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January 12, 2011
NYC's Computer-System Cash-Dump Disaster
New York City threw away a mountain of cash over a new computer system. Now, finally, someone is going to pay.
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November 10, 2010
Street Vendors Owe the City Millions in Unpaid Fines
Most street vendors have a difficult enough time making enough money to support themselves, but now the Independent Budget Office has pointed out that they're not making enough money for the city, either.
Blogs
November 14, 2009
Kelo outcome shows Atlantic Yards risk
The outcome of New York's embattled eminent domain development projects is called into question by the economic development project which made them possible. The Pfizer research facility at the center of the Kelo v. New London Supreme Court decision is closing, taking over 1,400 jobs with it. The 5 ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Budget Office: City Food Stamps Hit New Record
Here's another of those inconvenient milestones of the Bloomberg Years: The Independent Budget Office says that the city has hit an all-time high in the number of New Yorkers receiving food stamps - a record 1.6 million. The news comes a week after the Coalition for the Homeless announced tha ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
A Bloomberg Score Card: The Mayor's Hits and Misses
Here's another of those inconvenient milestones of the Bloomberg Years: The Independent Budget Office says that the city has hit an all-time high in the number of New Yorkers receiving food stamps - a record 1.6 million. The news comes a week after the Coalition for the Homeless announced tha ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Dancers from InSpirit beckon passers-by to enter a new store on Broadway near 13th Street. Labor Day, with its West Indian American Day Parade, was the high point of the week. The low point was, let's see... the rest of it. 9/11 was a popular topic. It was oddly related to a Twitter Festiv ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
IBO Report: Atlantic Yards to Cost City Big, Rain Cash on Ratner
This just hasn't been a good week for Bruce Ratner, the Nets owner who'd rather be the Nets' landlord. First, he unveils a new vision of his much-derided Atlantic Yards arena plan — now with more metal mesh! — and gets slammed by Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff for cr ... More >>
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May 22, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
The last Chico mural for New York. Thanks, EV Grieve. What a week. Everyone was pissed at us. Williamsburgers didn't appreciate being called dorks for trying to silence ice cream trucks. Horace Mann students got mad when we suggested they were faking swine flu to get out of school. Allison Benedi ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
IBO Finds NYC Budget About $1 Billion Worse Than Mayor Does (Updated)
Mayor Bloomberg's getting really creative in his attempts in stim the city's failing economy: today he, Anna Wintour, Vera Wang and others announce that they'll hold "Fashion's Night Out" on Thursday, September 10, and call on rag traders "to keep their doors open late." They claim over 100 stores ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Morgenthau Nails Wire-Transfer Schemers; Bloomberg Yawns
Mayor Bloomberg's getting really creative in his attempts in stim the city's failing economy: today he, Anna Wintour, Vera Wang and others announce that they'll hold "Fashion's Night Out" on Thursday, September 10, and call on rag traders "to keep their doors open late." They claim over 100 stores ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2009
When Elephants Fight: Not-quite-liveblogging the Brodsky Yankees Hearing
This morning in Yankeefunland: Assemblymember Richard Brodsky's surprise last-second hearing on the latest round of taxpayer-financed Yanks and Mets stadium bonds, with promised testimony (under duress) from Yankees president Randy Levine and city Economic Development Corporation chief Seth Pinsky ... More >>
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January 14, 2009
Brodsky Hearing: IBO Says Mets, Yanks Stadiums Costing Taxpayers $1.2 Billion
Play-by-play of Assemblymember Richard Brodsky's hearing on the new Yankees stadium project, continued from last post: 11:29 am: Brodsky and Yankees president Randy Levine are now squabbling over which documents have and haven't been provided when. Moments later, city development chief Seth Pinsky ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
City Releases 116-Page Obfuscation of Stadium Deals
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
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December 9, 2008
Yanks, Mets Demanding Even More Cash Than Rod Blagojevich
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
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November 30, 2008
The Yanks' Suite Deal With Bloomberg
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
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October 24, 2008
The Yanks on Trial: Liveblogging the Kucinich Hearings
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
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June 16, 2008
Taxpayer Cost of Yanks' Bond Demands: $82.9 Million
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
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June 12, 2008
Yankees to City: What’s Another $350M Between Friends?
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
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February 15, 2007
Mystery of Stadium Funds Continues
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
Blogs
January 29, 2007
Bloomberg Adding $226 Million for Nets, Mets, Yanks?
photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that partying it up in a suite while the great unwashed paid through ... More >>
News
December 26, 2006
Kick Out the Jams
Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?
Blogs
October 11, 2006
NYC's Cheap Housing Policy: Too Pricey?
Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?
Blogs
September 28, 2006
Ratnerville: What Economic Impact Study?
Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?
Blogs
July 19, 2006
Gentlemen, Start Your Bulldozers
Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?
Blogs
April 25, 2006
Bloomberg on Stadium Bonds: It Depends What You Mean By 'Taxes'
Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?
News
April 4, 2006
Save the 'Burbs!
Flushing homeowners lead the growing Queens quest for landmark status
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March 7, 2006
Two Stadiums. No Waiting.
Yanks and Mets plans leave little room for public debate
News
November 8, 2005
Bloomberg's Gift Horse
Yanks and Mets stadiums could cost taxpayers $800 million
News
September 20, 2005
Labor Costs
Union endorsements are dirty, if the mayor loses them
News
May 10, 2005
Land Doesn't Pay
The city's $7 billion-a-year property tax gap—no wonder we're broke
News
February 22, 2005
Giving Away the Store
A costly, developing problem for New York City that's three decades old
News
November 9, 2004
The Jets' End Run
Will Bloomberg and Pataki spend billions without legislative approval?
News
April 6, 2004
A Billion Here, A Billion There
New York City heads for a stadium overdose. Guess who will be paying.
News
October 21, 2003
The Underside of Bloomberg's School Reform
How the Mayor's Top-Down Revolution Locks Out Communities
News
October 22, 2002
How Does His Dole Grow?
Bloomberg Balances Needs—His and the Poor's
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June 25, 2002
Bloomberg's Fragile Budget
Re-Election Year Politics Dictate Choices
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April 23, 2002
A Defining Bloomberg
Our Nice-Guy Mayor Makes Some Bad Budget Choices
News
January 8, 2002
Bloomberg’s Taxing Debut
Beyond Feel-Good Aura, a Brutal Budget Plan
News
December 25, 2001
A 10-Point Plan for Bloomy
How the Newly Elected Mayor Can Begin Reviving a Wounded City
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October 9, 2001
The Other Disaster
Tough Times Ahead Bode Worst for City’s Poorest
News
February 20, 2001
The Reflective Rudy
Mayor Savors His $3 Million Book of Dish: Celebrates Valentine's Day With Tina, Judi, and the Legion of Decency
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February 13, 2001
The Council Votes for Chaos
Shown the Door, Term-Limited Pols Slap City in the Face
News
August 17, 1999
Ask, Don't Tell
Giuliani's suppressed report on homeless youth
News
April 27, 1999
Giuliani Jihad
Rudy's Budget Blows Up CUNY, Board of Ed, and Youth Programs
News
April 13, 1999
Mayor Pander
'Single-Standard' Rudy Bows to Baseball Bigwigs and Staten Islanders

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