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My sister-in-law writes the Mayor to remind him that there are folks in the city that have no addresses. Cutting services to them is one hell of a way to save money.
The Mayor and school boss Brizard hatch a plan to raise property taxes to the max. They still won’t pay teachers what the contract promises them. They’re still cutting programs. TIF funds still are going to favored developers.
Who is Dave Tepper? One of New Jersey Governor Christie’s million dollar pals.
The voice on the tape may have been Jonah Edelman’s. But the words were paid for by Bill Gates.
A year and a half ago the Stella D’Oro factory in the Bronx closed its doors. Former union workers are still looking for jobs.
From the New Yorkers’ Nick Paumgarten: It’s rich that Standard & Poor’s would lower the boom on the United States government. There are many people in the financial industry and elsewhere who were surprised that the government didn’t put S. & P. and the other ratings agencies out of business after the meltdown of 2008, for their infamous role in polishing all those mortgage-backed turds.
Fred Klonsky 