http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newyork/ en-us Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:14:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133050/posts In New York speculation is beginning on who would fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat if it should become vacant. Clinton's possible elevation to Obama's cabinet would give Gov. David Paterson, authority to appoint someone to the U.S. Senate until a special election in 2010 to pick who would to serve out the last two years of her term. The name that is sure to be at the top of the list is Caroline Kennedy. The NY Post reported last summer that Caroline Kennedy's high-profile appointment to Barack Obama's vice-presidential search team was orchestrated in a deal brokered by her uncle,... Blue Tidal Wave http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133050/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131947/posts SNIPPET: "A French couple arrested in connection with a series of anarchist attacks on the country's rail network have been linked by the FBI to a bomb attack in New York." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "French anti-terrorist police are holding 10 alleged members of a violent anarchist movement suspected of sabotaging power cables on high speed TGV train lines. But it now transpires that the alleged culprits were netted thanks to information from the FBI, which allegedly linked two of them to the home-made bomb attack on an army recruitment centre in New York's Times Square in March. Julien Coupat, 34, the... TELEGRAPH.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131947/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:46:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131849/posts If you needed ANY further evidence of who is actually running the Democrat Party these days, it's RIGHT here under the Title" "Let me Re-Introduce Myself. I am David Paterson and I am the Governor of New York State." The Dem Governor of the 2nd largest state in the nation is "Introducing" himself to the moonbat community at KOS. WHY? Because it has become clear that if he wants large amounts of money, AND MEDIA ATTENTION for his re-election campaign, he needs those morons and thier huge amounts of illegal, overseas cash. "Let me re-introduce Myself. I am David Paterson,... TCRLAF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131849/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:23:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131394/posts The global credit panic has swept away many illusions, and we're about to find out if that includes those of the politicians who have feasted for years on Wall Street tax revenues. Ground Zero is New York, which has lived a tax-and-spend fantasy thanks to the long bull market and "progressive" tax rates. Reality is now biting. The financial services industry employs between 2% and 3% of nongovernment workers in New York, the same as it did in the late 1970s. What's changed is the share of total wages in the state represented by Wall Street jobs, which had skyrocketed... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131394/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:41:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129804/posts Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a potential 2010 gubernatorial candidate, is being urged to take over the state GOP after a disastrous election that cost Republicans control of the Senate, insiders told The Post. At the same time, current state GOP Chairman Joseph Mondello, the Nassau County leader widely criticized as ineffective and out-of-touch, is being encouraged to step aside, and is expected to do so by the end of the year, the insiders said. Giuliani has been told that he has just a few weeks to fill a leadership void that could result in the party splintering into Long Island... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129804/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:46:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128714/posts Some community activists in Wayne County believe that raids on local migrant worker families have become incessant and aggressive, but a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement says federal agents are just doing their job. John and Nancy Ghetner of Sodus, who spoke Wednesday night at the monthly meeting of the Rochester Committee on Latin America, say methods used by immigration agents are dishonest and illegal. They pointed to a Sept. 28 raid that led to the arrest of 14 people. Two had previous arrest warrants for failing to leave or stay out of the country after deportation, according to... FingerLakes1.com Local Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128714/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 14:06:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129097/posts As those who read my piece "Running Off The Cliff" know, the changes made to the 421a tax abatement program resulted in a perverse rush by developers to begin construction on new condo projects in New York City in the face of a declining Wall Street economy. It's an amazing testament to the distortion of behavior that subsidy programs can have. The chart from that piece was so striking I am reprinting it here (but slightly gussied up). Note that building permits for single family homes and 2-4 family homes peaked in 2006, lagging the US overall - as New... Seeking Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129097/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:47:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127471/posts Transition: Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to change the partisan tone in Washington. So why did he pick a take-no-prisoners partisan for his chief of staff?The high-level White House selection of fellow Chicagoan Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the sharp-elbowed, foul-mouthed head of the Democrat caucus, doesn't exactly augur well for the kind of noncynical air-freshening Obama voters had hoped for. After Emanuel helped the Democrats win Congress in 2006, he told a gathering of celebrating staffers and campaign workers that Republicans "can go f*** themselves," according to Chicago Tribune reporter Naftali Bendavid in her book, "The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127471/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 01:28:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127182/posts Rahm Emanuel: The House Rahm Built FROM THE ARCHIVES: Rahm Emanuel was seething. He was hurtling down an asphalt road in upstate New York on the 47th trip of his ferocious campaign to win back the House. A lecture, even from his friend James Carville, was the last thing he needed. Carville and pollster Stan Greenberg telling him he had to make each of his handpicked candidates shift from attack mode and strike a conciliatory note in their final campaign ads. "James. No James, YOU LISTEN," Emanuel barked into a cell phone, about to release a string of profane invectives... chicago tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127182/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 19:20:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127067/posts Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going to cut the city work force by 3,000, but that's just the beginning of the pain New Yorkers will feel as part of the fiscal crisis. A slew of new taxes are also on the agenda. There will be 1,000 fewer cops, but the city will hire 200 more traffic agents to give out $60 million a year in new block-the-box tickets. "The gravity of the budget situation requires us to propose both deep spending cuts and revenue increases," Bloomberg said. The spending cuts mean reducing the city work force. The revenue increases mean taxes... NEW YORK (CBS) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127067/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126806/posts Bloomberg Says Promised Property Tax Rebate Is Off Table NEW YORK (CBS) ― Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going to cut the city work force by 3,000, but that's just the beginning of the pain New Yorkers will feel as part of the fiscal crisis. A slew of new taxes are also on the agenda. There will be 1,000 fewer cops, but the city will hire 200 more traffic agents to give out $60 million a year in new block-the-box tickets. "The gravity of the budget situation requires us to propose both deep spending cuts and revenue increases," Bloomberg said. The... WCBS TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126806/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:17:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2126750/posts KIERAN LALOR'S RACE AGAINST JOHN HALL IN THE 19TH CD, NY (Part 1 of 3 articles) Content: (Please see archived blogs under KIERAN LALOR FOR CONGRESS 19th CD NY at http://genelalor.com/) This is the first of a brief series covering the last few days of Kieran’s quest to unseat one-term incumbent and usurper, John Hall, former rock semi-star of Orleans semi-fame, who now holds the congressional seat in New York’s 19th. To be totally honest, I have no idea what Kieran’s life was like today. I was a late arrival on his campaign scene and Kieran was as busy as... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2126750/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 05:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125685/posts NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats have won a majority in New York's state Senate. That gives the party control of the full Legislature and governor's office for the first time since 1935. Democrats, who outnumber Republicans by nearly 2 to 1 statewide, ended more than 40 years of GOP rule in the Senate thanks in part to the enthusiasm fueled by Barack Obama's historic presidential campaign. Democrats won at least 32 seats in the 62-seat chamber. They trailed 31 to 29 with two vacancies going into Tuesday. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125685/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:23:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124664/posts Voters throughout the Hudson Valley were reporting long lines as residents rushed to cast their ballots before work this morning. Also: Long lines reported at polling locations in south Toledo, Waterville, Maumee (Ohio) Reports from locations in south Toledo, Maumee, and Waterville all had a common theme: voters got up early, got in line, and waited until they could cast their ballots. Times Herald-Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124664/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123942/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a term-limit extension law on Monday that will allow him to run for a third turn next year and earn a chance to guide New York City through the global financial crisis. Bloomberg's backers have hailed him as the right man to guide one of the world's financial capitals through uncertain times, while critics have accused him of a naked power grab using the financial crisis as a pretext. The formal signing came after four hours of public testimony from elected officials, private citizens and good government groups who in turns called... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123942/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:18:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123963/posts Four years ago, the Upper West Side of Manhattan was teeming with young Democratic clipboard-jockey hipsters, corralling voters for John Kerry. For weeks, prior to the voter registration deadline, every spare square-inch of Big Apple pavement was crammed with these young activists, billions and billions of them, accosting and chatting up normally aloof Manhattanites, using words such as “like,” “yo” and “Bush lied” with more per-minute frequency than they would inhale . It was confessedly impressive to watch them advance and descend on weary coffee-filled, highly-irritable straphangers emerging from the subway tunnels, with a combination of Irish folk dance synchronicity... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123963/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:35:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122445/posts HAWTHORNE, N.Y. (AP) _ Werner Lippe told authorities he was eager to help them locate his missing wife after she vanished while running errands. He told a newspaper reporter he was in anguish over Faith Lippe's disappearance. But now the wealthy 66-year-old jeweler has been charged with killing the mother of two — becoming the third suburban New York husband accused of slaying his wife this week. State Police Capt. Keith Corlett said Lippe admitted killing his third wife, and described disposing of the body "in a way that would make it difficult to locate." A search for 49-year-old Faith... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122445/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:34:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121366/posts New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is financing a new group that will be active in five congressional races this week, supporting gun control and other measures, a spokeswoman said. The billionaire mayor's new group, Americans United for Safe Streets, is sending out mailings attacking three Republican congressmen who oppose most gun control, Tom Feeney of Florida (above), Steve Chabot of Ohio, and Joe Knollenberg of Michigan, for their votes against gun control measures, including tightening restrictions on sales at gun shows and the restrictions on gun dealers who have lost their licenses. The group is also lobbying for funding for... news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121366/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 01:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121102/posts Veterans for McCain Rally WHEN: Saturday, November 1st, 2008 (11am-12noon) WHERE: Foley Square Park (near City Hall), New York City WHO: All McCain supporters, friends and family SPEAKERS: * Lt. Col. (Retired) Barry Bridger, Viet Nam POW 1967-1973 * Gary Berntsen, former CIA officer and author of Jawbreaker: The Attack on bin Laden and al-Qaeda, Chair of New York Veterans for McCain * Joe Femenia , former Navy SEAL from Afghanistan and Iraq * Rep. Peter King (R-NY), former Army servicemen, Congressional Representative for New York's 3rd District NOTES: Event will be held Rain or Shine and is FREE! NY Veterans for McCain Palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121102/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120477/posts The Obama Campaign is also trying to hide this from America... When did Barack Obama meet terrorist Bill Ayers? It was likely earlier than we suspected. And, it was not by accident. They just didn't happen to "cross paths." Barack Obama admitted in his first book that he would "carefully" seek out radical and Marxist friends while at Columbia University: "To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist Professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets." Chester posted earlier that noted anti-Israeli professor... Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120477/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2119616/posts NEW YORK (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Health inspectors have shut down a Chinese restaurant in New York after they found workers butchering roadkill to serve in their dishes. Someone reported they saw a guy drag a dead deer from the road into the restaurant. When investigators arrived they found the deer on the floor of the kitchen with its legs cut off. They say you could still see the blood trail from the front door through the restaurant where the guy dragged it. "That's disgusting, I will never eat Chinese again. I'm sorry for all the people out there, that's gross,"... wwmt.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2119616/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118986/posts New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who negotiated executive payment clawbacks by American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG - News) as it received a taxpayer bailout, warned nine banks receiving government money on Wednesday that using the funds for bonus payments may be illegal under state law. In a letter sent to Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC - News), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK - News), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C - News), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS - News), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM - News), Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (NYSE:MER - News), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS - News), State... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118986/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118529/posts New York's Governor David Paterson said on Wednesday the U.S. Congress must pass a stimulus bill that includes "direct and immediate fiscal relief" for states such as emergency block grants. Paterson said in prepared testimony other measures Congress is considering to revive the country's economy are important, but "much of the good that would be done through proposals like expanding unemployment or food stamp benefits would be undone if states do not receive necessary federal budget relief." Like emergency block grants -- the direct cash assistance that was given to states in 2003 -- increasing the federal share for Medicaid... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118529/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117787/posts Citing an economic downturn that in some respects hasn't been seen since the Great Depression, Gov. David Paterson said this year's budget deficit has ballooned to $1.5 billion for this fiscal year with the gap growing to an eye-popping $12.5 billion next year, and $47 billion over the next four years. times-union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117787/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117486/posts One week before election day and Democrat Barack Obama has a commanding lead among New York state voters on Republican John McCain in the presidential race. The Siena Research Institute poll, released Oct. 27, shows Obama ahead, 62-31 percent, an increase of nine points in the past three weeks. The institute is affiliated with Siena College, located in Loudonville. American City Business Journals http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117486/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:35:43 GMT