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FAUX FUND PROBE

April 10, 2008 -- City Comptroller Bill Thompson yesterday accused the City Council of hoodwinking the public by creating phantom organizations and announced that he will review every nonprofit contract awarded by legislators from now on. Thompson's ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  10 Apr 2008

BLOOMY: I WAS FAKED OUT

April 4, 2008 -- Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that he had no idea the city budget allocated millions of dollars to phantom organizations at the request of Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office - and that he would never have signed off on the ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  4 Apr 2008

THIS $$ IS HERS FOR THE FAKING

April 3, 2008 -- City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office hid millions of taxpayer dollars by allocating grants to phantom organizations as a way of holding the funds to dole out political favors later - bogus bookkeeping that is the subject of ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  3 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Gifford Miller

MAVERICK IN MAYOR RACE

March 31, 2008 -- Declaring that the "revolution starts now," City Councilman Tony Avella threw his hat into the ring to succeed Mayor Bloomberg in 2009, at a boisterous rally on the steps of City Hall yesterday. The Queens Democrat told 100-plus ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  31 Mar 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

PARKS WITH MOST CRIME

March 27, 2008 -- Central Park, Flushing Meadows Park, Prospect Park and Riverside Park top the list of large parks that had double-digit instances of crime over the past 18 months, according to a survey by New Yorkers for Parks. Fresh Kills Park and ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  27 Mar 2008

COUNCIL'S 95G LEGAL 'GUARDIAN'

March 24, 2008 -- Speaker Christine Quinn has quietly turned to a "white-shoe" Manhattan law firm for advice and representation in connection with a federal and local probe of the City Council's inner workings, The Post has learned. The $95,000 deal ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  24 Mar 2008

COPS' RANKS PLUNGE AS HIRE GOES LOWER

March 20, 2008 -- The number of city cops will plunge to levels not seen since the early 1990s, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly testified yesterday. Kelly told City Council members that he will follow Mayor Bloomberg's order that agency heads cut their ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  20 Mar 2008

HACK FROM HELL

March 18, 2008 -- A cabby who unleashed a frightening foul-mouthed tirade on a female passenger who tried to pay him with a credit card - and then drove off with her cellphone and wallet - now faces the loss of his license. When passenger Nicole ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  18 Mar 2008

BAD BREAK HITS TRUMP SOHO HOTEL

March 10, 2008 -- The troubled Trump SoHo condo-hotel construction project was slapped with its second stop-work order when a hoisting device broke free and shattered glass on three floors due to high winds Saturday night, officials said yesterday. ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  10 Mar 2008

GREEN PARKING

March 7, 2008 -- A Queens lawmaker is pushing to have owners of hybrid vehicles get free parking at street meters and municipal parking lots, as a way to encourage city drivers to go green. ...

From FRANKIE EDOZIEN, New York Post,  7 Mar 2008

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