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blogsCOUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE C. QUINN'S PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2010v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS The Search for (the Wrong, Less Politically Powerful) People To Blame
While certain state politicians are demanding an audit of the MTA they defunded, I caught an interesting statistic in an article on the on the taxi overcharge scandal. According to the New York Times, New York City has 48,000 taxi drivers. That number rang a bell, and sure enough according to page VI-145/146 of the latest MTA budget, New York City Transit required 48,600 workers to transport a far larger number of people around New York City. Streetsblog, meanwhile, has drawn a striking comparison between the cost of having New York City Transit carry schoolchildren around the city, which New York State is unwilling to pay for, and having private school bus companies, which are big campaign contributors, do it, for which the state pays less for in New York City than in other parts of the state.
Meanwhile, I read that the state has been intensively auditing S.U.N.Y., finding the usual examples of services that could be consolidated and bookkeeping errors that need to be corrected. While I have no problem with holding S.U.N.Y. and C.U.N.Y. strictly to account, however, the reality is that staffing and pay are low in New York State in state government higher education (colleges and universities) and in New York City in local government higher education (community colleges) relative to the national average, according to governments division data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Particularly when the higher cost of living downstate is accounted for in payroll. Meanwhile, elementary and secondary school spending, staffing and pay in the portion of New York State outside New York City is off the charts. It appears that the whole focus in a fiscal crisis in on the places where the money isn’t. Somehow, I don’t think that’s an accident. ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Council's Youth Services and Community Development Committees to Hold Hearing on Governor's Drastic Cuts tov\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS Today: U.S. Reps. to Announce Crucial Step Forward for 9/11 Health Billst1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Media Advisory: Event Today at Noon Rising Tide for Same Sex Marriage
Rising Tide for Same Sex Marriage By Michael Boyajian The Fishkill Democratic Committee gathered recently for its monthly meeting and to hear from Didi Barrett who is expected to run against New York State Senator Stephen Saland an opponent of same sex marriage. Didi Barrett is important to the gay community because she is a candidate who has pledged to support same sex marriage and because she is the first of many candidates who will ultimately be running this year in support of marriage equality making it a movement unseen since the days of abolition. After the debacle of same sex marriage in the state senate last year the gay community vowed to field candidates against all those who had opposed the measure.
COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE C. QUINN'S PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- SENATOR RUBEN DIAZ(Embedded image moved to file: pic24893.jpg) PRESS RELEASE Pentecostal Church 2da Hermosa & Its’ Pastors This Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. at Pentecostal Church 2da Hermosa “They are a great example to others today, at a time when marriages and [PRESS RELEASE] Ball Energizes Counties Against MTA[PRESS RELEASE] Ball Energizes Counties Against MTA CANDIDATES FOR MARCH 23 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL FILE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS WITH CFBv\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
***Media Advisory*** Council Members Jumaane D. Williams, Letitia James and Brad Lander To Respond to Court's ruling on Anti-ACOst1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } THE MEDIA ADVISORY --- MTA TO TESTIFY BEFORE WESTCHESTER LAWMAKERSv\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } *** COMMITTEE MEDIA ADVISORY *** Problem Solved (Guest Column by Roscoe Conway)
Monserrate needs a job, right? And he's in full campaign mode? And the Dems in CD 29 are having trouble finding a candidate, right? See where this is heading?
Monserrate is a resident of the state, which is the threshhold for Congress - Paterson can call the election, and get out in front with an endorsement. Paterson can spend the entire campaign criss-crossing CD 29 with Monserrate, day after day. Neither of these guys are ever going to be accused of having tickle fights with male satff members, and it could be just the shot in the arm the Dems up there need to revive flagging hopes.
Press Release: Office of Assemblyman LancmanHello, This afternoon NYC-DEP held a press conference at 164
Thank you,Jane--------------------------------------------------------Jane Carey, Chief of Staff ***NEWS RELEASE*** NEW YORK CITY PENSIONS WIN POLITICAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FROM BANK OF AMERICAFor Immediate Release WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATOR ALVARADO OUTLINES RESPONSE TO YONKERS FOUR-ALARM BLAZEv\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
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