Six months after New York City Housing Authority chairman Tino Hernandez said he was leaving, Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday afternoon announced his replacement, John Rhea, an executive at Barclays. The appointment immediately drew criticism from many in the City Council.
It came because Rhea has no experience in housing. A few hours after Read More
Six months after New York City Housing Authority chairman Tino Hernandez said he was leaving, Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday afternoon announced his replacement, John Rhea, an executive at Barclays. The appointment immediately drew criticism from many in the City Council.
It came because Rhea has no experience in housing. A few hours after his Read More
An awkward moment just now at the City Council budget hearing with Mark Page, who always seems to tangle with council members during these hearings.
Letitia James: Mr. Page, how was your Mother’s Day? And how is your mother?
Mark Page: You know, my mother has been dead and buried for 10 years, and if Read More
An awkward moment just now at the City Council budget hearing with Mark Page, who always seems to tangle with council members during these hearings.
Letitia James: Mr. Page, how was your Mother’s Day? And how is your mother?
Mark Page: You know, my mother has been dead and buried for 10 years, Read More
The circumstances of Martha Stark's departure from the Bloomberg administration had nothing to do with race. But two Democrats took the occasion to raise the issue of racial diversity in the administration.
City Councilwoman Helen Foster of the Bronx, who, like Stark, is African-American, said, “I think it’s clear there is a lack of Read More
Some criticism of Bill Thompson’s mayoral campaign is surfacing this week.
After a press conference in Brooklyn this morning where Michael Bloomberg talked about the installation of new wind turbines, I asked City Councilwoman Letitia James, who said she's supporting Thompson, what she thinks of the campaign he's running.
“It’s certainly Read More
The Bloomberg administration has done an about-face on its plan to send the redevelopment of the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital though the city's standard (and intensive) public review process, known among real estate wonks as ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) — a move that has at least one project opponent fuming.
"This Read More
The Bloomberg administration has done an about-face on its plan to send the redevelopment of the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital though the city’s standard (and intensive) public review process, known among real estate wonks as ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure)—a move that has at least one project opponent fuming.
“This is Read More
At this morning’s City Hall rally, Councilwoman Letitia James called on black clergy members to block Michael Bloomberg from speaking to their congregations because of his lack of outrage over the controversial cartoon in the New York Post.
Bloomberg told reporters at a press conference ealier today that he accepted Murdoch’s Read More
In a hearing at City Hall this afternoon about the impact of the federal stimulus bill on the city, the director of the Michael Bloomberg's office of operations, Jeff Kay, was asked what role "if any" the New York City Council will play in putting together a list of projects.
"Um, it’s Read More
