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By Stephen Duffy 11/16/11 6:24pm

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Who Let The Dogs In! Bed Bug Bloodhounds Join HPD Inspection Team

To combat the city's growing bed bug problem, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has gone to the dogs. Say hello to Nemo and Mickey, the latest members of the department's Maintenance Code inspection team. And rather than the vet, the two Beagles were fortunate enough to get their tags—we mean badges—from Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Housing Commissioner Mathew Wambua.

"Awww, look at their little jackets," cooed Ms. Quinn when she first set eyes on the dogs. Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/22/10 7:11pm

AG Race

Schneiderman’s Women

AG candidate Eric Schniderman, whose opponents include at least one female candidate, is having a fund-raiser Friday featuring his prominent female supporters.They include: State Senator Liz Krueger, Council Members Gale Brewer and Julissa Ferras, as well as former public advocate Betsy Gotbaum, former Council member Ronnie Eldridge, and major Democratic donor Susan Patricof.The only Read More

By Azi Paybarah 10/05/09 9:07pm

Tom Duane Gets Behind Thompson; Isay Democrats Don’t

After the Democratic Party's unity rally for Bill Thompson on Sunday, the campaign sent out a list of supporters that included a name I hadn't seen on there before: Tom Duane.

Duane, the state senator from Chelsea, didn't attend the event, but has officially come out in support of Thompson, a fellow Democrat.

Duane was Read More

By Staff 7/16/09 7:47pm

M.T.A.’s Past Haunts a Panel on Its Future

On Wednesday evening, July 15, a day after David Paterson nominated former London transit chief Jay Walder to head the Metropolitan Transit Authority, a panel was convened at the Museum of the City of New York to discuss the future of the beleaguered agency.

But much of the conversation, which was moderated by Henry Stern—a Read More

By Staff 7/16/09 7:43pm

M.T.A.’s Past Haunts a Panel on Its Future

On Wednesday evening, July 15, a day after David Paterson nominated former London transit chief Jay Walder to head the Metropolitan Transit Authority, a panel was convened at the Museum of the City of New York to discuss the future of the beleaguered agency. But much of the conversation, which was moderated by Henry Stern—a Read More

By Azi Paybarah 10/22/08 7:55pm

Yassky Talks Tough, Bloomberg Strolls By

Here’s David Yassky, at a press conference this afternoon, saying he hasn’t given up on trying to get term limits put on the ballot so voters, not City Council members, can vote on it. As he says it, Michael Bloomberg casually walks by.

Joining Yassky at the press conference were Gale Brewer and Alan Gerson.
By Azi Paybarah 10/22/08 7:41pm

Golisano’s Big Anti-Extension Ad Buy

Rochester-based billionaire businessman Tom Golisano is spending “six figures” on newspaper ads in the Daily News, New York Post and several weekly newspapers to denounce Michael Bloomberg’s plan to change the city’s term-limits law and run for mayor again next year.

The campaign may include radio ads on local stations but is not likely to Read More

By Azi Paybarah 10/22/08 5:36pm

Yassky, Gerson, Brewer Offer Amendment, Deny It’s a ‘Fig Leaf’

[img_assist|nid=131|title=City Hall|desc=nyc.gov|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=262]Three undecided City Council members—David Yassky, Gale Brewer and Alan Gerson—told reporters just now they’ll introduce an amendment to the term-limits legislation that would establish a charter review commission that could put term-limits to a voter referendum at the earliest opportunity.

The Council votes on the legislation tomorrow; the three lawmakers, who were previously undecided Read More


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