New York Booze Might Be Getting More Expensive Soon
Get ready to downgrade to this. (Image via Flickr/Luke McGuff) An unfortunate little item from earlier this morning: Gothamist reports on a new bill up for consideration in Albany, which would require...
View ArticleSubway Ridership Hits Record High—So Why Are We Talking about a Fare Hike?
It seems logical to think since more people are paying to ride the subway, the MTA must be making more money. Right? Well, kinda. Despite a peak in subway use—the MTA recorded four record-high...
View ArticleState Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Arrested on Corruption Charges
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (credit: Daniel Barry/Getty Images) Sheldon Silver, the State Assembly Speaker since 1994, was this morning arrested on federal corruption charges stemming from...
View ArticleUS Attorney: Albany is a “Cauldron of Corruption”
(Photo: New York State Assembly) All hell broke loose yesterday when New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on corruption charges. Silver, who has represented the Lower East Side...
View ArticleElection To Replace Sheldon Silver Set For, Like, Now
(Photo credit: Office of Assembly District 65) The New York Times reports that last night, Sheldon Silver, the Democratic Speaker of the New York State Assembly from the Lower East Side who was...
View ArticleCarl Heastie Is the New State Assembly Speaker
Carl Heastie (photo: Facebook) Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City address wasn’t the only important political event of the day. In Albany this morning, the State Assembly elected Carl Heastie, a...
View ArticleGod Help Us, There’s a Vaccine Exemption Bill In the State Legislature
The U.S. is experiencing its first measles outbreak since the vaccine for the disease was made widely available, in 1963. The disease was thought to be eradicated nationwide in the following decades;...
View ArticleA New Bill Would Outlaw Uber Surge Pricing
Uber users know that the ridesharing app has a nasty little habit of getting much, much more expensive at the times when you most need a car, like, say, on a day where the temperatures feel like we’re...
View ArticleState Senate Leader Dean Skelos and Son Arrested on Corruption Charges
State Senate Leader Dean Skelos (Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images) The crackdown on corruption in Albany continues: this morning, New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested, along...
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