By Amber Benham, Jacqueline Linge and Heather Chin Update (May 11, 2009): Following approval from the New York State Legislature for a $2.26 billion bailout of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the agency’s board voted today to raise subway fares and road tolls by 10 percent instead of the proposed 23 to 30 percent. The commuter […]
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Subway MTA Workers Protest Planned Layoffs and Silent Union
Posted on 25 April 2009.
Posted in City Proposals, Manhattan, Multimedia, Politics
Yankees Steal Home Field Advantage From Bronx School
Posted on 23 April 2009.
A sell-out crowd of almost 48,000 fans filed into the brand new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium for Opening Day on April 16. So much for home-field advantage—the Yankees fell to the Cleveland Indians with a humiliating 10-2 loss. But at least they have a home field. The stadium now sits upon the former Macombs Dam […]
Posted in Bronx, City Proposals, Multimedia, Politics, Sports, Video
Angry Americans Protest Wall Street – Good Therapy, Poor Politics, say Experts
Posted on 15 April 2009.
by Igor Kossov, Lindsay Lazarski, Mike Reicher and Kate Zhao As April rain fell on Wall Street, employees at Bank of America stood between potted plants in their second floor offices and looked down at the angry crowd below. The people in the crowd waved plastic-draped signs, chanting “shame” and “bankers come out.” The bankers […]
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Tamil-Americans Protest Sri Lankan Mission in NYC
Posted on 20 March 2009.
Nearly 100 Tamil Americans gathered outside of the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan on March 16, chanting for a cease-fire in the war torn northern region of Sri Lanka. In recent weeks, the Sri Lankan military has made significant advances on the Liberation Tiger of Thamil Eelam (LTTE), an ethnic […]
Posted in Multimedia, Politics, Video
AIDS Activists Flunk New York City Health Care Services
Posted on 13 March 2009.
D. D-minus. F. Those are the grades that HIV and AIDS advocates gave to New York City’s health care services.
Posted in Featured, Health Care, Manhattan, Multimedia, Politics, Video
Broadway Walks: Bloomberg Plans Pedestrian-Friendly Zone
Posted on 09 March 2009.
As New York City Councilman Tony Avella says, nobody drives in Manhattan for the pleasure of it. They drive there because they have to. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is adding to the aggravation of some of those drivers through his proposed changes to Broadway as part of the “Green Light for Midtown” pilot program.
Posted in City Proposals, Manhattan, Politics
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