The authorities are investigating whether a Queens social service agency that received city money through the efforts of Councilman Hiram Monserrate also was involved in his political campaign.
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Department of Investigation, Monserrate, Hiram, Queens (NYC), Suits and Litigation — @ 1:08 pm
Thu 8 May 2008
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission is ending its relationship with a developer that wanted to build thousands of homes and a golf course atop several landfills.
Thu 8 May 2008
The mother of the man convicted of stalking the actress Uma Thurman recalls her son’s better days.
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Marathon Oil Corp|MRO|NYSE, Chevron Corp|CVX|NYSE, Valero Energy Corporation|VLO|NYSE, Sunoco Incorporated|SUN|NYSE, California, Washington (DC), ConocoPhillips Inc|COP|NYSE, Royal Dutch/Shell Group|RDSA|NYSE, Environment, New York State, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, BP Plc|BP|NYSE, Water Pollution, Suits and Litigation — @ 8:04 am
A dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million in cash plus clean-up costs to settle litigation over groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive, MTBE.
Thu 8 May 2008
A freelance reporter for The New York Post claims that his civil rights were violated when he was stopped, frisked and arrested in the Bronx last year.
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Transit Systems, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, World Trade Center (NYC), Subways — @ 6:00 am
Passengers aboard the No. 1 train in Lower Manhattan are now riding part of the way through the air.
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Budgets and Budgeting, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, World Trade Center (NYC) — @ 6:00 am
As construction costs have risen, Port Authority officials have whittled away at elements of the original design of the centerpiece of the World Trade Center transportation hub and PATH terminal.
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Belfast (Northern Ireland), Quinn, Christine C, Bloomberg, Michael R, Politics and Government, New York City — @ 5:59 am
About a dozen top New York City officials and staff members are landing this week in Ireland for a government-sponsored investment conference.
Thu 8 May 2008
Filed under: Catskill Development, Entertainment and Amusements, Cappelli, Louis R, Hotels and Motels, Casinos — @ 5:57 am
Louis R. Cappelli, a Westchester County builder, emerged as an unlikely potential savior after the federal government quashed a decades-long effort to bring casino gambling to the Catskills.
Thu 8 May 2008
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission is ending its relationship with a developer that wanted to build thousands of homes and a golf course atop several landfills.