City Hall
Photo By Erica ShermanWith more than 14 months of construction expected on the damaged R train link connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan, commuters were expecting a nightmare of overcrowded trains and train-to-train transfers. That expected congestion might lessen a bit now as the city prepares to reopen the blue highway between
City Hall
Source: council.nyc.govParking is never easy in New York City, even for those lucky enough to actually find a space. Such is the case when the city enforces temporary, unannounced parking changes, especially when those changes result in motorists finding their cars towed. Councilman David Greenfield, who had his
allegory
The most traveled statue in NYC will soon be settling down in Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/]. Designed in 1920 by Frederick MacMonnies as an allegory of virtue over vice, the statue, which made its debut at City Hall during the height of the women’s suffrage movement, faced
Christine Quinn
Mayoral candidate and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is making attempts to reduce the fines the city presents to restaurants with health violations, reported the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/council-speaker-christine-quinn-drafting-bill-reduce-fines-restaurants-city-tough-grading-system-article-1.1134968] . Quinn is now in the process of drafting legislation to change New York City’s restaurant-grading
bloomberg administration
In what the New York Post is calling City Hall’s version of digging through the couch for change, the city is looking to potentially revoke property tax exemptions for thousands of nonprofit groups. This move by the Bloomberg Administration comes after four years of failing to sort out legitimate
bloomberg
(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