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NY council stats: transportation, housing concerns
The first results from a New York City Council database of constituent concerns are being released. They show the most common constituent concerns are about housing and transportation. The database is known as CouncilStat. It has fielded more than 24,...Tags: Manhattan, Economic Policy
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Nassau OTB officials among state tax panel
PROPERTY TAXES Two from local OTB on panel County Executive Thomas Suozzi, chairman of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's tax study commission, has two other Nassau officials working with him. And apparently, he's giving good odds that they can find a solution to...Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Long Island, New York, John McCain
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Nassau presiding officer hires $150G adviser
NASSAU LEGISLATURE Yatauro hires aide for $150G Nassau Presiding Officer Diane Yatauro (D-Glen Cove) has made some staffing changes since becoming the legislature's leader in January. She brought back David Gugerty, an ally of County Executive Thomas...Tags: Brookhaven, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Elections, Jeremiah Wright
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NYC councilman agrees to resign, pleads guilty to sex abuse
Dennis Gallagher has agreed to resign from the New York City Council after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a woman he met at a bar. The Queens district attorney's office said the Republican lawmaker pleaded guilty Monday to forceable touching and sex...Tags: Trials, Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault
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Letters to the editor
The bucks stop at City Hall Re "Elected officials differ on 4% pay hike," Nov. 16 The controversy over L.A. elected officials' pay raises and city tax hikes should be treated as separate issues. The money for a few people's raises will not go very...Tags: Judges, Executive Branch, Elections, Public Officials, Justice and Rights
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Joel Stein: Finally, Some Prime-Time Racism
I'VE NEVER BEEN interested in "Survivor," but the new, racist "Survivor" — that, I was psyched about. If "Battle of the Network Stars" made good TV, weekly competitions between poorly fed "tribes" of African Americans, whites, Asians and Latinos...Tags: Justice and Rights, Football, Minority Groups, CBS Corp., Coca-Cola Company
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NYC Politicians Slam 'Survivor'
Zap2It.comThe political backlash against the sorting of players on "Survivor" by race has begun. Members of the New York City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus are calling on CBS, which airs the unscripted series, to dump "Survivor: Cook Islands," which...Tags: CBS Corp., Harry Smith, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups
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For two, tsunami joke is a swan song
STAFF WRITERHot 97's tsunami song has sunk two station employees. Morning personality Todd Lynn and producer Rick Delgado were fired yesterday for "displaying gross insensitivity and making offensive remarks," according to a statement from Emmis Communications,...Tags: Manhattan, Tsunamis, Music, Earthquakes, Disasters
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Multitude of Voices Seek Common Ground
Staff WriterBefore Sept. 11, Monica Iken had planned to return to work as an elementary school teacher. Her life changed after her husband, Michael, who worked for EuroBrokers on the 84th floor of Two World Trade Center, died Sept. 11. They had been together...Tags: Business, Executive Branch, Local Authority, Elections, New York
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Dual Celebration
STAFF WRITERSAn eerie silence momentarily overtook an otherwise raucous St. Patrick's Day parade yesterday, as Cardinal Edward Egan asked the hundreds of thousands who converged along Fifth Avenue to honor Sept. 11's fallen. Bagpipes playing "America the Beautiful"...Tags: Executive Branch, Festive Event, New York, Government, New Jersey
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Aug 25, 2006
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Feb 2, 2005
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May 21, 2002
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Mar 17, 2002
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