In New York City, 357 drivers were arrested in 2011 for being under the influence of drugs -- up from 81 ten years prior. That's more than a 300 percent increase. That's why Sen. Chuck Schume »
The weather cooperated quite a bit earlier today and the celebrations started at 11 o'clock on schedule. This year we had the usual gang of politicians including the Boro President and our senator Chuckie Schumer. There was a crew from Brooklyn Indepen... »
The army has agreed to transfer the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Admirals Row to New York City, clearing the way for building a supermarket and retail on the 6-acre site, Senator Chuck Schumer announced on Friday, [...] »
A rendering of one proposal for Pier 42 along the East River. Two major projects along the East River waterfront moved one step closer to reality this morning, when the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation voted officially to fund them. As we’ve bee... »
#techsupport A while ago, a twenty-something geek we'll call Martin arranged a meeting with some potential clients in an an unusual place: the sidewalk across the street from a police precinct on Manhattan's West Side. More » »
One Friday earlier this month, Andrew Rasiej, the chairman of NY Tech Meetup and an old-school Internet evangelist, sent out an email to the 20,000 members of the group asking them to do something most had never even considered before: close their lapt... »
The 2003 State of the Union address. (Photo: Wikipedia) President Barack Obama's State of the Union address is about an hour away and, once again, lawmakers are choosing bipartisan seatmates for the speech. The Politicker reached out to several of the ... »
On Sunday, as Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Chuck Schumer and over 400 other guests looked on, Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell married John Banta, his partner of over three decades. For Mr. O’Donnell, the wedding was the culmination of a more-than-four-y... »
