Friday, July 31, 2009

Homeless in Tents, Wall Street Bonuses, Congress on the Health Care Take $$$

Homeless in Tents, Wall Street Bonuses, Congress on the Health Care Take $$$


New York Economic Melt Down NYS budget has $2.1B hole to fill Recent plunges in sales and income tax receipts were steeper than the falloffs seen after Sept. 11; the state will enter ‘negative cash flow’ territory around November *** Plunge in Tax Revenues Widens State Deficit *** City will pay millions in tolls to MTA *** None Of $261 Million For City Transportation Stimulus Projects Has Yet Been Spent Despite plans, city lags behind in construction and job creation *** Bloomberg Explains Taxing High Line Neighbors*** The current fiscal course means a key state fund could actually run out of money by November *** Cleanup of Staten Island's Brookfield dump in limbo: What went wrong - SILive.com *** REVISED: ECONOMY 2X WORSE



Albany Dump DITCH-RAVITCH BID FAILS An appeals court has ruled that Richard Ravitch can keep serving as New York's lieutenant governor during a legal fight over his appointment -- but he can't preside over the state Senate *** MAYORAL CONTROL VOTE SET *** Senate to Weigh Ban on Texting While Driving *** Trial Is Scheduled for State Senator Charged in Domestic Assault *** Bronx group honors gridlock-causing Pedro Espada as 'Senator of the Year'




Teacher Dump 2,400 'DO-NOTHING' TEACHERS ON PAYROLL *** Patronage Dump BREEDING CONTEMPT: NYRA IN PATRONAGE POKE AT OTB *** Pay to Play OTB Dump DEAL A GOOD BET FOR D'AMATO Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato obtained one of three no-bid contracts from cash-strapped New York City OTB that came under criticism in a still-secret audit from the state comptroller *** Pay to Play Member Item Dump NEW RAPS IN FED-AID 'SCAM' Richard Izquierdo Arroyo -- a nephew of City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo and grandson of Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo -- was named in a Manhattan federal indictment charging him and a partner with conspiracy to embezzle federal funds and other crimes *** New charges in Richard Izquierdo indictment over misused funds *** NJ Dump Disgraced Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano Concedes It Might Be a Good Idea to Step Down *** Corruption and the Economy: Corzine's Re-Election Woes in New Jersey (Time)