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Southern Brooklyn Elected Officials Blast Mayor For Failing Calvert Vaux

Calvert Vaux ParkIn time for summer, elected officials from southern Brooklyn are once again calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to make good on the city’s commitment [/de-blasio-criticized-for-abandoning-bloomberg-plan-for-calvert-vaux-park/#.V2K5D-YrI9c] to pour $40 million into Gravesend’s Calvert Vaux Park. Councilman Mark Treyger, Borough President Eric Adams, Senator

Treyger Pushes For $500 Property Tax Rebates

Concerned by rapidly increasing property taxes for middle-class New Yorkers, the City Council is pushing a bill that would offer a property tax rebate of $500 for qualifying homeowners. A similar law was passed in 2004 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but it was cut in 2007 due to the economic

Bye, Bye Bloomberg — Bumps Aside, It’s Been A Triumphant Trip

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Photo by Erica ShermanBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: For more than a decade, Michael R. Bloomberg governed the Big Apple. Entering politics after years as a business entrepreneur, he adapted to the process and departs with conspicuous accomplishments. To paraphrase an iconic line from a Grateful

Downsides To Plastic Bag Bans? Studies Suggest Risk Alongside Benefits

Source: Urban Woodswalker via flickrThere might be reason for the City Council to pause on their plans to limit the use of plastic bags, and it concerns health and safety. As we wrote in our article on the City Council’s effort to charge a 10-cent fee to anyone given

Bloomberg Introduces Initiative Program for NYC-based Tech Startups

Do you have a tech startup, or are you interested in joining one? You might want to take a look at the new We Are Made In NY [http://wearemadeinny.com/] program, introduced by Mayor Bloomberg [http://www.mikebloomberg.com/] early yesterday. According to their website: > We Are Made

Gas Rationing to Start Tomorrow

In the face of gas shortages that he expects to last for several more weeks, Mayor Bloomberg is taking significant action so that drivers can buy gas only on alternate days. Beginning at 6am tomorrow morning, license plates that end with an odd number or a letter can only buy

City’s Spirit Shone Brightly Throughout ’03 Blackout

A customer buys ice cream from a Mister Softee truck — one of the very few options New Yorkers had to try and keep cool during the sweltering Northeast Blackout of 2003. Source: StructuresNYC / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Where were you when the lights went out on August 14, 2003

Goodnight, Irene: Update In Aftermath Of Tropical Storm

from technodisco.netNews 12 [http://www.news12.com/mytown/main.jsp] is reporting that the Belt Parkway is open with delays in certain spots, such as Pennsylvania Avenue, where flood water is being pumped off the road. According to traffic reports, all highways are open with traffic limited to one

Traffic Alert! Firefighters Marching Over Brooklyn Bridge

(from ufanyc.org)Anyone headed out to Manhattan in a car should be advised that there will be traffic problems on the Brooklyn Bridge starting at around 10 am. According to a source close to the U.S. Marshals Service, members of the FDNY will be demonstrating the closing of

Citywide Emergency Alert Program Launches

Mayor Bloomberg has announced the citywide launch of Notify NYC [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2009a/pr227-09.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1]