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Traffic Agents and Politicians Debate Value of 5 Minutes

City Council members say that granting a five-minute grace period for alternate-side-of-the-street parking and certain meter violations would simply give wiggle room to drivers who may have lost track of time. But many city traffic agents say that all ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Simcha Felder,  Transportation Department,  Communications Workers of America

Despite Mayor’s Opposition, Council Approves a 5-Minute Grace Period on Parking

The City Council overwhelmingly approved a bill on Monday that would provide a five-minute grace period to drivers who are late to feed a meter or move their cars on street-cleaning days, setting the stage for a showdown with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Letitia James,  Tony Avella,  Maria Baez,  Simcha Felder

Bloomberg Will Veto Grace Period for Parking Meters

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Monday vowed to veto a popular City Council bill that would give ticket-fatigued drivers a five-minute grace period at thousands of electronic parking meters, saying it would lead to “chaos.” The Council is set to pass the ...

From MICHAEL BARBARO AND FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  New York Post,  Christine C. Quinn

Fewer Hasidim Backed Mayor, Study Finds

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was getting an earful. “He created this crisis so that he can take credit for fixing it and get our votes in exchange,” one commenter wrote on a Brooklyn blog, Vos Iz Neias, Yiddish for “What is News.” Someone else remarked, “ ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  City University of New York,  Fernando Ferrer,  Simcha Felder,  Dov Hikind (politician)

Voices From the Boroughs: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

There are roughly six registered Democrats for every Republican in the city, but in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Republicans are not hard to find. There is Nils Sinden, 78, an immigrant from Norway who has lived in the neighborhood for 60 years. There is Danny ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Michael Bloomberg

Turnabout on Term Limits: ‘Closing Argument’

Titled “Closing Argument,” this 30-second television advertisement is running across the New York region. THE SCRIPT “For eight years Mike Bloomberg looked out for those at the top. Now Bloomberg’s overturned term limits and is on a spending spree to ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Out of View, Supporting Her Husband’s Quest to Be Mayor

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s announcement last October that he would seek a third term could not have come at a worse time for City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. Get up-to-the minute news from City Room, The New York Times and around the Web, ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  New York Times Company,  Twitter Inc,  Arthur Ashe,  Harvard University

Bloomberg Stresses His Efforts to Unite the City

Racial politics may have played a role in helping Rudolph W. Giuliani beat the incumbent mayor, David N. Dinkins, in the 1993 race, but Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg seems to want none of it. Mr. Bloomberg, who is seeking a third term against City ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, NYT: City Room,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Rudy Giuliani,  Patrick J. Lynch,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Republican Party

Salvador Journal: Musician Changes Tone of Impoverished Village

SALVADOR, Brazil From a veranda at Candyall Ghetto Square, a recording studio and rehearsal space for his percussion band Timbalada, the musician Carlinhos Brown appraised the contrasting worlds that define the neighborhood where he grew up. Candeal ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Carlinhos (footballer),  Carlinhos Brown,  Bob Marley,  Santos, Ltd.,  Caetano Veloso

In Windsor Terrace, a Pattern of Car Wheel Thefts

Marc Levy On Aug. 28, the wheels were stolen off a Mazda while it was parked in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. KWTneighbors, a Yahoo group for residents of the Kensington and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods in Brooklyn, is best known for its posts about ...

From FERNANDA SANTOS, The New York Times,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Marc Levy,  Yahoo!

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