Weinshall Leaving for CUNY Job

The City’s Transportation Commissioner, Iris Weinshall, is leaving for a job with CUNY.

Her last day is April 13th.

A statement from Weinshall, wife of Senator Chuck Schumer, is after the jump.

– Azi Paybarah

STATEMENT FROM DOT COMMISSIONER IRIS WEINSHALL

“It has been an honor and a privilege to spend more Read More

DOT Commissioner Weinshall Resigns

She weathered the Staten Island Ferry storm, only to resign to…. work for CUNY.

The Mayor’s statement after the jump.

- Matthew Schuerman

STATEMENT BY MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ON THE RESIGNATION OF DOT COMMISSIONER IRIS WEINSHALL

“When I became Mayor, the people of New York were already very fortunate to Read More

Events for December 1, 2006

Happy December!

The First Lady of Zambia delivers the keynote address and receives the International AIDS Trust and World Vision New York’s 2006 award at Tavern on the Green.

CUNY hosts a conference on the Spellings Commission report on higher education at John Jay College.

Baruch College hosts conference titled “An Avian Flu Pandemic: How Read More

Events for October 20, 2006

At 8:30 in Midtown, CA congressional candidate Jerry McNerney has a fund-raising breakfrast.

At 8:30, the Consul General of Mexico and CUNY co-sponsor a conference on Mexican immigrants in New York at Baruch College.

At 9 a.m. the federal funding cuts and their impact on the future of public housing is discussed at Read More

Pataki's Parting Gift for Wiesenfeld

After months of delays, George Pataki sent the name of Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, his former Jewish liaison, to the Republican-controlled state Senate for reappointment as trustee to CUNY last Friday. And it went nowhere.

A spokeswoman for Senate Republicans, Lisa Black, blamed the hold-up on a technicality: Wiesenfeld’s name, she said, was sent too Read More