Democracy NYC NotNY Disgraceful Voting Turn Outs is Caused By Its' Corrupt Election System In 2009 11.7% of all the registered voters voted in the city voted re-elect Bloomberg. Just 548,660 out of the 4,657,516 registered voters show up at the polls.... »
Vintage John V. Lindsay for Mayor Painted Billboard Revealed After Over Forty Years – Flatbush, BrooklynNYP And Daily News Call For Quinn to Cut Off Seabrook's Member Items Funds . . . NYT No CommentCarolyn Ryan NYT Metro Editor Boycotting the Seabrook... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in the New York City “area” with no public schedule. Congress has averted – yet again – a government shutdown by agreeing on a temporary spending bill. No deal yet on the payroll tax holiday extension. Things are deteriorating rapi... »
“We are an army. And it’s huge.” Bette Lavars, 52, stood on the sidewalk of West 57th Street, hoping to spot Herman Cain. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and—until a few days ago—surprising Republican Party presidential frontrunner was expected to wal... »
I went looking for diverse voices at Occupy Wall Street, and found the 9/11 memorial a better metaphor for "too big to fail." »
This is the fifth post in a series examining the tactics employed by opponents of the Prospect Park West redesign. Read the first, second, third, and fourth installments. For a few months in the beginning of 2011, hardly a day went by without some poli... »
Perhaps it was just too good to be true.For two years prior to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, reconstruction of the World Trade Center site saw tremendous progress, as everyone involved cast aside years of rancor to pull together and present... »
