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- Officials Call for Holding the Line on Contracts
- Council Approves Increase in Exam Age for Firefighters
- Council Approves Fines for Taxi Refusal
- Council Starts to Maneuver on Budget
- Council Cracks Down on Pedicabs Again
- Despite Key Setbacks, Bloomberg Plan Has Made New York Greener
- Education Mayor Takes a Hit
- Council Approves Bills to Regulate Snow Removal
- Taxi of Tomorrow Could Reduce Fleet Fuel Efficiency
- Council Approves Naming Queensboro for Koch
- Administration Considers Waste-to-Energy
- Slicing the Fire Department
- Council Approves Bill to Regulate Crisis Pregnancy Clinics
- CFB Faces Battle With Unions on Independent Expenditures
- Bloomberg Releases Preliminary Budget, Blames Albany
- Bike Bills Cruise through the Council
- Quinn Takes on Spending, Pensions in State of the City
- Is Wal-Mart Worse?
- Bloomberg Targets Unions in State of the City
- Mayor to Propose Classier Black Cabs with Pick-Up Privileges
- Council Reins in Tied Up Dogs
- Council Sets Stage for Snow(ball) Fight
- Rough Road Ahead for City Budget
- Council Approves Safe Housing Act
- Council Approves Bill to Require School Safety Reports
- City Steps Up Efforts to Court Bioscience
- Council Cracks Down on Sidewalk ATMs
- Homeless Cuts Take Aim at Families
- Council to Expand Safe Housing Act
- Council and Mayor Clash Over Budget Cuts
- Stated Meeting: Council Approves Agency Merger
- Stated Meeting: Council Unveils Domestic Violence Stats
- The Race to Replace White
- Quinn Rejects Paid Sick Leave Bill
- Stated Meeting: Council Tries to Plug Some leaks
- Bloomberg Administration Takes on Pensions
- Stated Meeting: Green Light!
- Rikers' Regulars
- Council Starts Silver Alert System
- Experience Shapes Race in Inwood
- Nunes Takes on Huntley in Queens
- Council Approves Penn Plaza
- Charter Commission Approves Ballot Proposals
- Moonlighting Council Members
- Outside Income by Member
- Term Limits Could Throw Out Council Members
- Claims of Dysfunction At City Clerk's Lobbying Bureau
- Who Got What: FY2011
- Bloomberg and Council Shake on Budget
- Council Cracks Down on Taxi Overcharges
- Unions Pick Up Tab for Council Members' Fines, Legal Bills
- Proposal Could Shed Light on Who Helps Candidates
- Stated Meeting: Fines for Unlicensed Plumbing
- Advocates Contest AIDS Caseworker Cuts
- Council Approves Business Bill of Rights
- Cuts Burn Fire Department
- Bloomberg Blames Albany for Fiscal Woes
- City Garbage Plan Falls Short of Goals
- Tour Buses Silenced
- Council Tries to Rein in Horse Carriages
- Subsidies in the City: Part II
- Subsidies in the City: Part I
- Council Contests 'Across the Board' Cuts
- Sick Leave Back at the Council
- Day Care Dumped
- Doubts Grow About City's Capital Spending
- Council Increases Penalty for Dumping
- Quinn Promises to Create Jobs
- Council Targets Gang Initiations
- A Barrage of Bills
- Stated Meeting: Council Creates Path to Citizenship
- Talking Trash
- Bloomberg's Bluff
- Stated Meeting: The Council's New Order
- Bloomberg Delivers Muted State of the City
- The Living Wage After Kingsbridge
- Stated Meeting: 2010 City Council's First Day
- Bloomberg: Take III
- Stated Meeting: Broadway Triangle Approved by Council
- Stated Meeting: Kingsbridge Armory Defeated by the Council
- Sour Holiday
- Stated Meeting: Green Building Bills Approved by the Council
- Stated Meeting: Green Building Bills Approved by the Council
- Stated Meeting: Clearing the Way for Open Grills
- Foreclosures Continue to Threaten Neighborhoods
- Bloomberg and Quinn: Chapter 2
- Vann Gets a Challenger
- Stated Meeting: Hines Midtown Tower Approved
- Campaign 09: Fact or Fiction
- Another Term Awaits
- Where They Stand
- Affordable Housing Not Included
- Stated Meeting: Graffiti Cleanup and Rezoning Sunset Park
- Stated Meeting: Sitting in Smog on the Way to School
- Real Estate's Last Stand
- Seabrook Aims For Another Term
- The Maria Baez Revolt
- Mendez Vows to Keep Fighting
- Koppell Fights for a Third Term
- Racing to Represent Long Island City
- Serving Up the Public Advocate
- Drumming Up Support in the Heights
- Stated Meeting: City Council Requires Pharmacies to Translate
- Waiting to Wade
- Stated Meeting: Coney Island Gets a Facelift
- Tony the Stowaway
- Replacing Miguel Martinez
- An Outer Borough Drought
- Forgiving Penalties, Observing Muslim Holidays
- Unemployed in New York
- The King of Discretionary Dollars
- Band-Aid Budget
- Doling Out Pork
- Who Got What - FY 2010
- Council and Mayor Reach Budget Deal
- Stated Meeting: Dumbo's Dock Street Project Approved
- Endangered Community Boards
- Council and Mayor Reach Revenue Deal
- Public Hospitals in Critical Condition
- The Brooklyn-Queens Border: As Polluted as Ever
- Stated Meeting: Keeping Eyes on the Tenant Watch List
- Bill Thompson Hopes for an Upset
- Stated Meeting: Scratching Out Etching Acid
- Bloomberg's Budget Revival
- Role Reversal: Contributions from Candidates
- City Gears Up for Green Buildings
- The Bronx Family Feud
- New Bills: Tracking Stimulus and Unattended Idlers
- Stated Meeting: Council Moves to Protect Access to Clinics
- Council Extends Rent Stabilization
- Priced Out: Council Looks to Keep Apartments Affordable
- Council Takes a Bite Out of Bed Bugs
- A City Council Scorecard: Who's Engaged and Who's Not?
- Stated Meeting: Clerk Battle and Food Allergies
- Another State of the City
- Complicated Calculus in Race to Replace Monserrate
- Meet the Independent Budget Office
- An Election Year Budget
- New Bills: From Parking to Playgrounds
- Stated Meeting: Shutting Engines At Schools
- A Recovery Package From Bloomberg
- Stated Meeting: Residency Redux and Inspecting Water Tanks
- Stated Meeting: Council Approves Firearm Reporting
- Stated Meeting: Council Approves Firearm Reporting
- The 2009 Race: How Term Limits Changed the Political Landscape
- The 2009 Race: How Term Limits Changed the Political Landscape
- The Council Passes Budget Cuts
- Stated Meeting: Tax Bills on the Floor
- Avoiding Charities With Coal-Filled Stockings
- Budget Battle: Round 1
- The Public Speaks on Budget Cuts
- Stated Meeting: Trendy, Endangered Neighborhood Rezoned
- The Conflicts at the Conflicts of Interest Board
- Term Limits Extension Gets Final Signature
- Term Limits Extension Gets Final Signature
- City Council Approves Term Limits Extension
- The Candidates' Prescriptions
- For Council, Another Term Holds Risks and Rewards
- For Council, Another Term Holds Risks and Rewards
- Stated Meeting: Waterfronts and East Harlem
- Comparing Proposals on Term Limits
- Make That Three: Bloomberg's Reelection Bid
- Make That Three: Bloomberg's Reelection Bid
- Stated Meeting: Tax Breaks for Industry
- Disclosure Bill's Uncertain Future
- Handing Out to the Homeless
- The 2009 Race: How Term Limits Changed the Political Landscape
- Third Term's The Charm
- Third Term's The Charm
- After 7 Years, Breathing Ailments Persist
- Stated Meeting: Crane Safety Beefed Up
- Reshaping the City: Who's Being Heard -- and Why?
- Stated Meeting: Cooling City Streets
- Prayer or Violation? The City Council's Invocation
- New Bills: From Saving Energy to Preventing Choking
- Stated Meeting: Construction Legislation Moves Forward
- Keeping City Beaches Safe and Clean
- Measuring Constituent Complaints: Round One
- The Perks of Leadership: Who Got What in 2009
- Forgotten Handshakes: The '09 Budget
- New Bills: Street Vending to School Parking
- Public Money, Private Property: The Council's Capital Budget
- Stated Meeting: First Steps for Building Revisions
- Safety on Site -- or In Sight?
- Another Special Election
- Stated Meeting: A New Fire Code and Surplus
- Courtney Gross
- Rating Health Care Behind Bars
- A Better Budget Outlook...To Some
- Once Again, Quinn Tries to End the Funding Furor
- The 2009 Budget: Drawing the Battle Lines
- Stated Meeting: Harlem Rezoning Approved
- The 2009 Budget: Drawing the Battle Lines
- New Bills: Allergens to Parade Rules
- Meeting Amid Scandal
- Unanswered Questions: City Council's Phantom Funds
- Bogus Groups in the City Budget
- Stated Meeting: An End to E-Waste
- Musical Chairs: Shuffling Seats in City Government
- The Council and Congestion Pricing: Part II
- Stated Meeting: Budget Cuts and E-Waste
- New Bills: Bed Bugs to Base Jumping
- Stated Meeting: Green Carts Come to Town
- Creating Healthy Bodegas
- A Permanent Address: Regulating Residency Requirements at the City Council
- Stated Meeting: Wasting Electronics
- Barred Medicine: Health Care on Rikers Island
- New Bills: Ringing in the New Year With Legislation
- Language Barriers at the Drugstore
- Stated Meeting: Housing Discrimination
- A Bad News Budget
- A Bad News Budget
- State of the City
- Measuring the Garbage Glut
- Recycling Stops and Starts
- Bagging Plastic Pile-Ups
- New Bills: Green Carts to Horse Carriages
- How City Council Expresses Its Opinions
- Stated Meeting: Columbia Gets Approval
- Stated Meeting: Savoring the Brooklyn Sugar Plant
- Feeding the Holiday Economy
- Blurring the Line Between Government and Charity
- Stated Meeting: Capping Carbon
- Problems With Pigeons
- Stated Meeting: Restricting Council Ads
- Bagging Plastic Bags
- Stated Meeting: Preserving Neighborhoods
- Stated Meeting with a State Agenda
- Stated Meeting: Con Edison Rates and Reporting on Pesticides
- Paying the Price for Living in New York
- Grading the City's Public Hospitals
- Adding Up: How Much Members Spend on Ads?
- New Bills: Biking On The Boss's Dollar
- A One in Five Shot: Passing City Council Bills
- Stated Meeting: Replacing Street Signs to Taking Recyclables
- Insuring New York's Children
- New Bills: Curbing to Cutting Trees
- Stated Meeting: Rezoning Jamaica
- Worrying About Wall Street
- New Bills: Paralyzing Peeping and Blasting Explosive Regulations
- Stated Meeting: Making Room in Litter Baskets
- Aging with AIDS
- Searchlight: Land Use and an Indicted Council Member
- A Divided Council Confronts Congestion Pricing
- Stated Meeting: Cell Phones, Yes, Markers, No
- Quinn's Rule
- Taking Aim at Illegal Guns
- New Bills: Clean Energy to Cough Syrup
- Access to the HPV Vaccine in NYC
- "Imperfect" Campaign Finance Bill Wins Approval
- Dividing the Wealth: Who Gets the Council's Discretionary Funds?
- Latest Round in the Garbage Wars
- Sealed with a Kiss: The 2008 Budget
- What the Campaign Finance Bill Would Do -- and Not Do
- Stated Meeting -- Street Names Sparks Heated Debate