Bronx
A Test For Testing
Patrick Arden |
New Products, New Rules
Bronx
Neighborhood Advocates See Push For Power Blocked
Jarrett Murphy |
This fall, voters will decide on a minor change to rules governing the location of sewage plants and garbage stations. But environmental advocates and community planners wanted more.
Bronx
Term Limits, Fair Share To Be On November Ballot
Jarrett Murphy |
The Charter Revision Commission green-lighted several questions for voters to decide this fall, including whether to return to a two-term limit. But the push for nonpartisan elections died with a whimper.
Government
Labor Union, Thomson Reuters Go Head-to-Head Over Subsidy
Neil deMause |
Thomson Reuters, the news-and-information-services giant wants $24 million in sales tax breaks on office and building materials. The Newspaper Guild says the company doesn’t deserve it.
Bronx
Call To Charter Commission: Do More
Jarrett Murphy |
At a hearing in Brooklyn, people called on the charter revision commission to take on a wider range of issues–from lulus to land-use–than its staff has targeted.
ARTS and CULTURE
Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill
Lauren Raheja |
About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into law a bill that would prevent police from retaining some of the information collected during their stops.
Bronx
City Agencies Uneven On Voter Registration Push
Chris Giblin |
An impromptu survey finds that about half of a sample of city offices participate in a 20-year-old program to distribute voter registration forms.
Government
Charter Panel Wrestles With Agenda
Jarrett Murphy |
Some members of the Charter Revision Commission disagreed pointedly with the panel’s own staff over what changes to city government are worth contemplating before a November vote.
News
Charter Panel's Narrow Scope Stirs Concerns
Jarrett Murphy |
When the Charter Revision Commission meets Monday night, it will weigh its staff’s recommendations against advocates’ calls for a wider vision.
