The NYPD has declared war on reckless bicyclists, slapping cyclists with summonses for everything from riding on the sidewalk to near-misses with pedestrians to disobeying traffic signals and other rules of the road.
On Monday, August 9, Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz joined New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway, Lauren Collins, co-founder of the Windsor Terrace Alliance and area residents outside his home to officially commemorate Brooklyn going online for the City’s new wireless water meter program. The installation of an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) unit on BP Markowitz’s home was the 417,000th installed in the City.
NEW YORK [AP] — A prefabricated 350-foot-long bridge that will replace a 109-year-old span across the Harlem River arrived Monday aboard two barges that were pushed and pulled by tugboats.
NEW YORK [AP] — Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors.
In an effort to cut wasteful in New York City government, the city may consider charging for residential trash pickup. Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, also known as Mike’s “hatchet man” proposed the idea, saying “I can think of 1,000 innovations, but . . . I have not yet had an innovative idea in any meeting that was legal.”
The 311 call system, a non-emergency customer-service hotline for New York City’s many departments was announced in January 2002. Since then, the hotline has been redefining the way the city runs. New Yorker have been calling for things like, landlord complaints and for losing property in a taxi.
NEW YORK [CBS] — The power problems that impacted thousands of ConEd customers in Brooklyn were finally over Sunday.
Late Friday night the utility reduced voltage by 8-percent in the central and southwest parts of the borough due to problems with some electrical cables.
NEW YORK [AP] — During a heat wave this past week that topped 100 degrees, city firefighters battled more fires than in any other week in the past 30 years, according to the Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York.
Get ready for the worst day of the heat wave.
After Monday’s high of 99 degrees, temperatures are expected to hit triple digits Tuesday, putting people and power systems at risk.
BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn woman has filed a lawsuit against General Mills, accusing the food giant of making misleading health claims about the popular kid snack Fruit Roll-Ups.
In the class action filed Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court, Payton McClure says the company lies when it says the rollups, along with Fruit by the Foot and Fruit Gushers, are naturally flavored, low fat, and “a good source of Vitamin C.”
Sen. Eric Adams is a mayoral candidate-in-waiting.
The Brooklyn Democrat acknowledged being poised to jump into the 2009 race – and the upcoming 2013 race – but instead deferred to clear a path for former city Controller William Thompson.
NEW YORK — Jihadists are waging a psychological war against Americans — planting suspicious, but harmless, bags in public places to create fear and tie up police and bomb squads, officials said.
There will be nowhere to hide.
The NYPD plans to have eyes on nearly every inch of Midtown under an ambitious plan to tap into private cameras and beef up its own supply over a 30-block stretch from river to river.
NEW JERSEY — Do you want to own a bridge? Private investors are being sought to build a replacement bridge between New Jersey and New York. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would then lease the privately owned Goethals Bridge from the investor to retain control of the tolls and operations.
New York City Transit has found a new way to generate revenue: By selling your stuff.
Technically, it’s not a new idea — they’ve been holding the auctions for four years — but in an effort to expand the agency’s opportunity to bring in cash in tough economic times, officials are tapping into social media to get the word out.
NEW YORK [AP] — A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of driving a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square and parking it on a street lined with restaurants and Broadway theaters was to appear in court Tuesday to face charges that he tried to set off a massive fireball and kill Americans, federal authorities said.
NEW YORK, NY [WCBSTV] — A police investigation after a car fire was disrupting traffic, both on the roads and the sidewalks, well into Sunday morning in Times Square.
Officials said there were no injuries in the car fire, but that there was a suspicious package in the vehicle’s back seat.
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