BLOOMY SPARES 1 AX HACK

November 30, 2008 - C OMPTROLLER Bill Thompson's office was spared the across-the-board budget reductions ordered by Mayor Bloomberg throughout city government because of an odd decision by the mayor's own budget office. The Office of Management and Budget generously gave the comptroller a $6 million credit for turning up hidden revenue in an audit...

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DOT RAISE$ EYEBROWS

PAY HIKES AMID CRISIS

November 23, 2008 - JUST weeks before Mayor Bloomberg ordered city agen- cies to come up with $1.5 billion in savings to help balance the battered city budget, the Transportation Department doled out raises and...more >
INDICTED COUNCIL AIDE KEEPS PLATE PERK

November 16, 2008 - THE former chief of staff to City Councilman Kendall Stewart continues to wheel around town in a car with official government plates, even though he was indicted for stealing $167,000 in...more >
O FACTOR INSPIRING THOMPSON

November 9, 2008 - THE Barack factor has entered the mayoral race. Allies of Comptroller Bill Thompson - who's pondering whether to take on Mayor Bloomberg in 2009 - certainly took notice of the enormous number...more >
ELEX HEAD SHOOS AWAY MIKE AIDES

November 2, 2008 - THE executive director of the city's Board of Elections has ducked repeated requests for meetings with top aides to Mayor Bloomberg because he's under orders not to see them alone, according...more >
COMPTROL HOPEFULS IN TERM-LIMIT LIMBO

October 26, 2008 - THE extension of term limits is creat ing havoc for the four city officials hoping to succeed Comptroller Bill Thompson. Thompson insists he won't be returning to his old job and will continue...more >
BEHIND-THE-SCENES BATTLE FOR EVERY 'YES'

October 24, 2008 - DAN CANTOR was frantically working his cell phone yesterday in the rotunda of City Hall, convinced Mayor Bloomberg still hadn't nailed down enough support in the City Council to extend term...more >
GOPERS 'LINE' UP VS. MAYOR

October 19, 2008 - Mayor Bloomberg is going to face resistance if he tries to secure the Republican Party line again for his third-term run. But even those who criticize the mayor for abandoning the GOP say he's...more >
THEY OUGHT TO SELL TICKETS TO THIS SHOW

October 17, 2008 - THE elderly Chinese-Americans got through, thanks to their political juice. The Hasids arrived late and, with no connections, were left waiting at the gate. Yesterday's term-limits hearing at...more >
ACTIVISTS LIMIT 'THIRD TERM' OBJECTIONS

October 12, 2008 - SOME of the loudest voices in the city are providing a not-so-obvious boost to Mayor Bloomberg by keeping mum on the term-limits controversy. Lillian Roberts, executive director of District Council...more >
FEARS OF '4 MORE YEARS'

October 5, 2008 - THE probable extension of term limits is going to be bad news for those who've clashed with Mayor Bloomberg and were hoping to find a more receptive ear in the next administration. Topping the...more >