Topic: The Bronx
The article reports that Bronx Borough President Aldofo Carrion is expected to be named the director of Urban Affairs for the White House Office of Urban Policy. Housing, Preservation and Development Commissioner Shaun Donovan will be Obama's HUD secretary, and Carrion is ...
New City Council legislation would hike the citys tax on hotel rooms from 5 percent to 5.875 percent. [GlobeSt]Don Trump says the market hasn't bottomed out yet. [Wharton via TRD] Bronx Beep Carrion not talking about possible housing post in Obama administration. ...
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion has reportedly accepted the nomination to be President-elect Obama's secretary of Housing and Urban Development. More from Azi Paybarah at PolitickerNY. Copyright 2008 The New York Observer
Brand new Bronx Democratic boss Carl Heastie, who led a messy coup against former leader Jose Rivera, calls for unity. Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco, who helped Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos bar David Paterson from making budget cuts during the special ...
With Senate Republicans struggling in the polls as the November elections approach, Malcolm Smiths dream of controlling the Senate may soon come true. a repeal of vacancy decontrol, a purging of the Rockefeller drug laws, a progressive adjustment to the tax code, ...
A reader emailed to say that Bronx Democratic County Chairman Jose Rivera is hosting a victory party for State Senate Democratic challenger Pedro Espada, who ousted indicted incumbent Efrain Gonzalez in Tuesdays primary.The event is taking place Saturday night at the Montecarlo ...
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