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City’s Plans for Housing Flop in Albany

06/29/07
After nearly a year of painstaking analysis and tough negotiations, the Bloomberg administration, the City Council, housing advocates, lenders and real estate developers had hashed out a measure intended to revamp a popular tax-break program so it would generate more relatively affordable housing while restricting subsidies to luxury high-rises like Trump World Tower. It was all done with a minimum of grousing. Now the city is asking Gov. Eliot Spitzer to veto the bill if the Bloomberg administration cannot persuade legislators to make substantive changes. What went wrong? (NY Times)

Mayor's Office Cool on Keycard Bill

06/29/07
Team Bloomberg was cool yesterday to a City Council proposal that would regulate what landlords do with tenant data collected by electronic keycards. (NY Post)

Council Aid Suspended

06/29/07
A City Council aide who raised the specter of "assassination" of a lawmaker was suspended without pay yesterday for six weeks, Speaker Christine Quinn said. (NY Post)

Higher Profile for Bloomberg Heralds Loss of Privacy

06/29/07
In pursuing and occupying public office over the past seven years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has intensely guarded his privacy, bristling at questions he considers prying. (NY Times)

Quinn: Time Needed To Act on Aide Threat

06/28/07
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said a decision to discipline a council staff member, Viola Plummer, who last month threatened to end the political career of a council member, Leroy Comrie, even if it took "an assassination," requires time and careful deliberation. (NY Sun)

New Campaign Finance Reform Skip Unions

06/28/07
The new law would crack down on donations from lobbyists, strictly limit contributions from contractors who do business with the city, and allow developers to give only a fraction of what they once could. (NY Times)

Bloomberg Had Surgery in 2000

06/28/07
Before he was elected mayor in 2001, Michael R. Bloomberg had surgery to have two stents implanted in a coronary artery because of blockage in his heart, a person with knowledge of Mr. Bloomberg’s health said last night. (NY Times)

Bloomberg’s Ride Isn’t That Crowded

06/28/07
Two days after transit officials announced that some subway lines are operating beyond 100 percent of capacity at peak hours, Mayor Bloomberg questioned the figures and said his own commute isn't "that crowded." (NY Post)

A Proposal Emerges to Keep Cold Remedies Behind the Counter

06/28/07
A month after Suffolk County lawmakers approved a landmark ban on selling many non-prescription cough and cold medicines to minors, the City Council today will consider an even tougher law that would require stores to keep the remedies behind the counter. (Newsday)

City Council Questions Con Ed

06/27/07
With frustration from last summer’s Queens blackout hanging over the proceedings, City Council members grilled a Consolidated Edison official yesterday over the utility’s proposed electricity rate increase. “In what universe does gross negligence get rewarded with a rate increase?” asked Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr. of Queens. (Newsday)

New York Pitches ‘Congestion Pricing’ to Federal Officials

06/26/07
Federal transportation officials studying New York City’s plan to charge drivers who enter the most congested parts of Manhattan on weekdays heard new financial details about the proposal during a meeting yesterday in Washington. (NY Post) (NY Times)

Mayor's 10 Step Green Plan

06/26/07
Everyone's fussing about global warming and environmental degradation, but what can the average New Yorker do to help the city - and the planet? Mayor Bloomberg launched a $3.2 million ad campaign that lists 10 "small steps, big strides" that New Yorkers can take to combat global warming. (NY Post) (Daily News)

Queens Councilman Backs Historic Preservation Plan

06/26/07
A plan to create the largest historic district in Queens - including more than 600 homes - will get a boost today when a local councilman lends his support at a meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. (NY Post)

Aide To Be Suspended Over Threat

06/26/07
The speaker of the City Council, Christine Quinn, will suspend the chief of staff of Council Member Charles Barron of Brooklyn for an undetermined amount of time for threatening a Queens council member, a City Hall source said. (NY Sun)

Credit for Legislation Sought in Council Spat

06/26/07
A feud is emerging in the City Council, as two members compete for the authorship of legislation that would require the use of biofuel heating oil in the city. Council members David Yassky of Brooklyn and James Gennaro of Queens yesterday announced separate bills, almost identical in their wording, that would require all heating oil sold in the city to be composed of 20 percent biodiesel by 2013. (NY Sun)

Mayor Criticized As Tax And Spender

06/25/07
Mayor Bloomberg isn't even a declared candidate for president, but a national anti-tax, pro-business group is already claiming he's a big tax-and-spender who oversees a nanny state. (NY Post)

Gay Rabbi Complains Bloomberg Skipped Church

06/25/07
The two grand marshals of the city's annual gay pride parade are criticizing Mayor Bloomberg for joining the march below St. Patrick's Cathedral. (NY Sun)

State Lawmakers Pass Several Small Measures The City Was Seeking

06/24/07
Mayor Bloomberg might not have gotten approval for his congestion-pricing proposal, but lawmakers did pass several smaller measures the city was seeking before ending the legislative session... (NY Post)

Giuliani Treats Bloomberg Like Competitor

06/23/07
Mayor Bloomberg may deny he's running for President, but Rudy Giuliani is treating him like competition anyway. (Daily News)

Bloomberg Could Win, Experts Say

06/22/07
While many may view as slim Mayor Bloomberg's chances of winning the presidency, some pollsters and political strategists are saying he can do it if a number of conditions are met. (NY Sun)

Lawmakers Say Bloomberg's Party Change Will Hurt NYC

06/22/07
This probably wasn't Mayor Bloomberg's idea of bipartisanship when he quit the Republican Party: Lawmakers on both sides think it could make it tougher for New York to win federal dollars. (Daily News)

Presidential Buzz Follows Mayor Mike

06/22/07
Whether Mayor Bloomberg runs for President or not, he became the new megabillion-dollar gorilla in the race yesterday - and he'll likely stay so for months. (Daily News)

For 2 Years, Bloomberg Aides Prepared for Bid

06/21/07
The announcement by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York that he was leaving the Republican Party to become an independent was made after nearly two years in which his aides had laid the groundwork for a potential independent run for president. (NY Times)

City Settles With Workers

06/21/07
The city has agreed to one-time payments for about 1,000 employees after settling a $90 million back-pay settlement that awards city workers about $90,000 each. (Daily News)

City Beats Challenge on Waste Center

06/21/07
For the second time in a year, the city has fended off a lawsuit challenging its plan to build a waste transfer station on East 91st Street and the East River. (NY Sun)

City Renters Prepare for Hikes

06/21/07
New York renters squeezed by the lowest vacancy rates in three years are unlikely to get any relief next week when rent-stabilized guidelines come up for a vote. The Rent Guidelines Board recommended increases between 2 and 4.5 percent for one-year leases and between 4 and 7.5 percent for two-year leases at a preliminary vote last month. (AM New York)

Bloomberg Leaves GOP

06/20/07
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he was dropping his Republican affiliation, a step that could clear the way for him to make an independent bid for the presidency. (NY Times)

Spending on Domestic Violence

06/20/07
The city spent almost $230 million directly on domestic violence in the 2005 fiscal year, with a small fraction going toward preventive services, according to a report released yesterday. (NY Post)

Quinn Urges Rent Freeze

06/20/07
Several elected officials, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, are pressing the New York City Rent Guidelines Board to freeze rents on the city's one million rent-stabilized apartments or make minimal increases. (NY Sun)

Katz Campaigns for Comptroller

06/20/07
In her bid to become the next city comptroller, Queens Councilmember Melinda Katz held a $1,000-a-head fund-raiser Monday night. (NY Post)

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