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			 <title>Amid Fireworks, the Senate Stalemate Continues</title>
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			 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Forgiving Penalties, Observing Muslim Holidays </title>
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			 <description>&lt;p&gt;Holidays were the topic of conversation at the City Council yesterday, with the body approving a three-month penalty forgiveness period for environmental fines as well as a resolution that urges the city schools to give students two Muslim holidays off. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
			 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Amid Fireworks, the Senate Stalemate Continues</title>
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			 <description>As June 30 ended, the State Senate remained mired in chaos. The city did not get its sales tax hike, and mayoral control of schools has sunset. What happens now?</description>
			 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>'Political Intrigue' in a Personal Injury Case</title>
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			 <description>In a case recently heard in the Bronx, an undocumented immigrant tried to collect damages for wages he might lose in the future -- a future that might find him in Kosovo, not the U.S.
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			 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Getting on the Ballot in Other Cities</title>
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			 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Understanding the Labyrinth: New York's Ballot Access Laws</title>
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			 <description>Has a politician asked for your signature lately? No wonder. Getting on the ballot, staying there and knocking opponents off has become a political blood sport.</description>
			 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Unemployed in New York </title>
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			 <description>Living on unemployment is never easy but its particularly difficult in New York -- where expenses are high and the payments are low. How do people make ends meet? </description>
			 <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Coming Soon: Deeper City Deficits</title>
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			 <description>A look at the numbers makes it clear the city faces deeper deficits in the years ahead -- and fewer tools to fill the gaps.</description>
			 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>The King of Discretionary Dollars</title>
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			 <description>Who's the king (or queen) of pork this year? Its time for our annual look at which City Council members got the most funding for their district, borough or favorite cause.
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			 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Good Parks Are Good for the Economy</title>
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			 <description>Along with providing relief from concrete and places for reflection and recreation, parks offer an array of economic benefits and can even save taxpayers money.</description>
			 <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>City Left on the Sidelines as Senators Feud</title>
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			 <description>With the State Senate mired in tragedy, soap opera and farce, reforms, budgets and more hang in the balance. We report from Albany and City Hall on the policies at stake. </description>
			 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			 <title>Foreclosure Threat Looms over Thousands of City Apartments</title>
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			 <description>As many as 80,000 New Yorkers may be the next victims of the real estate meltdown as some city landlords find they can't pay off both their mortgages and maintain their buildings.</description>
			 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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