Kirsten Danis
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POLS' ODD BILLS IN LA-LAW LAND
June 2, 2002 | 4:00amImagine a New York where all new car alarms are banned, every parade has to start with an American flag and drivers who motor around with snow on their vehicles...
AUDITORS HAND YANKS 370G BILL
May 31, 2002 | 4:00amThe Yankees had to cough up nearly $370,000 to the city after a new audit showed the team underreported its income, Comptroller William Thompson said yesterday. The four-year audit, from...
HEAVY PEDAL FINES - NEW LAW WOULD HIT CRAZED CYCLISTS
May 30, 2002 | 4:00amTwo-wheeled menaces like food deliverers and bicycle messengers who speed on sidewalks could be facing stiff new fines under a bill that moved one step closer to law yesterday. Bikers...
IT'S RED, WHITE & TRUE BLUE - PATRIOTISM WILL REIGN ON HOLIDAY PARADES
May 24, 2002 | 4:00amNew Yorkers will put their patriotism on parade this weekend as they salute the Memorial Day holiday. Mayor Bloomberg said he'll march in two parades on Sunday and two on...
BLOOMBERG URGES APPLE NOT TO GO OFF HALF-BAKED
May 24, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg tried to calm jittery New Yorkers about nonspecific al Qaeda threats - saying they may face a greater potential threat this holiday weekend from sunburn than from a...
WINNER AT LAWSUIT 'CON' GAME
May 22, 2002 | 4:00amA would-be killer won nearly $750,000 from the city after he broke his ankle tripping on a sidewalk - in just one of the massive payouts Mayor Bloomberg says are...
SCUM & 'COKE': BLOOMY ALSO TARGETING SMALL-TIME LOWLIFES
May 22, 2002 | 4:00amCRACKDOWN 2 Nearly 10,000 low-level criminals who repeatedly commit quality-of-life crimes will be hit with new, tougher judges and longer jail time, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. Operation Spotlight, set to...
MAYOR COOLS ON BURNING TRASH INCINERATORS 'NOT LIKELY,' HE SAYS
May 18, 2002 | 4:00amThe possibility of building incinerators to solve the city's mounting garbage problem has just about gone up in smoke, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "The [cleaner] technology is there, but the...
HIJACK WARNING UPROAR
May 17, 2002 | 4:00amVice President Dick Cheney yesterday brushed off reports that the president knew of a hijacking threat before Sept. 11 - dismissing the controversy as just a trivial tabloid frenzy. Appearing...
CITY WEB SITE OFFERS DEALS FOR SENIORS
May 14, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg launched a new Web site yesterday offering one-stop shopping for seniors to check if they are eligible for as many as 11 cash-saving programs. The QuickCheck system, at...
UH-OWE! CITY WORKERS ARE MAJOR PARKING $COFFLAWS
May 11, 2002 | 4:00amCity employees rank among New York's biggest parking-ticket scofflaws - racking up tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, The Post has learned. Two dozen city workers owe the...
THE BLOOMY PRINCIPLE WANTS SCHOOLS TO DICTATE HOW TEACHERS SPEND TIME
May 11, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg broke his silence about the ongoing negotiations over a new teachers contract yesterday - telling the teachers union it shouldn't get a say in how instructors spend their...
NYPD PLAN FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTwo police precincts with among the most domestic-violence cases in the city will get a new pilot program next month to help the vulnerable victims, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. Domestic...
MIKE: MAKE LANDLORDS TAKE THE FALL FOR SIDEWALK SUITS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg took aim at landlords and trial lawyers yesterday with a new push to curb the city's million-dollar payouts in sidewalk slip-and-fall cases. "All too often, people file ....
MIKE RIPS TEACHERS' 'THREATS'
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg rapped the teachers union yesterday for taking steps to call a strike - a vote is set for today - and vowed not to be blackmailed by illegal...
RUDY AT SCENE OF HIS PRIME
May 3, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Giuliani took a short trip down memory lane yesterday, returning to City Hall for the first time since he handed over power to Mayor Bloomberg. "It's a real...
BUDGET DEAL WAIVES TAXES FOR 9/11 KIN
May 3, 2002 | 4:00amGov. Pataki and state lawmakers have agreed to waive millions of dollars worth of state income taxes for families of 9/11 victims, officials said last night. The new state budget...
ALBANY $PARES US FROM PAIN: MAYOR
May 3, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday said the state has done its part to help the city avoid slash-and-burn spending cuts. In his first comments on the new state budget, Bloomberg said a...
CULTURE COMMISH OZZY?
May 2, 2002 | 4:00amOzzy Osbourne, call your agent - you may have a gig waiting for you at City Hall. MTV President Van Toffler included a new job for the rocker-turned-reality-TV-show-dad in a...
RUDY THREW $3M INTO BALLPARK FIXES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe Giuliani administration quietly spent $2.7 million to renovate the fields at Yankee and Shea stadiums last year - without revealing the deal to the public, The Post has learned....