Topic: Domenic Recchia
Note to pols: Too much is better than not enough.. . Or as mom always said, better safe than sorry.. . Those words of wisdom are political...
Angry property owners who mounted a fierce fight against a Business Improvement District in Chinatown will get to argue their case privately this...
When city government puts contracts or grants out to bid, New Yorkers have every right to expect that all qualified applicants will have the same...
City Council members have lavished huge pork dollars on schools their kids attend - or where family members work.. . Brooklyn lawmaker Brad Lander...
The taint of a federal investigation hasn't stopped City Council members from lavishing pork on the social-services empire founded by Brooklyn...
Angry City Council members Thursday slammed the Bloomberg administration's slow response to filling thousands of potholes.. . City repair teams are...
The word draconian is not inappropriate, said M.T.A. chief Elliot Sanders describing the authority's fiscal problems, and potential solutions. [WSJ] Liz reports that Bronx Democrats are all talking about a rumble in Puerto Rico. [DP] All proposals for development ...
City Councilman Domenic Recchia, who helped lead Michael Bloomberg's effort to extend term limits, is now organizing to stop the mayor from rescinding the $400 property-tax rebate.Here's Recchia's online petition--he's the first, and at the moment the ...
Even in these days of increased transparency when it comes to the City Council's appropriation of member items, the process remains, unavoidably, one that rewards people who know people.For example, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, a non-profit group whose ...
A congestion pricing measure before the Council just passed, 30 to 20. Domenic Recchia, who is planning to run for Congress, took a pass on voting the first time around, but eventually voted yes. Eric Gioia, who had told the New York ...