A poll out Wednesday from Quinnipiac University shows that most city voters still give Bloomberg failing grades. Just 40% of voters approve of the way he runs the city and only 25% say he’s doing a good job of running the schools.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has jumped into the NYPD ticket-fixing controversy, demanding the city’s top cop come clean over allegations that some officers covered up busts for crimes a lot more serious than minor motor-vehicle infractions.
Two terrifying rail security breaches occurred within hours of each other in the city yesterday — including one at the World Trade Center, where a man slipped into the PATH tunnel and walked all the way to Jersey before saying he had left a bomb in the tunnel.
MetroCards are going to go the way of the subway token within a few years.
Mayor Bloomberg’s budget proposal, which was released today, still includes a plan to increase parking meter rates across the city, a plan which the City Council scuttled once in January. The transportation budget also includes an increase in revenue from an expansion of the city’s red light camera program.
The New York Senate passed legislation that would allow police to stop and ticket motorists for texting while driving. “All they have to do is see you holding your phone,” said Sen. Carl Marcellino, a Long Island Republican and the bill’s primary sponsor. Under the legislation, police would be able to stop drivers for that offense alone since it’s already a primary traffic offense to talk on a hand-held phone while driving in New York. Hands-free phones are permitted.
Get set for shocking Con Ed bills this summer.
The number of clean subway cars has declined since 2009, according to the 12th annual “Subway Shmutz” survey released Thursday by the watchdog group Straphangers Campaign.
There was a contentious hearing Tuesday on New York City’s controversial pedestrian plaza program. One city councilman demanded that the Department of Transportation get back to basics and fix basic infrastructure.
Within minutes of a news conference at ground zero where authorities preached calm and vigilance after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the alarming 911 call came in.
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.
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