ELECTRIC CARS
K. Wright |
The city added 352 nearly zero emission, electric cars to its fleet yesterday.
Bronx
BANKING DISTRICTS
K. Wright |
The city will use a collective $100 million in deposits to banks around town to spur economic activity.
RULES, BUT NO MONEY
K. Wright |
Nine out of ten principals and superintendents in a national poll called the federal No Child Left Behind an “unfunded mandate.”
Government
SUIT STOPPER
K. Wright |
Senator Charles Schumer is fighting an eleventh-hour battle to filibuster a massive energy bill that will undercut environmental lawsuits.
Michael Bloomberg
SIZE MATTERS
K. Wright |
Advocates aren’t ready to drop the issue of getting a charter commission on class size, and have turned to lobbying the City Council.
Christine Quinn
BUSINESS BENEFIT
K. Wright |
The council’s Contracts Committee is reviving Council Member Christine Quinn’s domestic partnership bill this week.
INSIDE REGISTRATION
K. Wright |
A new survey of a slice of the nearly 100,000 men and boys who the Bush administration has put through its “special registration.”
Bronx
SPECIAL MASTERS REPORT
K. Wright |
The court-appointed panel overseeing the city’s services for homeless families published its first report, calling for more prevention.
OPENING THE MAIL
K. Wright |
A group of Democratic legislators are urging the postal service not to open its discounted mailing rates to for-profit companies conducting direct mail campaigns on behalf of nonprofits.
BANNING QUEERS
K. Wright |
The New York Department of State is refusing to allow a would-be nonprofit to use the word “queer” in its name.
