NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the NYC 911 system received 10,000 calls per half hour on Monday night. A quick math suggests that this is 333.3 calls per minute, which in turn means 5.5 calls per second!
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Good luck buying bread, milk, flashlights, lanterns, generators, propane, or – if you’re really unprepared – rain boots and batteries in areas in the path of Hurricane Sandy as it bears down on the U.S. East Coast.
Hurricane Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland. The hurricane currently passing the Bahamas has killed 21 people across the Caribbean, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials.
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg crowed quite contentedly in an interview with The Atlantic about pushing back against those who opposed his measure to regulate metzitzah b’peh. “I think it’s fair to say that nobody else would take that on. I mean, come on! Forget about the fact that—“They do what!?”—Who wants to have 10,000 guys in black hats outside your office screaming?” the Mayor was quoted as saying.
The city police department should have an inspector general to examine its conduct, but the monitor would need independence and a broad mandate to be effective, a panel of criminal justice and legal experts said.
A potentially huge weather event could hit the Tri-State Area as early as Sunday night. The storm system is forecast to linger in the area through Tuesday and could bring with it severe winds, rains and storm surges.
After over 50 years of not having their own professional sports team to root for – ever since the Dodgers left in 1958 – residents of Brooklyn were overjoyed this year to welcome the Nets as the borough’s very own Basketball team. It is now being reported that the Islanders have decided to relocate from Nassau County to Brooklyn in 2015.
The shell-sheathed breakfast staple has joined smokes and booze as the hottest teenage contraband in Brooklyn, with police warning grocery store and bodega clerks not to sell eggs to teens this month to prevent miscreants from tossing them at windows, cars, pedestrians and each other on and around Halloween.
New York City’s transit authority unveiled its latest fare and toll proposals for rails, bridges and subways on Monday, including one that would raise the 30-day unlimited subway MetroCard from $104 to $125.
Despite Rudy Giuliani’s protestations to the contrary, State Senator Ruben Dίaz (D-Bronx) is still hoping “America’s Mayor” will have another go at City Hall.
Con Edison will be reaching into consumer’s wallets again – just in time for the New Year. Beginning in January, Con Ed customers can expect to pay an additional $9 on average per month owing to a price increase for energy plants approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
At bustling intersections where fast-walking, rapid-texting New Yorkers come together with cars, cabs, carriage horses and daredevil bicycle messengers, the city is trying to slip in an emphatic message: LOOK!
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in New York City to address the 67th session of the United Nations General assembly, and according to a “source” referenced by the Drudge Report, pulled a fast one with his lodging plans.
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Transit officials say an ad initially rejected for its “demeaning” language is expected to appear at 10 subway stations next week.
Crime may be at near record-low levels, but it took cops an average of 9.1 minutes last year to respond to crimes in progress — the NYPD’s worst performance since Mayor Bloomberg took office in 2002.
The city Board of Health today has approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s plan to ban large sugary drinks. The panel voted 8-0 with one abstention this morning in favor of the plan to prohibit restaurants, movie theaters and other establishments from selling sugar-filled drinks larger than 16 ounces. All members of the board were appointed by the mayor.
Disputing unwarranted water bill charges is an uphill battle. It takes more than having the facts on your side to win. To help with this difficult challenge, the NYC Public Advocate’s office has teamed up with elected officials from across the City to produce a new guide for homeowners and business owners.
