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Remembering Jack Binns, Heroic Radio Operator

The ticker tape parade today to mark the Yankees World Series victory is but the latest of nearly 200 processions held over the years to celebrate New York City’s individual and collective heroes. While the procession has been most often associated ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  PBS,  New York Times Company,  U.S. Congress

Election Results May Make for Feistier New York City Council

A quarter of its members will be new. Four members will be openly gay, the most ever. The Republican minority, though still tiny, will grow to five from three. For the first time, a majority will be black, Hispanic or Asian. Also for the first time, an ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York City Council,  U.S. Republican Party,  Michael Bloomberg,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Christine C. Quinn

Koslowitz Will Return to City Council

Office of Representative Anthony D. Weiner Karen Koslowitz served on the City Council from 1991 to 2001. She was one of the most visible members of the City Council, opposing topless bars, high-rise development, and gender-related price discrimination ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony D. Weiner,  Thomas White

Ethics Panel Investigates Free Tickets for Paterson

The inquiry follows revelations that a senior adviser to the governor, David Johnson, asked a Yankee official for five tickets for the game, at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. Mr. Paterson attended the game along with Mr. Johnson; Mark Leinung, the deputy ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Post,  David Johnson,  Starbucks Corp,  Deutsche Bank,  Willie James

Bar Group Assails Varick Street Detention Center

Above a post office, on the fourth floor of a federal office building in Greenwich Village, the Varick Street Detention Facility takes in 11,000 men a year, most of them longtime New Yorkers facing deportation without a lawyer. In a report to be issued ...

From SEWELL CHAN, NYT: City Room,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Michael Bloomberg,  Dede Scozzafava,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Owens

City Council Approves (Shorter) MoMA Tower

The New York City Council approved the Museum of Modern Art’s request to build an 82-story tower on Wednesday. The tower, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, would rise 1,025 feet, down from 1,250 feet, which was the height first proposed. The ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York City Council,  Museum of Modern Art,  Jean Nouvel

Archbishop Dolan Is Blogging

He has a computer in the office but sometimes needs help with certain functions, like turning it on. He does not do e-mail. But with a little help from his staff, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York has joined a small but growing cadre of American ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York University,  New York Post,  Michael Bloomberg,  Hiram Monserrate,  Bernard B. Kerik

Ban on Tobacco-Flavored Products Becomes City Law

The City Council approved the bill on Oct. 14. The legislation covers “chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb or spice flavors,” but exempts “tobacco, menthol, mint or wintergreen flavors.” The city ban includes ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Buildings Department

Former Bank Employee Is Charged in Fraud Scheme

A 27-year-old Brooklyn man used his job as a computer technician to appropriate the identities of more than 150 employees at the Bank of New York Mellon and steal more than $1.1 million from a wide array of nonprofit groups and other institutions, ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Robert M. Morgenthau,  Washington Mutual, Inc.,  United States Secret Service

Bloomberg and Thompson Head to a Final Face-Off

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. are facing off on Tuesday evening for the second of two debates, one week before New York City’s voters decide whether to grant Mr. Bloomberg, an independent who is running on the ...

From SEWELL CHAN, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009

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

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