Bloomberg Upstate

Some legislators call him the 63rd senator or the 151st assemblyman. "His vote has much more impact than that of this lone senator," said Sen. Bill Perkins. Perkins was referring to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Whether it springs from his generous sponsoring of...

Opponents to gay marriage call on NYS Senate and God

"The day will come when the hand of God shall use these people to take him out, out, out," said the Revered Miguel Rivera, president of the National Coalition of Latino Ministers, referring to Paterson's...

Tap Dancing Caroline Kennedy Update News 1/22/9

All the Caroline Kennedy news that's fit to tap. Feel free to hum along.

The New Coney Island: Theme Park of a Theme Park

     Much ado over at Coney Island. Yesterday, we learned that the city may buy developer Joe Sitt's ten acres at the site, and now the Municipal Art Societyhas released images of the expert crowd-sourced...

Explosion at Times Square, Bloomberg Calls Individual a "Coward"

 At approximately 3:45 a.m., there was a small explosion in Times Square in front of the Military Recruiting Office.  Homeland Security is on the scene. It cannot be confirmed, as of yet, if this...

"AMERICAN GANGSTER" VERSUS "AMERICAN HERO"

STREET HEROS, MOBSTER ZERO, & VIETNAM DRAFT DODGERS In the U.S.A. November is known for Election Day, Thanksgiving and so forth. November 2007 was the official release of the blockbuster film "American...

NYC Subway Condoms

Around 100, 000 New Yorkers are living with HIV.  So, the Mayor is introducing a program that will hand out free condoms resembling the city's subway lines.  The statistics are staggering as this report...

Mayor Bloomberg Endorses Shakira

"Taking time out of his usual schedule running NYC and counting his money, Mayor Bloomberg appeared on MTV in (a taped segment) to hype the MTV Video Music Awards, which are back in NYC this year. Yup, that's why...

NYC Mayor Heads to Ireland, Where Protestors Await

"Ah, the global community! Mayor Bloomberg, who put off a trip to Ireland last month because of a little ol' Queens blackout situation, is finally headed to Eire tomorrow. However, two groups who oppose U.S....

NY State rules against gay marriage

"The NY State Court of Appeals ruled that gay marriage is not allowed. The Court of Appeals heard a NYC case in which Judge Doris Ling-Cohan ruled that gay marriage was allowed. The city appealed, and the case...

New York: Alert on Subway Threat

The Mayor is speaking! The Police Commissioner there! The FBI just shared some "specific" threat information about a threat to the NYC subways. The Mayor is trying to reassure commuters that the NYPD has done a lot (shout out to the Hercules team and subway bag...

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