Frankie Edozien
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MIKE TUNED OUT
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amMayor Bloomberg's radio days are over - at least for now. His weekly appearance on WABC has been canceled, after six years, in the wake of the firing of radio...
COUNCILMAN WANNABE'S SILVER LINING
March 3, 2008 | 7:18amAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is backing former state Mental Health Director Joe Lazar in the hotly contested 2009 race to succeed Brooklyn Councilman Simcha Felder and plans to attend his...
RACING TO SAVE OTB
March 3, 2008 | 7:18amTwo members of the City Council plan to introduce a resolution asking the state to save OTB and the 1,500 jobs that would be lost if the city carries out...
POL HAS 'HEALTHY' RESPECT FOR FIDEL
March 3, 2008 | 7:18amAt least one American politician is sorry to see Fidel Castro go. City Councilman Charles Barron said yesterday Cubans get some of the best health care in the world and...
CLONED-MEAT BILL
February 28, 2008 | 8:01amA Manhattan lawmaker yesterday introduced a bill to ensure that meat from cloned animals is labeled as such in supermarkets. Councilwoman Gale Brewer, whose move comes after a recent federal...
GREEN LIGHT FOR MIKE'S GREEN CARTS
February 28, 2008 | 8:01amAfter much backroom negotiation and wrangling, the City Council passed a watered-down version of the Bloomberg administration's "green carts" proposal. Administration officials had hoped to flood low-income neighborhoods with 1,500...
GREEN-CART SHOWDOWN
February 26, 2008 | 7:49amThe battle over the Bloomberg administration's green-cart proposal intensified yesterday, as critics warned that if consumers don't buy street vendors' veggies, the peddlers will resort to selling other items -...
HIGH-TECH HELP FOR FDNY & NYPD
February 26, 2008 | 7:49amA high-tech program will soon let FDNY crews rushing to fires instantly download the layouts of burning buildings and give street cops quick access to suspects' fingerprints. The city is...
GIOIA RUN IS GOING GREEN
February 25, 2008 | 8:05amHe's not the Green candidate for Public Advocate - but a Queens councilman is running the city's first environmentally friendly political campaign. In his bid for re-election next year, Democrat...
CITY 'LIENS' ON BILL DODGERS
February 20, 2008 | 7:49amNearly 25,000 homeowners will be getting notices from the city threatening liens on their properties unless they pay their water and property-tax bills within three months, officials said yesterday. They...
THERE HE BLOWS AGAIN: SPITZ RANTS AT QUINN
February 19, 2008 | 6:39amGov. Spitzer and his top aides unleashed a verbal assault on Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her staff over a disagreement about the Javits Center, The Post has learned. Sources...
BARACK BACKERS EYE NY DELEGATE BOOST
February 18, 2008 | 7:29amSupporters expect Barak Obama to pick up one or two delegates when primary results from New York City are recounted. The unofficial results were strikingly under-recorded in several districts around...
FEDS TRIP UP NY-HATING GUN DEALER
February 15, 2008 | 8:17amThe owner of a South Carolina pawn shop to which the NYPD has traced some 77 guns used in crimes on New York City streets has been indicted by the...
COUNCIL PUSHES ANOTHER 'JUNK' BILL
February 14, 2008 | 8:06amUnder threat of a mayoral veto, the City Council yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill forcing manufacturers to collect discarded flat-screen TVs, computers, monitors and other electronic items - and recycle...
QUINN PICK IRKS B'KLYN DELEGATION
February 14, 2008 | 8:06amCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn suffered a political setback yesterday when all of the council members from Brooklyn voted against her pick for city clerk. Hector Diaz, the Bronx county...
QUINN EYES RENTER AID
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amRenters in the city would get a $300 tax credit under a plan unveiled yesterday by Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In her State of the City speech, Quinn (D-Manhattan), who...
PUSH FOR 9/11 HEALTH $$
February 7, 2008 | 7:50amThe head of the city union for emergency medical technicians yesterday urged more federal health funding to monitor 9/11 first-responders. Pat Bahnken, in urging the City Council to pass a...
DIPLO SCOFFS OWE CITY MILLIONS
February 7, 2008 | 7:50amEgypt, Kuwait and Nigeria sit atop the heap of the city's diplomatic scofflaws, which have racked up millions of dollars in unpaid parking tickets. Egypt, which tops the list, still...
GET TICKETS FOR GIANTS SUPER BOWL WIN CEREMONY
February 4, 2008 | 8:49pmWant tickets to tomorrow's City Hall Super Bowl Champions Ceremony? The only way to get the one of the 5,000 ducats is to call 311 by 7 p.m. tonight. A...
CITY BOOSTS PROGRAM FOR 'NURSING' MOMS
February 4, 2008 | 8:18amPairing experienced nurses with first-time mothers in very low income communities has been so successful in reducing infant mortality that Mayor Bloomberg has decided to pump another $22 million to...