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Ravitch’s State Fiscal Plan: Borrowing, GAAP, Review Board

Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch has just unveiled his five year fiscal plan for NY State. Details had been leaked over the past few days, so it was no shock that the plan includes limited borrowing, adopting GAAP accounting, and creating a Financial Review Board to monitor and review the plan. The...

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State Police Chief Insists Resignation Not Admission of Guilt

Pedro Perez Pedro Perez, the acting superintendent of the NY State Police, resigned yesterday amid an investigation into his intervening role in the domestic violence case of former Paterson aide David Johnson. He took over as chief just a week ago after Police Superintendent Harry Corbitt , also implicated...

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Brooklyn Library Staff Happy Head is Gone

Flickr user xbettyx After being publicly embarrassed when a Washington Post reporter was allowed to watch their firings, the Daily News reports that former BPL staff members feel “vindicated” that chief Dionne Mack-Harvin has resigned in the wake of the scandal . On top of having their reactions...

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Not Everyone Hates Gov. Paterson

“Good man!” and “We love you, Governor Paterson!” cried supporters at a Brooklyn town hall meeting on Monday. According to the Times , the disgraced governor, who’s being called the least popular in the city’s history, found praise there when he’s failed to...

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Clinton Also Anti-Soda, But State Senate Vows to Kill Tax

Soda was a hot topic yesterday, as Governor Paterson spoke at a gathering of health officials and soda-tax advocates in Albany, while former president Bill Clinton bragged in Harlem about how his foundation has helped pressure soft drink companies to slash shipments of full-sugar soft drinks to schools...

Posted by in New York on 03 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Elsewhere In The ist-a-verse: Gay Marriage In DC

Photo by Michael Starghill / blog.michaelstarghill.com DCist was down at the courthouse when the very first same-sex couples applied for marriage licenses in the District of Columbia. LAist heard about a panel of former Scientologists who say they endured 100-hour work weeks for $50 in pay, were billed...

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Making the Call: Locals Make Risky Secondary Upgrades

Antonio Cromartie Darrelle Revis is outstanding, but he can’t guard everybody.That much and more was evident in the AFC Championship Game, when the Jets lost to the Indianapolis Colts when Peyton Manning used his stable of receives not guarded by Revis to turn a Jets lead into a comfortable Colts...

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Paterson Pardons Immigrant Who Turned Life Around

Yesterday, Governor Paterson announced that he was pardoning a Chinese immigrant who was convicted of muggings when he was 15 but then kept out of trouble and became a successful IT executive. Paterson said, “Qing Hong Wu’s case proves that an individual can, with hard work and dedication,...

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Some Bronx Chickens Get A New Home

Last month Raymond Lopez of the Bronx, who has taken to tending to a growing community of chickens in the borough, said the animals needed a more fitting home . Now the Daily News reports that volunteers helped capture the wild chickens near West 169th Street, on a mission to relocate the birds. While...

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Paterson Probe: A Conflict of Interest for Cuomo?

Lawmakers, especially Brooklyn councilman Charles Barron, are upset about a private meeting yesterday between Attorney General Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Ravitch. Allegedly, the two top officials were discussing the possibility of a resignation by Gov. Paterson, as well as the state budget which Ravitch is...

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