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07 Jan 00 : 47 | City: Costs (and Benefits) of Yankees, Mets Stadiums Increase The city has released a cost/benefit analysis of the new Yankees and Mets stadiums, as the city plans to issue a fresh set of tax-free bonds for the projects. For the Yankees project, costs directly to the city are up substantially since the last analysis in 2006 (from $34.3 million to $209.5... Source : The New York Observer - 18 hours ago |
06 Jan 17 : 43 | Council Candidate Will Refuse Matching Funds: 'The City Has Enough... The city’s fiscal crisis is the reason why John Tabacco said he won’t seek matching funds for his City Council campaign. read more » Source : The New York Observer - 25 hours ago |
06 Jan 17 : 08 | Search City Salaries: Kevin Sheekey, Viola Plummer, Erno Weinberger Thanks to the Manhattan Institute's Empire Center, the city’s payroll is now online, and searchable. Here what a few of our civil servants make: Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey:$196,574 read more » Source : The New York Observer - 26 hours ago |
06 Jan 22 : 53 | Elsewhere: Caroline's Defense, Obama's Pick, Ferreras Radio The message accompanying the $400 rebate checks change every year, said a spokesman for the city's finance commissioner. Jen Chung notes that Michael Bloomberg used to have his name all over the rebate checks. read more » Source : The New York Observer - 20 hours ago |
06 Jan 17 : 53 | It Worked for the Other Guy Here's the literature I mentioned I picked up last night in Jackson Heights from the campaign of City Council candidate Francisco Moya. A very familiar slogan. read more » Source : The New York Observer - 25 hours ago |
05 Jan 20 : 25 | Even Jay McInerney is a Little Surprised at How Well Bright Lights, Big... Author and social fixture Jay McInerney's new book, The Last Bachelor, is being released in the UK this month; it's a short-story collection about the morally complicated relationships of middle-class Manhattanites. In a piece in the Telegraph, Mr. McInerney comes off as certainly "the last" of... Source : The New York Observer - 47 hours ago |
05 Jan 23 : 43 | Carpenters Back Kennedy for Senate The head of a union representing 25,000 carpenters in New York City just issued a statement backing Caroline Kennedy for Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate seat, saying she’s “intelligent, easy to communicate with and grasps our issues.” read more » Source : The New York Observer - 43 hours ago |
05 Jan 19 : 29 | 'Reader' Reacts as New-York Ghost Goes From Weekly to 'Seasonal This morning, fans of The New-York Ghost, the weird and frequently wonderful little "Newsletter You Print Out at Work," were treated with a new issue, Vol. IV, No. 53. But instead of calling itself a weekly, the digital-only paper of McSweeney's-like squibs, poetry, essays, and fiction (with... Source : The New York Observer - 48 hours ago |
05 Jan 14 : 11 | New Trailer for 9 Points to Alarming Trend The year is only five days old and we've already found the statement that will be our bête noir for 2009: from the visionary director of. To be fair, this unhappy turn of events started last year with the trailer for Zack Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen, which proclaimed with soul-crushing gravitas... Source : The New York Observer - |
03 Jan 16 : 55 | Feb. 22 Special Elections Michael Bloomberg announced that February 24 will be the date for special elections for the City Council seats being vacated by Hiram Monserrate, Joseph Addabbo and Mike McMahon. Monserrate and Addabbo, both of Queens, were elected to the State Senate. McMahon, of Staten Island, was elected to... Source : The New York Observer - |
30 Dec 23 : 16 | City Hall: Sheekey's Kennedy Role Hasn't Changed After I tried to get a comment from Kevin Sheekey about the report that he's pulling away from the effort to make Caroline Kennedy the next Senator from New York, he had mayoral spokesman Stu Loeser reach out to me. read more » Source : The New York Observer - |
01 Jan 19 : 19 | New Year's Day Bloomberg on Babies, Earmuffs, Drinking With the Clintons Michael Bloomberg visited two babies born in Queens and declared, officially, that they’re both the first babies born in 2009. He joked, “Some of the papers will find problems with the mayor abusing his authority by doing this. But, you know, that’s what leadership is all about.” And:... Source : The New York Observer - |
31 Dec 19 : 10 | Joe Sitt Exiles Coney Island Queen Dianna Carlin Thor Equities, the mall developer angling to transform Coney Island's ragtag carnival of independent shops into a spangled $2 billion resort by the sea, has exiled Coney Island's reigning misfit Dianna Carlin, declining to renew her clothing boutique's lease on the Coney Island boardwalk, reports... Source : The New York Observer - |
26 Dec 17 : 19 | The City Star Whitney Port Moved to New York to "Be a Stranger" As you may know by now, MTV's third-generation Laguna Beach spinoff The City, starring laconic Hills character Whitney Port, premieres on December 29. The reality show will track Ms. Port's relocation from Los Angeles to New York, where her superior fashion sense and interpersonal skills... Source : The New York Observer - |
29 Dec 18 : 05 | Jennings, a Cuomo Ally, Says Kennedy Creates 'Division' ALBANY—The capital city's Democratic mayor does not think Caroline Kennedy is the answer. read more » Source : The New York Observer - |
17 Dec 15 : 34 | Never Mind Housing Costs! Half the City Needs Help With Groceries The number of city residents who have difficulty affording food has doubled in the past five years, according to survey released Tuesday by the Food Bank for New York City. Roughly four million New Yorkers—one in two—have trouble paying for groceries, the survey found. That's a 26 percent... Source : The New York Observer - |
16 Dec 21 : 07 | Bloomberg on What Paterson Cuts Mean for City Jobs Speaking to reporters this afternoon, Michael Bloomberg seemed to hint that there could be layoffs of city workers if David Paterson’s proposal to cut about $1 billion in state funding for the city was enacted. In describing the impact of Paterson’s proposal, Bloomberg said, “That’s an awful... Source : The New York Observer - |
22 Dec 21 : 05 | Will There Be No More Billionaires in the Year 2009? As the year comes to a close, the Business Sheet has taken a tally of how much this city's moguls have lost in the great economic bonfire of 2008. The damage--which reaches into the billions--makes us wonder if when the economic cleansing is all said and done, if there will even be any more... Source : The New York Observer - |
13 Dec 16 : 56 | Obama Taps Shaun Donovan, City Housing Chief, to Lead HUD President-elect Obama has selected Shaun Donovan, the 42-year-old who leads the city’s housing agency, as his Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a powerful position that traditionally has gone to the politically connected. The appointment was announced in Mr. Obama’s... Source : The New York Observer - |
14 Dec 16 : 03 | Weekend in Review: State Dreads Budget, Obama Picks Two From City And Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at George W. Bush during the president's unannounced farewell trip to Baghdad. Relatedly, Dana Perino may have a black eye. read more » Source : The New York Observer - |
08 Dec 22 : 00 | Building Congress to City, State: Cut the Red Tape! The construction industry’s main advocacy group wants the city and state to speed up approval and oversight processes for infrastructure projects in order to attract billions in federal stimulus dollars. The New York Building Congress today issued a statement outlining steps New York City and... Source : The New York Observer - |
19 Dec 18 : 59 | Report: Former WCBS Newsman Andrew Kirtzman To Write Book About Madoff Andrew Kirtzman, the former NY1 and WCBS-2 political reporter, has landed an advance of more than $250,000 from the Harper imprint of Harper Collins to write a book about the Bernard Madoff scandal, Keith Kelly reports today in the New York Post. Mr. Kirtzman, who previously wrote "Rudy Giuliani:... Source : The New York Observer - |
18 Dec 14 : 23 | 'Recession Chic' to Take Over Lots of Fancy Balls in Washington on... While the majority of the (maybe) 4 million people expected to descend on Washington, D.C. for Obama's inauguration will likely spend January 20th getting shaken down by the secret service, desperately searching for a bathroom, and unable to make phone calls, the Capitol's celebrity guests will be... Source : The New York Observer - |
17 Dec 18 : 08 | David Rose: Something Needs to Be Done and the NYTM is Stuck in the Middle In a Dec. 15 interview with David Rose, the prominent angel investor as chairman of the New York Angels, the founder of Rose Tech Ventures explained why the New York Tech Meetup has become a crucial opportunity for the city. "With the financial crisis, there was a beginning of a movement, realizing... Source : The New York Observer - |
15 Dec 23 : 52 | Quinn Gets the Calls, Tells Kennedy It's 'Exciting' City Council Speaker Christine Quinn also got a phone call from Caroline Kennedy, who is letting people know she’d like to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. read more » Source : The New York Observer - |
15 Dec 21 : 34 | Bernard Madoff's Circle of Victims Widens; Charities Caught in his Scheme,... As if the city's charities didn't have enough to contend with this holdiay season, it looks as though newly infamous investor Bernard Madoff is going to make things that much worse. Mr. Madoff, who is all over the news for squadering billions of dollars in high-profile money in a massive Ponzi... Source : The New York Observer - |
12 Dec 20 : 32 | Former Waitress Sues Top Chef Judge and Restaurateur Tom Colicchio Celebrity chef and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio is being sued by a former Craftbar waitress, Nessa Rapone, who's accusing the restaurant of inappropriately sharing her tips with some of the supervisors, withholding overtime, and occasionally failing to pay minimum wage, according to City Room. Also:... Source : The New York Observer - |
11 Dec 20 : 09 | Bloomberg on Hotel Tax, Possibly More Cuts to Firehouses At this morning’s press conference in Brooklyn, Michael Bloomberg didn’t sound entirely enthusiastic about the idea of increasing the hotel tax–which the City Council is looking to do–but he did leave the door open to considering it. read more » Source : The New York Observer - |
11 Dec 13 : 49 | Dude, Where's My W? Joe Del Senno, 25, works long days and irregular hours. As a freelance cameraman, he lugs cameras and tripods between City Hall, Park Slope, Midtown and back home to the small three-bedroom he shares with a roommate in Astoria, Queens. He owns a car – he grew up in Flushing – but cannot afford... Source : The New York Observer - |
08 Dec 16 : 21 | Sad Bill Murray is Crashing Hipster Parties. What Else is New? Page Six Magazine reports that on Halloween, recently divorced actor Bill Murray showed up at a hipster loft party in East Williamsburg. He drank a few Modelo Especial beers, danced with the girls, and engaged in a conversation with the party's host about how much they both enjoyed sweet potato... Source : The New York Observer - |
08 Dec 23 : 07 | National Academy of Design Sale is 'Worst of '08' in Art World Around this time each year, art critics who normally laugh at a "Top Ten" list as an aesthetic criterion are prompted to cite their "Top Ten" favorite exhibitions, events, ephemeral holes in the gallery floor, etc., from the past year. These lists seem to serve two purposes. The first is to shame... Source : The New York Observer - |
08 Dec 13 : 54 | The Week in DVR: Charlie Brown Gets His Tree, Frosty's Back, and Timothy... Monday: A Charlie Brown Christmas Oh, what can we say? It's perfect. Perfect! The Peanuts gang shows us every possible way to screw up the holiday: Snoopy decorates his dog house like it's Atlantic City; Sally asks Santa to send cash money; Charlie Brown, that blockhead, mopes, sulks, overanalyzes,... Source : The New York Observer - |
