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Mayor Gives $20M in Discretionary Funding

A City Council member endorsed by the mayor in the Democratic Senate primary, Simcha Felder, pulled in more money from the mayor for pet projects over the last six years than any other elected official. Mr. Felder, who represents parts of Brooklyn, ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Andrew Lanza,  James Oddo,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate

Bloomberg Orders $1.5b in Budget Cuts Over Two Years

Mayor Bloomberg is ordering all city agencies to cut their budgets by 2.5% this year and an additional 5% next year, for a total savings of $1.5 billion over the next two years. In a letter sent to all agency heads today, the city's budget director, ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  23 Sep 2008

Shoulder to Shoulder To Remember the Deceased

Relatives of those killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001 stood shoulder to shoulder in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park this morning to remember the deceased. Friends and relatives of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Columbia University

Mayor Seeks End of LMDC, More Control of Ground Zero

Seeking more control over the future of ground zero, Mayor Bloomberg is calling on Governor Paterson to dismantle a federally funded agency in charge of the project and turn over its development responsibilities to the city. Mayor Bloomberg speaks ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Sheldon Silver,  Deutsche Bank

Thousands of Illegally Posted Campaign Signs Pulled

Of the 2,792 illegally posted campaign signs pulled down by the city's Department of Sanitation during the run-up to yesterday's primary election, more than 45% tout one candidate: Milton Tingling, a state Supreme Court judge running in the Manhattan ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Miguel Martinez (politician),  U.S. Senate

Racism Is Charged of Opponents of Voting Rights for Noncitizens

In advance of the 2009 citywide elections, a coalition of immigrant and advocacy organizations is reigniting a fight to give noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections, drawing the ire of opponents who argue that voting is a right for ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  8 Sep 2008
Related Topics: James Oddo,  U.S. Republican Party

A Surge of Support for the Sun Voiced by Leaders in the City

The city's political, cultural, labor, and religious leaders, reacting to news that The New York Sun may have to cease publication if it is not successful in raising significant new capital, rushed to praise the paper yesterday and expressed hope that ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  5 Sep 2008
Related Topics: William Thompson (politician),  Edward Cardinal Egan,  Randi Weingarten,  Andrew Cuomo,  Betsy Gotbaum

Upstart Challenges Connor in Democratic Primary

Daniel Squadron, the lean 28-year-old candidate for the state Senate introducing himself to voters outside a Brooklyn subway stop on a recent morning, had not been born when the incumbent he is trying to oust, Martin Connor, was first elected. But in ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  4 Sep 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress

City's Top Officials Make Annual Financial Disclosures

The City Comptroller owes up to $35,000 in credit card debt, the Speaker of the City Council owns a 4-bedroom home in Ocean Grove, N.J., that cost at least half a million dollars, and the Public Advocate is the second-most wealthy top public official, ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  3 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Betsy Gotbaum

Mailing Attacks Silver Over Handling of Rape Charge

The race to unseat the speaker of the Assembly is heating up with the release of a mailer attacking Sheldon Silver for his handling of an allegation of rape against one of his top political aides. The Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon ...

From GRACE RAUH, The New York Sun,  3 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Sheldon Silver,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Bob Dole,  U.S. Republican Party

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