Topic: Howard Wolfson

Up Close for January 22, 2012

Last week on this show, we heard from Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson. They vented their frustrations with the...

Evicted Wall Street protesters seek rebound with rally

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street protesters hope to rebound on Thursday with a rally at the New York Stock Exchange to show their battle against economic inequality has life after they were evicted from a downtown park.Rallies by the two-month-old ...

Livery plan stalls in Senate

Mayor Bloomberg's plan to allow livery drivers to accept street hails remains stuck in neutral in the state Senate.. . The Democratic-controlled...
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is taking steps to shake her reputation as a loyal lieutenant to Mayor Bloomberg.. . She used her address...

Congestion pricing still on the table

Congestion pricing is back!. . Politicians are quietly resurrecting plans to charge drivers up to $10 to enter lower Manhattan on weekdays.....

Editorial: No snow job, Mike

Mayor Bloomberg's aides have given conflicting accounts of who was - or was not - in charge of municipal action as the Christmas weekend blizzard...
Mayor Bloomberg's big jobs speech at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Wednesday was beautifully staged, artfully promoted and unmistakably aimed at...
In Monday's Wall Street Journal, a Page One story examines investment gains reeled in by congressional aides. To a man (or woman), each of the staffers cited in the story -including aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker ...

NYC may try to prune union pensions via bargaining

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City may ask the state to give it back the power to negotiate retirement benefits with city public workers in a bid to curb soaring pension costs.Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson on Wednesday told reporters this was ...

Clinton, Bloomberg campaign vet joins NY City Hall

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Howard Wolfson, a top campaign advisor to Hillary Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has joined the New York mayor's administration as counselor, Bloomberg said in a statement on Wednesday.The move could help energize Bloomberg's third term ...