http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ny-news/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:57:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286498/posts Steven MalangaThe City’s Finances: Budget-Cutting Made Simple Balancing the books doesn’t take genius, just political courage. 6 July 2009 Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that balancing New York City’s budget in tough times requires “shared sacrifice,” by which he means combined tax increases and spending cuts. Yet as is often the case in New York, the biggest sacrifice is expected of taxpayers—this time, nearly $1 billion in tax hikes on top of what is already the heaviest tax burden among major cities in the nation (see “Life in Taxopolis,” coming soon). The city’s budget-cutting, by contrast, is exceedingly modest. In... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286498/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286468/posts The Rochester NY Independence Day Tea Party was held on Friday, July 3, 2009 at Ontario Beach Park in the Rochester waterfront of Lake Ontario, a place that is known as Charlotte. Most people were given this day off as a Holiday and the organizers, We Surround Rochester, the Campaign for Freedom, the Campaign for America and RochesterConservative.com, thought that having it in the evening, from 6pm-9pm, would be a great way of starting out the Independence Day weekend... RochesterConservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286468/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286460/posts NEW YORK - A New York congressman says in a YouTube video that Michael Jackson was a “pervert.” Rep. Peter King said society is “glorifying” a “low-life” while ignoring the efforts of teachers, police officers, firefighters, veterans and volunteers. Jackson was acquitted of molesting a boy. In the video, the congressman says the “day in and day out” coverage of Jackson’s death is “too politically correct.” The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286460/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286239/posts Police arrested a man early Saturday who had a bomb in a backpack that he may have been preparing to use at a school in the area, officials said. The man, identified as Jason A. Babson, 29, of 13 School St., Hudson Falls, was found with an explosive device just before 3 a.m. Saturday, said Hudson Falls Police Chief Randy Diamond. The FBI was notified of the incident and is conducting its own investigation into the matter. Hudson Falls Police Detective Scott Gillis said residents of the area where Babson was walking believed he made a comment about using a... The Glenn Falls Post Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286239/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286169/posts unusually wet and cool june for central park... for some perspective...here are the top ten coolest and wettest junes on record since 1869 for central park ny: coolest wettest avg. temp. year inches precip. year 64.2 1903 10.27 2003 65.2 1881 10.06 2009 65.7 1916 9.78 1903 66.8 1926/1902 9.30 1972 67.2 1958 8.79 1989 67.3 1927 8.55 2006 67.4 1928 7.76 1887 67.5 2009/1897 7.58 1975 67.7 1878 7.13 1938 67.8 1924 7.05 1871 due to the unusually cool and wet conditions in june...here are some interesting facts to note: this june is tied for the 8th coolest on... NOAA via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286169/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:57:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286175/posts PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 455 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 ...UNUSUALLY WET AND COOL JUNE FOR CENTRAL PARK... ...HERE ARE THE TOP TEN COOLEST AND WETTEST JUNES ON RECORD SINCE 1869 FOR CENTRAL PARK NY: COOLEST WETTEST AVG. TEMP. YEAR INCHES PRECIP. YEAR 64.2 1903 10.27 2003 65.2 1881 10.06 2009 65.7 1916 9.78 1903 66.8 1926/1902 9.30 1972 67.2 1958 8.79 1989 67.3 1927 8.55 2006 67.4 1928 7.76 1887 67.5 2009/1897 7.58 1975 67.7 1878 7.13 1938 67.8 1924 7.05 1871 DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY COOL AND WET CONDITIONS IN JUNE...HERE ARE... National Weather Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286175/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:14:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286087/posts STATE GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER BEEN SO CLOWNISH, SO EVIL, SO IRRELEVANT Having witnessed the anarchy, chaos and lack of leadership that has engulfed the state Capitol during the past month, I have a painful confession to make. After three decades as a journalist covering state government, if I had to do it all over again, I'd find another job. I've covered Govs. Hugh Carey, Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson and for New York to wind up like this after 35 years of modern leadership, it's clear to me that my real job has been to chronicle... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286087/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285979/posts (Please blame National Weather Service for the "all caps".) DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY COOL AND WET CONDITIONS IN JUNE...HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS TO NOTE: THIS JUNE IS TIED FOR THE 8TH COOLEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 67.5...3.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WHICH ALSO OCCURRED IN 1897. THIS WAS THE COOLEST JUNE SINCE 1958...WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 67.2 DEGREES. BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OCCURRED ON 23 OUT OF 30 DAYS THIS JUNE...OR 75 PERCENT OF THE MONTH. CENTRAL PARK HAS NOT HIT 90 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THIS YEAR. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS BACK IN 1996.... National Weather Service Public Information Statement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285979/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285372/posts New York, NY (AHN) - People will be able to climb to the Statue of Liberty's crown on the Fourth of July, for the first time since that portion of America's most famous symbol was closed to the public for safety reason shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. National Park Service officials had barred the public from visiting the crown out of concerns that it would be difficult to evacuate in case of an emergency because access is by a narrow 168-step double-helix spiral staircase. Officials have made improvements by adding a public address system and will limit the... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285372/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285263/posts This is a disgusting video of NY Democrat traitors refusing to stand for the Pledge. In fact, when of them tries to stand, he is pushed back down by a fellow dem. See it for yourself and see the traitors among us. The lines are being drawn folks. The Tea Partiers and the Depedents. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285263/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284785/posts Manhattan apartment sales plunged more than 50 percent and the average price dropped 21.4 to 24 percent from a year ago, as the U.S. recession forced many who own a piece of the Big Apple to eat humble pie, several reports said. The average price of Manhattan apartment in the second quarter slid to $1,312,920 down from $1,669,729 a year earlier, according to a Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate report released Thursday. Most of the year-over-year decline occurred in the fall, when the credit crisis brought the market to an abrupt halt, said Jonathan Miller, president and chief executive of... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284785/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:18:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284692/posts NEW YORK – A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest Thursday just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. Officer Dariel Firpo, 23, was leaving the midtown Manhattan ceremony when he saw a 79-year-old man being robbed of his wallet and thrown to the ground by a mugger, police said. The mugger tried to run away, but Firpo caught him without incident, they said. AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284692/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:25:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284632/posts U.S. Marshalls have just taken control of Bernard and Ruth Madoff's posh $7 million Manhattan apartment. Mrs. Madoff has been told to leave the home per a court-approved agreement. Marshals will be changing the locks, but they do not plan to remove any items today, sources tell CBS News. Ruth Madoff is the wife of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, who was sentenced to 150 years in prison for masterminding a decades-long Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of tens of billions of dollars. Developing... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284632/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:11:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284567/posts WASHINGTON – In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New York congresswoman challenging White House-backed Sen. Kristen Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary. Clinton has not endorsed in the race, but his efforts to help Rep. Carolyn Maloney could be seen as a snub to Gillibrand and the Obama White House. Matt McKenna, a spokesman for Clinton, said he will be attending a July 20 fundraiser in New York. The White House has played an active role in clearing the field for Gillibrand, who was appointed earlier this year to... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284567/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284603/posts Blanche Lincoln, AR 45% Public Policy Polling, March Barbara Boxer, CA 48% Survey USA, June 12-14 Michael Bennet, CO 34% Public Policy Polling, April 24-26 (trails Rep. Beauprez) Christopher Dodd, CO 37% Quinnipiac, April (trails several) Roland Burris, IL 17% Public Policy Polling, April 24-26 (likely to lose primary) Harry Reid, NV 34% Mason-Dixon, June 18-19 Kirsten Gillenbrand, NY 24% Marist (disapproval rating also below 50%) Byron Dorgan, ND (only poll in this red state was commissioned by DailyKOS) Also in possible danger but above 50% approval: Daniel Inouye, HI leads Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, but he'll be 86, and... various polls http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284603/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284452/posts Will the New York City school system be compelled to commemorate Islam on Sept. 11? It has been widely reported the New York City Council passed a resolution Tuesday recommending the school system shut down to commemorate two of the most important Muslim holidays, however the reports did not note the holidays fall on Sept. 11 in some years.... Islamic holidays are set based on the lunar calendar, meaning the dates corresponding to the Gregorian calendar change each year. As first noticed by Andrew Walden, publisher and editor of the Hawaii Free Press Eid al-Adha falls on Sept. 11 in... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284452/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284334/posts <p>Harlem, especially the Apollo, is the media's unofficial spot to get Black America's reaction to Michael Jackson's death. Matt Harvey dropped by last Friday and listened in on a conversation that was full of adoration and, yes, angry conjecture.</p> Gawker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284334/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284306/posts The New York Times this morning has a long lead editorial on reforming what is laughingly referred to as the New York State Legislature. As the state has relentlessly declined over the last few decades both economically and politically, the Legislature has become something straight out of Gilbert and Sullivan, populated by pompous time-servers and buffoons who do as they’re told by party leaders: Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284306/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284055/posts NEW YORK, NY July 02, 2009 —As of Wednesday, all three statewide elected officials have websites that help track stimulus funding, but none make New York's stimulus spending completely transparent. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.The newest addition to the transparency canon comes from Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, whose www.openbooknewyork.com site allows users to track stimulus spending down to the name of the contractor -- but there's a hitch, where money passes through local goverments -- and billions of dollars do -- the money trail stops at the name of the city or county. Governor Paterson's site, www.recovery.ny.gov/, gives a visual map... WNYC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284055/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284003/posts In Troy, New York, where a quarter of the children live below the poverty level and the average household makes less than $30,000 a year, the 29th richest man in the world is being given more than 300,000 taxpayer dollars to open a restaurant. They call it economic development. What it is is a sin. What it is is welfare for the wealthy, proof positive that raping the taxpayer is what the government does best. Meet George Soros. He owns Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Specifically, his company – Soros Strategic Partners – owns 70 percent of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. He also owns a... website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284003/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283818/posts The NY Times fails to mention that Eid al-Adha falls on Sunday, September 11 in the year 2016 and Eid al-Fitr will begin at sunset on September 9 and continue to sunset on Friday September 10 in the year 2010. These “civil dates” for the two feast days are projected by the Islamic Umm al-Qura calendar maintained by the Saudi Government. They are the earliest possible dates for sighting of the crescent moon at Mecca. The feasts may fall one or two days later depending on a Saudi “hilal committee” responsible to spot the first visible crescent moon at Mecca—so... Hawaii Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283818/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283786/posts Monaster/NewsRep. Carolyn Maloney Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2010 Democratic primary, refusing to bow to party leaders who want her to stay out, the Daily News has learned. "She's definitely decided to run," said a senior Maloney adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity. "She's in it." Maloney, a congresswoman since 1993 for Manhattan's East Side and a slice of Queens, will make an official announcement in two weeks, the adviser said. The Democratic establishment, led behind the scenes by Sen. Chuck Schumer, has cleared other would-be challengers from the primary field for... NY DAILY NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283786/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:58:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283756/posts <p>ALBANY (AP) - The Republican-dominated faction claiming control of the New York Senate says a Democrat-appointed legislative staffer doctored the original, official minutes of the session three weeks ago to delete the GOP-staged coup to seize the majority.</p> <p>"The Senate journal - and they (Republicans) know this, they were in the majority for 40 years - is a living, breathing document that changes through the course of the week," Grainger said. "The resolution was passed once adjournment occurred. This is what was cleaned up in the final journal."</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283756/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283748/posts 07/01/09 03:04 PM Assembly Democrats refuse to accept Senate Democrat bills By Tom Precious ALBANY - Assembly Democrats have refused to accept more than 100 bills that Senate Democrats insist they legally passed on Tuesday in a session that Republicans say was illegal in the first place. Gov. David Paterson has already said he will not sign the bills if sent to him, but the Assembly has the ability to block them from even being transmitted to his office � saving him some political grief. At issue are about 125 bills Senate Democrats say were legally approved Tuesday when a... Buffalo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283748/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:07:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283357/posts Compiled by the Mercatus Center, a nonprofit public policy research center affiliated with George Mason University, using a wide swath of comparative data to determine personal freedoms, including alcohol and drug laws, asset-forfeiture rules, and education regulations. 1. Maryland 2. Illinois 3. New York 4. Rhode Island 5. Ohio 6. New Jersey 7. Massachusetts 8. Alabama 9. Georgia 10. South Carolina Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283357/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:30:20 GMT