It was abundantly clear that every one of those City Islanders, who attended last night Town Hall Meeting strongly opposed Mayor Bloomberg's latest proposal to close down 20 NYFD ladder companies, especially City Island's Ladder #53. This is the fourth year of Bloomberg's budget dance threatening to eliminate funds from the city's fire department operating budget.
WILL THE GOVERNOR HAVE TO WALK? Wisconsin Voters Decide Scott Walkers's Fate Today.
That recall election targeting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be a close call. The tough Republican is trying to become the very first U.S. governor to fight off a statewide recall.
JURY SELECTION BEGINS. Penn State's Sandusky Molestation Trial.
Jerry's jury selection is set to start in the trial of the former football defensive coordinator for Penn State University. The trial is now expected to last a few weeks.
LATEST CIA TARGET: Shot Abu, Al-Qaida's Number Two.
Eat & Run — all the way around New York.
Scott Jurek, star of the bestseller Born to Run, will celebrate the release of his new memoir, Eat & Run, by running all 31 miles around Manhattan in just 5 hours.
The public is invited to join Scott along the way for a few miles or more. Pace will be about 9:30 minute per mile.
Jurek will begin the run on June 5, 2012 at 5 a.m., and finish it by arriving in time for noon talk at Bryant Park. Joining Jurek for portions of this epic run will be friends and admirers like:
*Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run
The US Justice Department says it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: Alameda, Fresno and Riverside Counties, Calif.; Cibola and Sandoval Counties, N.M.; Shannon County, S.D.; and in the city of Milwaukee.
The effect upon the US viewing public by TV commercials has been the subject of philosophical discourse for a long time by many individuals.
The viewership of television programming, as measured by companies like Nielsen Media Research and Arbitron has often been used as a metric for television advertisement placement and consequently, for the rates these advertisers were charged to broadcast within a given network, television program, day of the week or time of day.
Take a look at the following commercial TV classics.
Event: Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes to Headline The Deadline Club Annual Awards Dinner
When: TONIGHT - June 4, 2012
Where: The Waldorf, 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY
The Ming Dynasty has been described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history". Its immense cultural and political influences were felt not only within East Asia, but also extended over the Turks to the west, and Vietnam and Myanmar to the south. The Renwen Society at China Institute invites you to an extended lecture by Mr. Ma Weiyuan, a leading authority on the Ming era from China, who will capture the 300-year history of the rise and fall of the last ethnic Han dynasty.)
Sunday, June 17 2 - 5 PM
Free member / $5 non-member
Today, NYC Councilman James Vacca and the City Island Civic Association are protesting NY Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed budget cuts which could result in the closure of 20 fire companies citywide, probably including City Island’s Ladder Company 53, as early as July 1, 2012.
Although FDNY has yet to disclose the specific companies on the chopping block, City Island’s only ladder company has been slated for closure during the past four years.
NIGERIAN AIR DISASTER. Investigation Into The Jet's Flight History.
The available records of a Dana Air Boeing MD-83 which crashed into a heavily populated area in Lagos, Nigeria killing all 153 on board are under extreme examination.
ZIMMERMAN'S LAWYER. Seeking New Bond Hearing.
The lawyer for the defendant in the Trayvon Martin shooting hopes to persuade the court to reconsider during a bond hearing, now that his client is back in jail after his bond was revoked.
HANOI NEW MIA SEARCH. Panetta Visits Vietnam.
Two of the longest serving major market news VP personalities unexpectedly announced their retirement this past week on opposite coasts. NYC and Los Angeles
At WABC-TV, New York, NY. KENNY PLOTNIK is leaving this ABC o-and-o. He emailed his staff that his wife's retirement from nursing "sparked my interest in looking elsewhere for career challenges." Kenny worked for 25 years at WABC, the last ten as ND. He previously worked for the company at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, and began his career in Buffalo.