Topic: Peter Vallone Jr.

Pol on skywriting: 'Stupid' stunt, not art

NY Daily News - 120 days ago
A City Council member on Monday blasted the kooky Manhattan skywriting art project that startled scores of New Yorkers.. . "The arts are supposed...

City being let off easy, animal advocates say

NY Daily News - 142 days ago
The City Council is fast-tracking a bill to let the city wriggle out of its obligation to build animal shelters in the Bronx and Queens and make an...

Violent crime surges in city: rape up 32 percent

NY Daily News - 144 days ago
Violent crime surged and police response times slowed over the past fiscal year, new city data show.. . In the 12-month period ending June 30, the...

Give us (animal) shelter!

NY Daily News - 147 days ago
City health officials are promising to renovate a small Bronx animal receiving center and relocate a Queens facility for stray and homeless...

Special events to put strain on NYPD

NY Daily News - 161 days ago
More than 200 cops have been pulled from precincts around the city to patrol the U.S. Open - the first of four major events that will put a strain...

Queens pols cast wide net

NY Daily News - 195 days ago
When it comes to their political futures, elected officials in Queens are keeping their options open.. . Several Queens politicos and wanna-bes...

New York City bill would put conditions on mayor's travels

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 238 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bill introduced in New York's City Council on Tuesday would require the mayor to give notice if he travels very far or very long outside the city.Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a self-made billionaire, regularly travels by personal ...

After years of decline, murders up in New York

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 453 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The city that has bragged of falling crime during the past two decades is struggling to explain why murders are up 15 percent this year.As crime plummeted in the 1990s, New York rebranded itself as the safest big ...

City proposal may put graffiti art at risk

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 911 days ago
The article offers a view from teenage respondent in New York regarding the proposal of City Councilman Peter Valone to developed a bill that prevents the sale of graffiti tools like spray paint and broad tipped markers to people under the age ...

Vallone Questions Support for Bloomberg Over Police Cuts

The New York Observer - 1092 days ago
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., a law-and-order Democrat who endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for re-election in 2005, said news that the 2010 police cadet class is getting cut has him reconsidering his loyalties. I, for one, supported the mayor because of his ...