Events for Thursday, January 11, 2007

At 9:30 a.m., on the City Hall steps, Bill de Blasio marks the anniversary of the Nixmary Brown’s death by announcing recommendations for improving child welfare.

At 10 a.m., the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Committee discusses the EPA’s cleanup at Ground Zero.

At 11 a.m., the Queens West Development Corporation meets at 633 Third Ave.

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Abused Child’s Murder A Crisis for Bloomberg

Mayor Michael Bloomberg resoundingly swept to re-election by accentuating the positives. He spoke incessantly and triumphantly about the rise in test scores and the drop in crime during his first term. He prided himself on streamlining the city’s sprawling bureaucracies and getting a bloated municipal system shipshape.

But now the Mayor’s second term starts Read More

Abused Child’s Murder A Crisis for Bloomberg

Mayor Michael Bloomberg resoundingly swept to re-election by accentuating the positives. He spoke incessantly and triumphantly about the rise in test scores and the drop in crime during his first term. He prided himself on streamlining the city’s sprawling bureaucracies and getting a bloated municipal system shipshape.

But now the Mayor’s second term starts on Read More