budgeting expo
Source: ign.comCouncilman David Greenfield invited the public to a participatory budgeting expo where special “budget delegates” got a chance to weigh in on the best way to spend $1 million allocated from his discretionary budget, according to a report [http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/bensonhurst-participatory-budgeting-expo/article_7a4b0bbe-85cf-11e2-90a9-001a4bcf887a.html]
Board of Elections
Blue387 via Wikimedia CommonsThe future is here… but not everyone is impressed. Such is the sentiment that four state senators including Marty Golden expressed this week when it came to the prospect of rolling out those new digital scanning voting machines for the upcoming mayoral race. According to a report
doctor fraud
HynesHealthcare scammers – y’know, not like we have any of those [/tag/medicaid-fraud/] around here – better watch their backs, as Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has launched a new Healthcare Fraud Division. The new unit hopes to combat fraud against Medicare and Medicaid committed by doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare
14 st union sq
Source: visualnews.com Visual News [http://www.visualnews.com/2012/03/28/stopping-traffic-the-busiest-nyc-subway-stops/] created a cool new graphic of the busiest subway stops in New York. I took a slice of the map to show you our area, which compared to Manhattan [http://www.visualnews.com/2012/03/28/stopping-traffic-the-busiest-nyc-subway-stops/
Source: visualnews.comVisual News [http://www.visualnews.com/2012/03/28/stopping-traffic-the-busiest-nyc-subway-stops/] created a cool new graphic of the busiest subway stops in New York. I took a slice of the map to show you our area, which compared to Manhattan [http://www.visualnews.com/2012/03/28/stopping-traffic-the-busiest-nyc-subway-stops/?view=
adolfo carrion
Source: Jamie Adams via Wikimedia CommonsWe’ve been reporting on the possibility [/cuomo-says-no-to-new-york-city-casino-but-lawmakers-still-have-hand-to-play/] of casinos coming to New York City and New Yorkers’ lukewarm opposition [/cuomo-faces-tough-fight-to-legalize-casino-gambling/] to them. As the mayoral race becomes more a thing, the question arises as to where our future mayors stand on the issue. City
Source: Jamie Adams via Wikimedia CommonsWe’ve been reporting on the possibility [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/01/cuomo-says-no-to-new-york-city-casino-but-lawmakers-still-have-hand-to-play/] of casinos coming to New York City and New Yorkers’ lukewarm opposition [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/02/cuomo-faces-tough-fight-to-legalize-casino-gambling/] to them. As the mayoral race becomes more a thing, the question
andew cuomo
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick CashinThe MTA just received its chunk of the massive $60 billion Sandy aid package [/house-finally-approves-full-sandy-aid-package/], or $57 billion because of the sequester [/sequester-will-slash-3-billion-from-sandy-aid-package/], according to a report by the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/feds-release-193-million-mta-post-sandy-transit-repair-article-1.1281491] . Reeling in a total of
attack ads
As the sequester rolls on unheeded, slashing everything from defense spending to Superstorm Sandy aid [/sequester-will-slash-3-billion-from-sandy-aid-package/], a partisan media war is unfurling across your TVs and the internet. Sure, there’s nothing new about that, but the latest ad, unleashed by Democrats, targets GOP Congressman Michael Grimm as being a
cancer
Source: Dank Depot via FlickrIn the 1980s, New York was one of the first states in the nation to legalize medical marijuana, running the program for nearly a decade before it was shut down. State Senator Diane Savino, of Staten Island and Coney Island, plans to introduce a bill to
Express F Train
Afagen via FlickrThere has been a lot of hype [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/03/an_express_f_tr.php] this morning on the news feeds about the possibility of the MTA restoring an express F train service, which would run from Coney Island to Manhattan. With apologies to
brad gair
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to buy up your Sandy damaged home and sell them over to land developers, according to a report by WNYC [http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2013/mar/04/bloomberg-offer-own-sandy-buy-out-plan-twist/] . Following the lead of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who wants to spend $400 million to buy up