Hearings are scheduled to commence in the State Senate office building in lower Manhattan on Friday on the subject of terrorism preparedness in New York City. Muslim and Interfaith Groups Critical of Hearing’s Witnesses The day-long hearing is attracting controversy, however, due to several of the proposed speakers who will testify about the threat of…
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Deep Cuts Threaten City as Cuomo Announces New Budget
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg reacted with “outrage” on Monday to Governor Cuomo’s proposed state budget for this coming year. In what can be described as a defiant tone, Mayor Bloomberg said that if the budget stands as it has been agreed upon, New York City will be faced with another round of severe cuts to…
Geraldine Ferraro Political Trailblazer Dies at 75
Geraldine Ferraro, former congresswoman from Queens, made history in 1984 as she walked up to the podium at the Democratic National Convention and accepted her party’s nomination for Vice President alongside Walter F. Mondale’s bid for president. It might be difficult to remember now with other women’s nominations for national office behind us, but Ms….
State Budget Cuts Hurt New School Construction
Due to the huge state budget deficit, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed to limit the amount of money going to construction of schools to $2 billion, with about half of that going to school construction in New York City. But city officials say that 1 billion dollars is simply not enough to meet the…
Governor Cuomo to Review Safety of Nuclear Power Plant
Indian Point Near Seismic Fault Located just 35 miles north of Manhattan, the Indian Point Energy Center is situated close to the Ramapo Fault in New York. Although seismic activity along this fault line is infrequent and the plant is also built to handle the worst imaginable earthquake that the region would most likely experience,…
Afghans at War- Right Here in New York
Abdul Haye is declaring war against those he sees as encroaching on his business, his name and his well-earned reputation. The owner of “Kennedy Fried Chicken” is 38 years old and has been working in the fried chicken business since he was 17, when he began as a chicken fryer, not long after he arrived…
Waterfront Commission in New York Investigating Petty Theft?
In a story reminiscent of “Captain Queeg’s search for the culprit who stole the strawberries” the Waterfront Commission has spent thousands of dollars and many hours tracking down the villain or villains responsible for the theft of a hot dog and iced tea lunch estimated to be valued at $3.00. The agency responsible for watching…
L.I. Man Arrested for Harrassing Representative Ackerman
Over the past few weeks a man from Hicksville, Long Island has been making frequent, disjointed phone calls to Representative Gary L. Ackerman at his Bayside, Queens’s office. Although the calls did not threaten violence, or seem to be politically motivated, because the caller seemed to be getting more agitated, and also because he lied…
Fireman Files New Motion in Lawsuit to Stop Downtown Mosque Construction
New York City firefighter Timothy Brown sued the city’s Landmarks and Preservation Commission last August 4, in a bid to block the development of a Muslim community center and mosque close to the area where the World Trade Center stood until its destruction by Muslim Fundamentalist terrorists on September 11, 2001. The lawsuit accuses the…
Blizzard Subject of Oversight Hearing
The Bloomberg administration is scheduled to answer some tough questions from the City Council concerning the way the blizzard was handled, especially why the city did not declare a state of emergency. At Monday’s oversight hearing the members of the council will try to clarify why the city’s top officials, including the mayor, decided against…
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