Government

FEAR OF ACCESS

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A few dozen City Council members are pushing legislation to protect New Yorkers’ privacy when they seek city services — but Mayor Bloomberg warns the bill violates federal law.

John Liu

A BID FOR NO MORE TAXES

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While Mayor Bloomberg touts the importance of business improvement districts for keeping shopping areas clean, the city’s recent property tax hike has turned a group of businesses in Flushing against a proposed district in their community–another tax, they say, could kill their already suffering profits.

Economy

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

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As small businesses and street vendors try to compete with the big guns in Harlem, the Bloomberg administration considers including local merchants in a new commercial development on 125th Street–and community residents plan to hold the mayor to it.