Taxi and Limousine Commission adopted rules allowing the TLC to eliminate the fare from the decals adorning the exterior of New York City’s iconic yellow taxi fleet. Earlier this week, New York City Council Transportation James Vacca wrote to TLC Chairman David Yassky asking for clarification regarding those rules. While no response to that letter (attached separately) has been received, it is clear that the TLC intends to move forward with its ill-advised plan to remove the fare information from the exterior of the City’s yellow cab fleet.

Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, Council Member Gale A. Brewer, State Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Riverside Park Fund President John Herrold, Community Board 7 Chair Emeritus Mel Wymore, community members, and neighborhood children to cut the ribbon on $900,000 in improvements to Neufeld Playground at Riverside Park.

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., New York Rangers Legend Mark Messier and Olympic Gold Medalist Sarah Hughes, together with other elected officials and union leaders including RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, City Council Member G. Oliver Koppell, State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Assemblyman Jose Rivera are making a major announcement concerning the future redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory.

US WORRIES. Double-dip Recession.
The Congressional Budget Office says if Congress takes no action – and tax increases and spending cuts take effect – the economy will fall into a double-dip recession

CHINA AND JAPAN. Economy Suffers As Exports Decline.
Exporters suffer, with data showing a drop off by a quarter from the same month last year.

LAST WORST DECADE. Affecting US Middle Class.
The decline in net worth and wages during the 2000s underlines the challenges facing President Barack Obama as he seeks re-election.

AFGHANISTAN SPIES. Deployment Inside Army and Police.

In Texas, Lubbock County Judge Tom Head, "....if President Obama is reelected. He's going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the UN, and what is going to happen when that happens?,” Head asked. “I'm thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. And we're not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we're talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy."

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Former Palestinian Authority official Nasser Al-Kidwa will follow up his work as Deputy for Kofi Annan, who is leaving his role in peace facilitation for the Syrian crisis at the end of this month, by serving as Deputy to the new Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, a UN spokesman said today.

Mr. Al-Kidwa will begin working with new Joint Representative Lakhdar Brahimi when he takes up his position following the expiration of Mr. Annan’s mandate on 31 August 2012.