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Bloomberg, Clinton to Merge Environmental Efforts

NEW YORK -- The air in Times Square is cleaner since cars were banned from two stretches of Broadway in 2009 and a pedestrian plaza created, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday as he announced an environmental collaboration with former President Bill Clinton. Bebeto Matthews, AP New York Mayor Michael...

Passengers Tell of Horror in Fatal Bus Crash

Most of the 32 passengers aboard a bus returning from a casino during this morning's early hours were catching up on sleep, passengers said, when everything changed from routine to horrifying. The World Wide Tours bus, on its way to Manhattan's Chinatown from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, flipped on a Bronx...

'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'

Everyone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"?

Opinion: Scandal Debunks Education Miracles

A scandal now unfolding in New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, is calling into question whether miracles in education are really mirages. From 2006 to 2010, the number of students who passed statewide math tests in Grades 3 through 8 soared from 58 to 82 percent. During the same period, the...

Voodoo Ritual, Sex Gone Awry Caused Fatal NYC Fire

NEW YORK -- Candles ringing a bed in a voodoo ceremony that included sex ignited sheets and clothing strewn nearby and caused a fatal apartment fire last weekend, a city official said Friday. The blaze started around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, when a woman visited a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn and paid a man $300 to perform...

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Councilman Slams Stop And Frisk, Says Bloomberg's 'Ass-Backwards' On Gun Violence

City Councilman Jumaane Williams thinks Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is "ass-backwards" in its approach to gun violence, and that the mayor and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly are wrong to continue the "racist official policy" of NYPD stop and frisks.

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05/30/12 Public Pension Plans Faulted for Lofty Return... Source: Financial Sense Online For more than a decade pension plans have been using unreasonable investment return assumptions in their funding plans.
05/30/12 Hide the Cots! Mayor Threatens The Observer With... Source: New York Observer - New York NY Now may be a good time to stop sleeping in the office.
05/30/12 Public Advocate slams Bloomberg over outer-borough... Source: AM NY - New York NY Public Advocate and likely 2013 mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio wants to put the breaks on the city's outer-borough taxi plan. de Blasio, who has opposed legalizing street hails for livery drivers outside Manhattan, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg should have let the City Council come up with a plan to improve service in the other boroughs.
05/30/12 Today Marks 10th Anniversary Of End Of World Trade... Source: CBS - WCBS 2 - New York NY Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the end of the cleanup at the World Trade Center site.
05/30/12 City Island Fire Company Threatened Again by Budget... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Residents of this 1.5-mile-long strip of wood-frame houses and seafood restaurants are fighting once more for a ladder company that has so little to do that it ranks last out of New York City's 341 fire companies in workload.