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MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND SPEAKER QUINN ANNOUNCE 14 MEASURES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO INFLUENCE AND COMPLY WITH CITY REGULATIONS

Bloomberg and Quinn announce Measures to help small businesses

New Initiatives Include a Business Owner’s Bill of Rights, Steps to Help Businesses Avoid Automatic Fines and In-Person Hearings and Other Customer Service-Oriented Actions Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Christine C. Quinn today announced 14 measures to make it easier for the City’s 220,000 small businesses to influence and comply with the City rules governing [...]

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Harlem School of The Arts to Reopen

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After being closed for three weeks, the Harlem School of the Arts reopened Saturday April 24th, 2010. Mayor Bloomberg said, “With the help of dedicated New Yorkers, private funders and arts education advocates working together with the City and local officials, the Harlem School of the Arts is now on a path to a new [...]

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NYC To Provide Free Legal Services For Homeowners in Danger of Foreclosure

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Mayor Bloomberg fulfilled a 2010 State of the City pledge today by providing New Yorker’s with access to free legal services if they are in danger of foreclosure. In the 2010 State of the City address, Mayor Bloomberg pledged to launch the most ambitious home foreclosure prevention effort of any city in the nation. The [...]

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NY Pays 230 consultants $400K a year for 7 years on failed IT project

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Thanks to the great reporting by Juan Gonzalez!

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City Says ‘No’ on Proposed Mobility Tax Increase to fund MTA

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Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn – “Governor Paterson’s proposal to increase the MTA payroll tax on New York City employers by nearly 60% is outrageous and simply unfair. “The additional tax increase on City employers – including businesses, the non-profit sector, and the City government – would suffocate growth and job creation in the City [...]

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Bloomberg on Proposed MTA Tax

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“First the Governor proposed a state budget that slashes support for New York City but not the suburbs, and now he proposes to wallop city businesses with more taxes while lightening the load for businesses in the suburbs. The idea that the State can spare the suburbs while sacking the City is terrible economics, grossly [...]

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