers fired for using Facebook to friend, then flirt, with students.
The mayor has been traveling around the country this election season endorsing candidates and backing issues, and there are more trips in prospect.
In addition to the visitors center, the pedestrian plaza features trees, tables, benches and food vendors selling soups, dumplings, Turkish tacos and ice cream,
Mayor Michael Bloomberg put out Councilman Peter Vallone's compromise plan about creating smoking zones in parks and beaches once again on Friday.
Mayor Bloomberg is saying thanks, but no thanks to a committee in Washington trying to get him to run for president as a third-party candidate.
So far, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a core of volunteers have painted 1 million square feet of NYC rooftops with a reflective white coating designed to improve energy efficiency.
It looks like a whole new bowl game is in the works for New Yorkers when they go to the john.
The New York City government is testing a new car-sharing program intended to shrink the size of the municipal vehicle fleet.
While Gov. Chris Christie justified his decision Thursday to scrap the state's most ambitious public works project, the federal government is stepping in Friday to attempt and bring it back to life.
October 27 is T Day.
Commuters who use New York City's subways, buses and commuter trains will be digging deeper in their pockets.
LIRR riders aren't the only ones dealing with late trains. The Straphangers Campaign released its annual subway report card today. How did your line fare?
The deal would pay first responders anywhere from several thousand to about $2 million, depending on the severity of their illness.
Lawyers for about 10,000 workers tentatively worked out a settlement last spring. It could be worth $625 million to $712.5 million, depending on how many people take the deal.
"If the private sector can do something better than the public sector, then we certainly will talk to them," Bloomberg said.
Is it a safety issue, or just plain stupid? The federal government is requiring New York City to change the lettering on all of its street signs.
Carl Paladino is accusing Andrew Cuomo of taking a "payoff" from his current campaign finance chairman while working under the Clinton Administration.
Aides had to separate New York Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino from a New York Post reporter during an angry exchange before a speech upstate.
Booker says if the council would adopt his proposed budget, it would spread the pain in a responsible way over two years.
You can't stop the rain, but you can slow down the flow of rainwater from roofs and streets and stop sewage from being blasted into bays and rivers.
Carl Paladino told The A.P. in an interview Monday that he only plans on having one term, and it wouldn't be "pretty."
