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$10B city boost for unions

A new deal hatched between Mayor Bloomberg and the Building and Trades Council will net union hardhats an estimated $10 billion in work in coming years, The Post has learned. The deal -- hammered out ahead of the Nov. 4 election narrowly won by ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

Lens cap on trial media

It could be the biggest trial in modern American history -- and most New Yorkers won't even see it. Admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four al Qaeda co-conspirators will take the stand in a camera-free New York court when they testify ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Congress

Bam on a bender

It wasn't what George Washington would have done, but President Obama had no problem breaking with tradition and bowing low before the Japanese emperor yesterday during a visit. The president greeted Emperor Akihito at the front door of the Imperial ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Emperor Akihito,  Bill Clinton,  US State Department

911 goof 'plumb' stupid

Firefighters responding to a report of a water leak found that what had burst in a Harlem apartment wasn't a pipe but a pregnant woman's water. "I called 911 and said, 'My wife, she is pregnant. Her water has broken,' " said Mahamadou Sylla, 36. The 911 ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  15 Nov 2009

There goes 'neigh'-borhood

Whoa, no! A quarter of Central Park's carriage horses will be left without a place to hit the hay this holiday season -- and could lose their Manhattan home forever. The city has ordered Shamrock Stables to hoof it out of the municipal-owned building ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Sharpening the fire ax

Up to 25 fire companies could be shuttered next year as City Hall cost cutters battle to extinguish the $5 billion hole burning through the municipal budget. The closings are just one idea officials are weighing in the face of their yawning budget gap. ...

From ANGELA MONTEFINISE AND GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

Out-of-pocket fees headed up

City workers will soon see hefty fee hikes for their supplemental retirement funds, The Post has learned. Starting next year, the Deferred Compensation Plan's quarterly fee will increase from $12.50 to $20 and the annual asset fee is going to 0.05 ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009

Swine flu house calls

Swine flu SWAT teams would treat sick 911 callers in their homes -- dialing up doctors for diagnoses and prescriptions -- under a radical new plan being mulled by the city to prevent jammed emergency rooms, The Post has learned. Officials are ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Irwin Redlener,  Columbia University

Gore Vidal: snapshots

American essayist, writer, political activist and raconteur, 84-year-old Gore Vidal has spent his days rubbing elbows with the elite, from distant cousin Jimmy Carter and the Kennedy clan his mother married into, to Hollywood royalty like Paul Newman ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paul Newman,  Gore Vidal,  Jack Nicholson,  Joanne Woodward,  Tennessee Williams

Sheik takes NY bus in royal war

A rich Arab sheik in a power struggle with his brother is using city buses to wage his geopolitical war of words. His Royal Highness Sheik Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi is paying $25,000 to run full-size ads on bus routes around Manhattan for a month. The ...

From GINGER ADAMS OTIS, New York Post,  11 Oct 2009

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