http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nyc/ en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:10:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103406/posts This interview goes to Harlem in NYC and asks people on the street who they support in the Presidential election. The interesting twist is that the interviewer asks if they support certain positions, but gives John McCain's positions. In some cases, they are asked if they support Obama's selection of Sarah Palin for the VP slot. They all said: "Yes". While is isn't politically correct to say so, I'd say there are a few racists in Harlem. MP3 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103406/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102805/posts MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Like many commuters, Ron Marino is incredulous about revelations that nearly every employee who asked for disability benefits after retiring from the nation's largest commuter railroad was granted them. But Marino isn't the only one who is venting these days about the Long Island Rail Road. Four separate investigations are under way after it was reported last month that more than 90 percent of Long Island Rail Road employees were granted disability payments by an obscure federal board, allowing them to collect huge payments every year. The New York Post has dubbed this the ''Gravy Train... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102805/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099356/posts The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives. Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States." *snip* According to the note obtained by NBC News, a "recently discovered audio recording of al-Qa‘ida training sessions conducted several years ago provides instruction to potential suicide terrorists on... Deep Background - MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099356/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:20:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094504/posts After once calling an effort to revise his city's term limits law “disgusting,” Michael Bloomberg, the liberal mayor of New York City, has decided to gut the law so he can seek a third term in office. This nasty little tyrant who wants to control nearly every aspect of New Yorkers' lives is reportedly ignoring the advice of his three top aides at City Hall. Bloomberg plans to change the law through city council, rather than by going to the voters who put the law in place by referendum in the 1990s. Guys like Bloomberg are why term limits were... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094504/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094215/posts After months of speculation about his political future, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce on Thursday morning that he will seek a third term as mayor, according to three people who have been told of his plans. ight now, Mr. Bloomberg is barred by law from seeking re-election. But he will propose trying to revise the city’s 15-year-old term limits law, which would otherwise force him and dozens of other elected leaders out of office in 2009, the three people said. In his announcement, Mr. Bloomberg, a former Wall Street trader and founder of a billion-dollar financial data firm,... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094215/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:47:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092830/posts This fall’s 40 Days for Life campaign in New York City has already documented 7 children saved from abortion due to the peaceful vigils… ...And the abortion industry is furious. On the first day of 40 Days for Life, the pro-abortion Speaker of the New York City Council held a news conference outside city hall with executives from Planned Parenthood, NARAL, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and one of the city’s largest abortion chains (which is currently the focus of a 40 Days for Life vigil.) The purpose of the press event — to attempt to silence pro-life prayer... 40 Days for Life blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092830/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092181/posts ALASKA's trooper guys and polar bears may think Sarah Palin's as cold as a glacier, but she sure heats up a room. *snip* "It was Rupert and Bono who got Sarah Palin to come. Rupert made the call to Sarah's people, and then she met Bono earlier today." And it was Rupert who piloted Sarah around. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092181/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091411/posts Some City Council members are urging the state to add two Muslim holidays to the school calendar, calling it a matter of religious freedom and fairness. But their efforts appeared headed for failure, as long as Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in control of schools and the state legislature continues to stall a bill that would make the holy days official days off. The debate on the issue continued at a packed meeting of the City Council's Committee on Education today, where several Muslim students testified about their desire to observe their religion without missing valuable classroom instruction. Estimates of the... silive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091411/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:10:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088265/posts World leaders, Bono await Palin From correspondents in New York September 23, 2008 02:18pm REPUBLICAN vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is about to take her first tentative steps onto the world stage, with UN talks with the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The Alaska Governor, who has been pilloried by Democrats who warn she is far too inexperienced in global affairs to serve a "heartbeat" away from the presidency, plans to get in some diplomatic cramming in New York. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, she is expected tomorrow to meet US anti-terror ally and Afghan... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088265/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087369/posts Deborah Garcia BRONX (CBS) ― Yankees fans have one last chance to say good-bye to the famous Yankee Stadium where Babe Ruth hit his home runs and where they shared countless memories: catching fly balls, snacking on hot dogs, and enjoying America's favorite pastime. Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles is the last time fans will get to sit in the legandary stadium seats, and the last time the New York Yankees will get to hit fast balls and run the bases. Andy Pettitte has pitched some of the most important games at Yankee Stadium over the past 14... WCBS, New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087369/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:31:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2087353/posts Live ESPN 8 PM EST THE FINAL GAME OF YANKEE STADIUM...COME SHARE THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES...8 PM EST ESPN LIVE ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2087353/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087006/posts Rep. Charles Rangel's tax disclosures not only are an embarrassment for the Democratic congressman - they put him far over the limit to qualify for his rent-stabilized Harlem apartments. While the powerful Ways and Means chairman previously disclosed income at or slightly above the $175,000-a-year stabilization ceiling on previous congressional documents, new revelations could put his earnings at more than $200,000 a year. The disclosure could put pressure on Rangel to give up his New York housing perks, critics say. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087006/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:21:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084103/posts Oh, now this could be fun. Not for the shoes stuff, but rather to see the body language between Sen. Hillary Clinton, who some Democrats think should have been the party's vice presidential nomineeNew York Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate but not vice presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who many Republicans think should be the country's first female vice president. A coalition of Jewish groups announced Tuesday that the two most prominent women in American politics at the moment would be among those attending a Monday morning rally at the United Nations in New York... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084103/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:55:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083817/posts Former President Bill Clinton is welcoming a galaxy of international stars to the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative later this month, including Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, whom Mr. Clinton has vowed to help Senator Barack Obama defeat in November. The event, scheduled to run Sept. 23-26 in New York, is nonpolitical and has featured prominent Republicans in the past, including Laura Bush in 2006. Mr. McCain is to deliver the opening remarks; Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee, is to address the participants by satellite. “C.G.I. isn’t about politics,” said Matt McKenna, a spokesman for Mr.... New York Times Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083817/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083389/posts NY WILL TAKE $1B HIT: GOV By SALLY GOLDENBERG in NY and FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany Click to learn more... September 16, 2008 -- Gov. Paterson warned yesterday that the crisis on Wall Street could cost the state $1 billion in revenue over the next six months and wipe out as many as 30,000 jobs, while Mayor Bloomberg insisted the city would weather the storm. "While the full impact of these events may not be known for months or even years, the fact that financial-services firms that were able to survive the Great Depression, world wars and the Sept.... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083389/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081181/posts This is the sequel to the "do you speak Obama" at Saddleback, this time covering the 10 first minutes of Barack Obama's appearance at the Columbia University forum, on September 11, 2008 one-minute video (DYO2) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081181/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:49:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079962/posts Once again the bells tolled. Once again the victims' names were read. Once again New York and the nation paused to mark the Sept. 11 terror attacks. And for what's likely to be the last time, once again there was a pilgrimage of pain into The Pit. Seven years after that terrible morning when terrorists in hijacked airliners struck, construction has overtaken the sacred site where the twin towers once stood. So it was with especially heavy steps that the grieving relatives, cops and firefighters ventured down Thursday into the bowels of Ground Zero, to leave white, pink and red... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079962/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080440/posts In a bid to jump-start the snail's-pace reconstruction at the site, the mayor called on Gov. Paterson to dismantle the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. Bloomberg branded the state agency "just another level of bureaucracy you don't need" - and in a power grab, he said its redevelopment mission should be "handed over" to City Hall. Noting that one of LMDC's signature jobs is to demolish the toxic Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St., he said another agency, the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center, is better suited to finishing the task by the July 2009 deadline. "The multilayers of authority... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080440/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080127/posts Bill and Barack Ben Smith 32 minutes ago Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had lunch at Clinton's Harlem office today, where Clinton predicted Obama's victory and said he'd do whatever he's asked to do. From the pool report: President Clinton was asked when he will hit the campaign trail for Sen. Obama. “I’m going out there as soon as my Global Initiative is over.’’ Sen. Obama added, “We’re putting him to work.’’ Q: “Will you be out frequently?” “I’ve agreed to do a substantial number of things. Whatever I’m asked to do.’’ Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080127/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080252/posts I was greatly impressed with the 2 first responders who took off lapel pins and gave them to John and Cindy McCain, and not Mr. Obama, as they all toured the site at Ground Zero........It made me feel good that New Yorkers can still tell the difference between those who do and those who claim to......You have to wonder which way Obama and McCain would be going when you think of those stairs inside the World Trade Center, who would be going up to help, who would be going down....... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080252/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:30:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080249/posts Did you see what I saw? Obama "threw" his flower at the 9/11 WTC Memorial! Someone please post this to youtube ASAP! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080249/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:29:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2080299/posts ANOTHER 9/11 FILMPublished in September 11th, 2008 | EditPosted by Berlet98 in OBAMAAnother and rather long film, (94 minutes, without commercial breaks), about September 11th, 2001 in New York City which captures the shock and horror of that day from the point of view of average guys. It recalls the errors, rumors, and misinformation that were rampant–including orders from a Federal Reserve rep telling employeees to re-enter the WTC, rumors that San Francisco was attacked, and the needless evacuation of the Empire State Building due to a false threat: http://snagfilms.com/films/title/7_days_in_september/. The first 20 minutes or so are all you need... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2080299/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079777/posts Seven years after the Sep 11 terrorist strikes, New Yorkers Thursday will remember the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people with the destruction of the World Trade Center's twin towers. The city will observe the anniversary with renewed calls for vigilance against the constant threats of new terrorist attacks. Names of the dead will be read yet again. The presidential nominees of both US major parties, Republican senator John McCain and his rival, Democratic senator Barack Obama, plan to attend ceremonies at Ground Zero, site of the destroyed towers. Both candidates have agreed to call off their election rhetoric... Indo-Asian News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079777/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:52:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079637/posts This is the story that never dies, because people with a love of our country have captured the day, the horror, the evil that attacks the innocent. I will never forget - I hope you will share this with your friends. God Bless the people who helped, the people who lost so much. Bless the men and women who volunteered to find the killers and to show them we will not be afraid - we will find them and do what we must to build a just world. gunstuff http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079637/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:12:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078704/posts As House GOP leaders called for his removal from the powerful chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) announced yesterday that he will repay "several thousand dollars" in back federal, state and local taxes owed on unreported income from a Dominican Republic vacation property. The Harlem Democrat will file amended federal, state and local tax returns to reflect $75,000 in income from the beachfront villa that he previously failed to list on tax and congressional financial disclosure forms, said his lawyer Lanny Davis. At a news conference today, Rangel planned to release a letter... Wash Po http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078704/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:11:20 GMT