Brooklyn Neighborhood Sees City’s Largest Pothole
A massive sinkhole opened up in Brooklyn on Wednesday, nearly swallowing a parked car and causing a giant headache for city workers, who plan to work through the weekend to repair it.
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Is Alcohol Next Thing in Mayor’s Crosshairs?
ABC News
Mayor Mike Bloomberg is famous for attempting to curb the city’s smoking, soda, and greasy food habits with legislation, but New Yorkers are now wondering whether Bloomberg has set his next target on a different vice: alcohol.
Governor to Veto Funding for Private Special-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Illustration Photo: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children study at a religious elementary school.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will veto a bill requiring school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer-funded tuition for special-education students at private schools, an administration official said.
Mayor Orders Hospitals to Pressure Mothers to Nurse
Daily Mail
Mayor Bloomberg has demanded that hospitals stop handing out baby formula to persuade more new mothers to breastfeed their babies.
NY Daily News
A new MetroCard could soon cost a buck more — and that’s before you even put any money on it.
MetroCard Could Soon Cost a Dollar More
NY Daily News
A new MetroCard could soon cost a buck more — and that’s before you even put any money on it.
Public Advocate Sues City over Small Business Fines
New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has filed a lawsuit against the Bloomberg Administration this morning for failing to turn over data on ever-increasing small business fines.
New York City Under Tornado Watch
Huffington Post
A stunning photo taken from an airplane by former NFL player Dhani Jones captured last Wednesday’s rain and hail storm in Queens.
Following last Wednesday’s hail storm and high winds, the city is gearing up for yet another dangerous storm that could potentially bring widespread power outages and even tornadoes to the area.
Mayor Bloomberg Calls for Stricter Gun Control
The Hill
The scene in Aurora, Colorado in the aftermath of a deadly shooting early Friday morning.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) for the lawmaker’s suggestion Friday that an armed moviegoer could have halted the Colorado movie theater shooting that left a dozen dead and 70 wounded.
NY Post
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl is miraculously alive and well today after plummeting three stories — thanks to a heroic neighbor who raced into action and broke her fall.
Hero Bus Driver Catches Girl Who Fell from Window
NY Post
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl is miraculously alive and well today after plummeting three stories — thanks to a heroic neighbor who raced into action and broke her fall.
Bloomberg Vows to Battle NYC Crime Wave
NY Post
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg finally called the city’s rash of recent violence “unconscionable,” as an aide said the NYPD is flooding crime-plagued neighborhoods with cops.
DNA Info
The city's payphones are about to start pulling double-duty as wireless hotspots.
NYC Payphones to Become WiFi Hotspots
DNA Info
The city’s payphones are about to start pulling double-duty as wireless hotspots.
AP
Maybe it’s the urban dwelling of the future: studio apartments measuring no more than 300 square feet (About 17 feet from wall to wall).
Bloomberg Asks Developers to Build Tiny Apartments
AP
Maybe it’s the urban dwelling of the future: studio apartments measuring no more than 300 square feet (About 17 feet from wall to wall).
NY Daily News
New York City Mayor David Dinkins presided over the botched police response to the Crown Heights riots in 1991.
Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor.
Politicians Want Bridge Named After Mayor Dinkins
NY Daily News
New York City Mayor David Dinkins presided over the botched police response to the Crown Heights riots in 1991.
Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor.
New York City Bracing for Another Heat Wave
NBC New York
The tri-state area is set for another heat wave, less than a week after stifling humidity and temperatures in the mid-90s baked the region in its first of the year.
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Hakeem Jeffries Easily Beats Charles Barron
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Left: Hakeem Jeffries. Right: Charles Barron.
Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries trounced firebrand City Councilman Charles Barron, a former Black Panther with a history of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, Tuesday night in the Democratic primary to represent Brooklyn’s 8th Congressional District.
Google Brings Free Wi-Fi to Some Subway Stations
NY Times
This summer, New York subway riders might be able to actually get some work done on the train (rather than just beating their high scores in Angry Birds). Beginning Monday, free Wi-Fi will be available at a number of stations courtesy of Google.
Bill Passed to Make Kindergarten Mandatory in NYC
AP
Kindergarten would become mandatory for all 5-year-olds in New York City under a bill passed this week by state lawmakers.
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