Tag: New York City

NYC official questions oil firm’s political giving

NYC official questions oil firm’s political giving

Michael Virtanen · April 21, 2014 8:59 pm

New York City comptroller has asked a Texas oil company to explain its chairman's reported donations of $1 million each to the National Rifle Association. (Thinkstock)

NYC comptroller questions oil company’s NRA giving

Associated Press · April 21, 2014 4:00 am

Visitors to the New York International Auto Show sit in an electric carriage prototype in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show on Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Old timey car to replace NYC horse carriages shown

Deepti Hajela · April 18, 2014 12:25 am

FILE- In this April 11, 2013, file photo, a home in the process of being raised is seen in the Broad Channel section of Queens, New York. About 24,000 families have signed up for New York City's Build-It-Back program, which will help pay for repairs, elevate their homes and reimburse them for repairs that have already completed on the damage left behind by Superstorm Sandy. On Thursday, April 17, 2014, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced changes to the program. Criticizing the program as "overly complex," de Blasio said that the city will reform the program by providing financial relief to homeowners and engaging local communities in the rebuilding process. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC to change maligned Sandy rebuilding program

Meghan Barr · April 17, 2014 8:21 pm

Court extends NYC officer’s weapons case in India

Court extends NYC officer’s weapons case in India

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 11:22 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a universal Pre-K event on March 4 in Albany, N.Y. (AP/Mike Groll)

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Report: Progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio paid 8.3 percent tax rate

Justin Green · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

American economy Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman talks to journalists during a news conference. (AP/Francisco Seco)

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Paul Krugman could receive $25,000 per month for income inequality initiative

Ashe Schow · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In a Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, Denis Coderre smiles after being sworn in as mayor of Montreal, in Montreal. Montreal's mayor told New York City business leaders Tuesday, April 15, 2014 that he is looking to their city for inspiration as he fights the corruption that brought down his two predecessors. In a speech to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Denis Coderre touted the recent creation of the Inspector General's office, with wide powers to investigate and suspend municipal contracts if anything suspicious is afoot. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, File)

Montreal mayor looks to NYC for anti-graft advice

Alexandra Olson · April 16, 2014 3:42 am

Bill to protect unpaid interns signed into NYC law

Bill to protect unpaid interns signed into NYC law

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 10:21 pm

Punitive damages reintroduced in NYC asbestos litigation

Punitive damages reintroduced in NYC asbestos litigation

Heather Isringhausen Gvillo · April 9, 2014 7:11 pm

that state lawmakers have closed a budget deal to fund prekindergarten in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is ready to turn to the next items on his sweeping liberal agenda: massively expanding affordable housing, increasing wages for the working class and overhauling the city's recovery from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC mayor Bill De Blasio’s next big push: affordable housing

Jonathan Lemire · March 31, 2014 12:00 am

FILE- In this Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference at P.S. 130 in New York. As state lawmakers settle in on a plan to fund pre-kindergarten in New York City, de Blasio is beginning to focus on other items in his progressive agenda. De Blasio will set his sights on massively expanding affordable housing, hiking wages for the working class and overhauling the city's recovery from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC mayor’s next big push: affordable housing

Jonathan Lemire · March 30, 2014 12:20 pm