Mayor Bloomberg Says Ticket-Fixing ‘Almost Impossible’ These Days
BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that alleged police ticket-fixing would be “almost impossible” today thanks to a new electronic monitoring system.
BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that alleged police ticket-fixing would be “almost impossible” today thanks to a new electronic monitoring system.
Radio host, Guardian Angels founder and Gotti family nemesis Curtis Sliwa was once the victim of a drive-by shooting. Now he hopes to have drive-through prostate cancer surgery.
An off-duty Triboro-Bridge and Tunnel officer was shot and wounded in a wild gunfight at a Brooklyn car stereo shop with a group of four armed thugs who tried to rob the place, police sources said.
As many as 400 cops could face disciplinary charges for fixing tickets in a widening corruption scandal.
New York – The average price of gasoline is now above $4 per gallon in five states, and it could rise to that level in New York and Washington, D.C., this weekend.
Another season of thrills officially got underway Saturday in Coney Island.
A powerful storm system moved in over the tri-state Saturday, bringing with it drenching rains and strong wind.
Albany, NY – Just as the weather’s finally warming up, the state has received more money from the federal government to help low-income residents pay their heat bills.
Gov. Cuomo is racing to the rescue of heavily burdened New York City electricity customers who face a massive and unexpected 12 percent rate hike next month, The Post has learned.
A public hearing was held about the transfer of city land in East New York, Brooklyn to the developer Related Companies. Many residents are worried that Related will use the land to build the city’s first Walmart at the Gateway Mall.
Mayor Bloomberg is trying to dump the city’s garbage problem on neighborhoods in Brooklyn and the Bronx, advocates charge.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has the highest approval rating among his peers around the nation, with New Jersey’s Chris Christie coming second, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Some City Council members fear the city could become less safe this year, now that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration is postponing this month’s hiring of hundreds of New York City Police Department recruits until July.
A classic Albany deal is in the works that could protect 1 million New York City renters from big rent increases while also capping the growth in property taxes in the suburbs and upstate.
The city’s top cop, Ray Kelly, acknowledged that there is an investigation into alleged ticket fixing within the NYPD, but declined to comment specifically about reports that dozens of crooked cops could end up arrested in the scandal.
Drivers across the the Tri-State Area are wincing at prices at the gas pump.