NY State Senators Seek Ban on Doctors’ Neckties
Some lawmakers in Albany want a state law to prohibit doctors from wearing neckties in hospitals.
Some lawmakers in Albany want a state law to prohibit doctors from wearing neckties in hospitals.
All hail Nissan. The Japanese automaker has been selected to produce the “Taxi of Tomorrow” after submitting a bid based on its NV200 minivan design, sources said.
The Mayor’s Office has confirmed that the city of New York will light its Twin Tower tribute lights tonight (May 2) in honor of the victims of September 11 attacks masterminded by Osama bin Laden,
The view from pier six on the Brooklyn side of the East river is breathtaking: the majestic skyline of downtown Manhattan boasts its latest addition, a new residential tower designed by Frank Gehry. In the distance to the right, the spires of the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings reflect the sunlight as if dipped in molten gold.
In addition to skyrocketing rent and gas prices, New Yorkers are being nickel and dimed to death, shelling out 21 cents more for a box of Corn Flakes and 29 cents more for a six-pack of beer. It even costs more to treat a headache than it did in 2010.
NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly Sunday night asked the city’s 35,000 officers to be alert following the death of Osama bin Laden despite the fact that there is no specific threat to New York.
Mayor Bloomberg signaled support Friday for a City Council plan to reduce alternate-side parking restrictions – but worries too many loopholes could make it difficult to enforce.
To Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, it seemed like a sensible way to attack a major public health problem. To the soft drink industry, giant food companies, makers of snacks and candy, supermarkets, and antihunger groups, it seemed like an attack at the grocery checkout counter.
Aides to Gov. Cuomo revealed yesterday that they found massive waste in state government — including 1 million square feet of unused state office space in New York City, nearly 2,000 vendors providing often duplicated products and services, and 425 toll-free phone numbers that haven’t been used in months.
NEW YORK [AP] — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says many drivers using the high-speed E-Z Pass lanes on New York highways are getting hit with a hidden fee.
City fire and buildings officials will search for new ways to target landlords who unlawfully subdivide their properties, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday in the wake of a fire that killed a family living in illegal housing.
If you are one of the New Yorkers who have to juggle alternate-side-of-the-street parking, this bill is for you.
The city’s push to plant a million trees by 2017 is giving some New Yorkers a headache – or at least a stuffy nose and itchy eyes.
The Taxi Of Tomorrow might be built in Brooklyn! Karsan, the Turkish manufacturer in the running to build New York’s next generation of taxicabs, is now upping the ante (and changed its tune) by pledging to manufacture the wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. The new pledge makes the Karsan cab the only one of the three finalists which would be built in America (it had previously said it would build them in Turkey).
Al-Qaida had the Brooklyn Bridge in its sights after the September 11th attacks, according to classified military files published by several newspapers including the New York Times.
Internal Affairs cops got a big break in their exploding ticket-fixing probe when they caught a Bronx sergeant shamelessly trying to make a traffic violation disappear for an honorary NYPD deputy commissioner, The Post has learned.