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Jul 1, 2007 11:57 AM CDT

'Music and Passion' Yield to Subway

Historic Copacabana awaits transit-expansion wrecking ball

(Newser) - After nearly seven decades, three locations, and an unforgettable hit song, the Copacabana nightclub closed its doors early this morning to make way for the extension of a subway line. In its latest incarnation, the onetime hangout of the Rat Pack and the Mickey Mantle-led New York Yankees bowed out...

Push to Reopen Liberty's Crown

Jun 27, 2007 1:27 PM CDT

Push to Reopen Liberty's Crown

House votes $1M to study reopening to visitors.

(Newser) - The House wants Lady Liberty's crown reopened to visitors intrepid enough to make the climb, and for the second year in a row has set aside $1 million for the National Park Service to figure out how to do it. Since 9-11 only the pedestal at her feet has been...

Neither NY Mayor Is
White House
Worthy

Jun 22, 2007 3:39 PM CDT

Neither NY Mayor Is White House Worthy

TNR questions both hizzoners' credentials

(Newser) - Deeming New York City "several light years away from the heart of America," New Republic writer Michelle Cottle assaults the qualifications of Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg to be president. Cottle calls Rudy's leadership style the "pugilistic, divisive, f-you approach" and Mike "the perfect presidential...

Bloomberg Says
He Won't Run

Jun 20, 2007 1:11 PM CDT

Bloomberg Says He Won't Run

'I’ve got the greatest job in the world and I’m going to keep doing it'

(Newser) - A day after sparking presidential hype with a shift out of the GOP, Mike Bloomberg says he won't run. "I said that my intention is to be mayor for the next 925 days and probably about 10 hours—whatever’s left, 11 hours? And that is my intention,"...

Bloomberg Waves Goodbye to GOP

Jun 19, 2007 6:29 PM CDT

Bloomberg Waves Goodbye to GOP

NY mayor's party shift may foretell White House run

(Newser) - Mike Bloomberg has changed the party in his voter registration from Republican to "unaffiliated," sparking speculation that he will throw the 2008 campaign into turmoil by running for president as an independent. The New York mayor has vowed to leave politics after his term expires in 2009, the...

Woman's Death the First Linked to 9/11 Dust

May 24, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

Woman's Death the First Linked to 9/11 Dust

NYC medical examiner connects WTC exposure to fatal illnesses

(Newser) - Felicia Dunn-Jones is being added to the list of 9/11 victims—the first death officially linked to dust from the collapsing towers. Killed in 2002 by sarcoidosis exacerbated by the deadly dust, she was initially rejected from the list for lack of evidence. But the cause of death is...

Trade Center Insurance Settled

May 23, 2007 4:35 PM CDT

Trade Center Insurance Settled

After 5 years of squabbling, rebuilding can begin in earnest

(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.

Cabs Go Green in New York

May 22, 2007 3:42 PM CDT

Cabs Go Green in New York

Bloomberg plans for all taxis to be hybrids by 2012

(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...

Bloomberg
Run Gains
Credibility

May 17, 2007 3:35 PM CDT

Bloomberg Run Gains Credibility

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

(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...

Rudy Faulted
on Safety at
Ground Zero

May 14, 2007 3:07 PM CDT

Rudy Faulted on Safety at Ground Zero

Autocratic mayor sacrificed health for speed, suit charges

(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...

Bloomberg
Aims to Take NYC Green

Apr 23, 2007 6:32 AM CDT

Bloomberg Aims to Take NYC Green

Plan calls for $8 fee to drive into Manhattan

(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.

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Apr 20, 2007 8:23 AM CDT

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Furious attack on daughter causes judge to suspend visitation rights

(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...

Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

Apr 17, 2007 3:54 PM CDT

Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

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

(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...

It's Not Easy Building Green

Apr 6, 2007 12:43 PM CDT

It's Not Easy Building Green

Say regulators, utilities are putting the breaks on clean energy

(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...

Former Giuliani Partner Faces Felony Charges

Mar 31, 2007 4:36 PM CDT

Former Giuliani Partner Faces Felony Charges

Kerik trial could embarrass the GOP frontrunner

(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.

NYC Pays Kids To Go to School

Mar 30, 2007 8:17 AM CDT

NYC Pays Kids To Go to School

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

(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.

Financial Action Flees
to London

Mar 20, 2007 7:24 AM CDT

Financial Action Flees to London

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

(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...