Eliot Spitzer is bring another seasoned hand into his administration’s press operation.
The new spokesman for the Empire State Development Corporation will be Warner Johnston, currently the spokesman for the city’s parks department and unofficial orchestrator of a series of social functions bringing together press aides and political officials and Read More
It is taking almost a year to remove two apparently minor elements of the plan to renovate the north end of Union Square.
Back in May, the Art Commission approved the design, which was backed by the local business improvement district, that would enlarge the playground and institutionalize a seasonal restaurant there, but only Read More
The massive capital budget that the City Council passed in June had an extra $50 million or so in it for the Yankees to spend on their new stadium this year, though the Parks Department is saying that the city’s total contribution over the next three years–about $160 million–will not change.
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