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Call To Charter Commission: Do More

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.

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ARTS and CULTURE

Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill

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…

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City Agencies Uneven On Voter Registration Push

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.

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Charter Panel Wrestles With Agenda

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.

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Charter Panel's Narrow Scope Stirs Concerns

When the Charter Revision Commission meets Monday night, it will weigh its staff’s recommendations against advocates’ calls for a wider vision.

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How Much Does Mayor Bloomberg Pay His Staff?

Detailed answers to that and other questions about city finances are available on a website launched this week by the city comptroller.

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Watchdog Says Save Public Advocate, Beeps

The Citizen Union’s recommendations to the city’s charter revision commission go well beyond the good-government group’s reversal on nonpartisan elections.

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Jun 2010

For Bloomberg, Race Questions Are New

Concerns about the racial contours of city hiring have resurrected issues that bedeviled past mayors, but over which Mayor Bloomberg has largely avoided confrontation.