Barking dogs cost couple £1,250

"A couple have been ordered to pay a total of £1,250 in fines and costs for breaching a noise abatement notice over their barking dogs. Andrew and Susan Watts, of Chescombe Road, Yatton, admitted three offences of failing to comply with the notice at North Somerset...

City reaches 421-a agreement

"The Bloomberg administration has agreed endorse a state bill reforming the city’s 421-a property tax abatement program in exchange for modest alternations designed to spur middle-income housing in Queens. "