Topic: Oliver Koppell

New Bronx courthouse 'shabbiest' in city

Despite repeated promises to fix the problem-plagued Bronx Hall of Justice, the relatively new courthouse has fallen into an even deeper state of...
It's the gathering of the Bronx clans tonight.. . We speak of the Bronx Democratic County Committee's annual dinner, where the borough's political...

Lawmakers water down wage bill

Backers of a controversial push to force companies that get city subsidies to pay higher wages are watering down the bill to improve its chances of...

Bloomberg camp slams 'living wage' bill

A controversial City Council bill that would force companies in city-subsidized developments to pay their workers more than minimum wage would ruin...

Webster Ave. zoned to become livable

Change is in the exhaust-filled air of the industrial badlands of Webster Ave. in Norwood and Bedford Park, as the City Council unanimously voted...
The hulking Bronx courthouse is officially known as the Hall of Justice, but workers there have a different name for it: "The Titanic.". . Bronx...

A City Hall Event That's Barely About Term Limits

I'm at a protest on the City Hall steps right now, the first one thats happened since Michael Bloomberg's announcement yesterday that he will seek another four years in office--although that's not what it's about. The protest is ...

Koppell, Moltner to Discuss Term Limits, Together

In case you need more evidence that term limits is the debate of the moment around City Hall, here's a panel being held next month, featuring City Councilman Oliver Koppell and Ken Moltner.Koppell is introducing legislation that would allow city ...
Oliver Koppell, the City Councilman who is introducing a bill to extend term limits from a maximum of two terms to a maximum of three, said whats happening on Wall Street helps make his case.To have a mayor that is knowledgeable ...
Within hours of the congestion pricing vote, a Bronx-based opponent of the plan, Ari Hoffnung, sent out an email announcing that he will run for City Council, again.Hoffnung, who heads the Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council, challenged Councilman Oliver Koppell in ...