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New York City stories: 471 news summaries

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Trade Center Insurance  Settled

After 5 years of squabbling, rebuilding  can begin in earnest

May 23, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The five-year battle over insurance claims for the World Trade Center was resolved this afternoon, reports the New York Times. The seven insurers disputing the claims settled; $4.55 billion will go towards rebuilding ground zero, which will accommodate the Freedom Tower and three large office buildings. More »

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insurance companies • New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • Freedom Tower • Larry Silverstein • Eliot Spitzer

Cabs Go Green in New York

Bloomberg plans for all taxis to be hybrids by 2012

May 22, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Every New York City taxi cab will be an eco-friendly hybrid in five years, Mike Bloomberg declared today. And by next year all new taxis will have to meet mileage and emissions standards. Cabs will turn green as part of the mayor's wider sustainability plan for the city, which is... More »

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environment • New York City • gas • taxi • cabs • Michael Bloomberg • hybrid car • carbon emissions

Bloomberg
Run Gains
Credibility

$1 billion set aside for
a campaign can't hurt

May 17, 07 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York mayor is looking more and more like presidential material, reports the NY Observer. What started as speculation fueled by Bloomberg's own aides has become the buzz of a conference of mayors in New York this week. And why not? The Washington Times reports that he's ready to... More »

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New York City • presidential campaign • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • Election 2008

Rudy Faulted
on Safety at
Ground Zero

Autocratic mayor sacrificed health for speed, suit charges

May 14, 07 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's leadership in the aftermath of 9/11 made him America's hero, and the GOP's top presidential candidate. But thousands of the firefighters and construction workers who cleaned up Ground Zero now claim that the mayor's single-minded drive to see the city rebound from the attacks is to blame for... More »

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Congress • Rudy Giuliani • New York City • Ground Zero • September 11 • safety • lawsuit

Bloomberg
Aims to Take NYC Green

Plan calls for $8 fee to drive into Manhattan

Apr 23, 07 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg chose Earth Day to launch an ambitious, expensive and politically uncertain campaign to make New York City “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city.” The most provocative proposal: charging drivers $8 a day for entering Manhattan below 86th Street. More »

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environment • New York City • pollution • environmentalism • New York • Manhattan • Earth Day • PlaNYC • congestion pricing • Michael Bloomberg

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Furious attack on daughter causes judge to suspend visitation rights

Apr 20, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A savage voicemail from Alec Baldwin to his 11-year-old daughter Ireland is burning up the Web, thanks to the bitter battle between the "30 Rock" star and his ex-wife Kim Basinger. The recording, in which the furious actor calls his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," was leaked... More »

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Hollywood • New York City • Alec Baldwin • Kim Basinger • Los Angeles • actor

Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

Repeat patients who use it as refuge are costing New York millions

Apr 17, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drug addicts who check into New York hospital detox units dozens of times per year cost the state more than $300 million annually. These frequent fliers are often homeless or mentally ill people who see detox as a source of food and housing. People use it instead of the shelter... More »

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rehab • drugs • New York City • drug addiction • detox • hospitals • housing • treatment • homeless • shelter • addiction

It's Not Easy Building Green

Say regulators, utilities
are putting the breaks on clean energy

Apr 6, 07 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the hype, the cool technologies and the new cachet, building green on a big scale is a very frustrating business, developers in New York tell the Observer. Exciting projects are hobbled by slow-moving regulators and greedy utility companies, they say. Their $100K natural gas "microturbines" are idle because... More »

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climate change • energy • environment • New York City • green building • Douglas Durst

Former Giuliani Partner Faces Felony Charges

Kerik trial could embarrass the GOP frontrunner

Mar 31, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Kerik is about to embarrass his former pal and partner Rudy Giuliani again. Federal prosecutors say they will charge Kerik with with several felonies in connection with the same problems that sank his nomination for secretary of Homeland Security in 2004. More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Bernard Kerik • New York City • taxes • New York • tax evasion • Election 2008

NYC Pays Kids To Go to School

Cash bonuses to poor families for attendance, grades, holding jobs

Mar 30, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget gold stars: poor New York City kids who attend class regularly or improve grades will get cash rewards. Mayor Michael Bloomberg tells the New York Times the program, which could net a low-income family up to $5,000 a year, is akin to sales bonuses in the private sector. More »

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education • families • New York City • children • Michael Bloomberg • school

Financial Action Flees
to London

Goldman Sachs is now doing as much business abroad as on Wall Street

Mar 20, 07 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street’s position as the center of the financial universe—unchallenged for more than a century—is under serious threat from the City of London, according to John Gapper. London is catching up with Gotham in bond trading, already ahead in derivatives and the place to be for really... More »

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investing • international trade • Wall Street • London • New York City • Goldman Sachs • business • finance

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