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Commentary: No Jail Time for Scarano, Business as Usual

I’m not big on conspiracy theories, though you’ve got to wonder if the mere slap on the wrist architect Robert Scarano received had anything to do with politics. Was the City using Scarano to accomplish their notsohidden agenda to remake Brooklyn into high density, highrise neighborhoods? The best the City accomplished was to take away Scarano’s ability to professionally certify his filings with the Department of Buildings. The City did not go after his architect’s license, which is what was demanded by the public. So in essence, the bad get rewarded; his license (017739) to practice architecture is still active.

Bloomberg Takes the Stand

Manhattan D.A. discloses Independence Party pay-off by Bloomberg to get white votes in 2009

Bloomberg whines while ARod slides into a tax-abated home

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg released a budget that calls for closing 20 firehouses, senior centers and layoffs for over 6,000 NYC public school teachers. The New York Times called this a “good news” budget!…

Third Term for NYC Mayors Is Not a Charm

The day Mayor Bloomberg began his third term, he said, “Conventional wisdom holds that by a third term, mayors run out of energy and ideas. But we have proved the conventional wisdom wrong time and again, and I promise you, we will do it once more.”

Bloomberg Flips on Term Limits

I was one of a group of citizens who sued Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Quinn, and the New York City Council, for overturning term limits….

City Gets “F” In Student Testing

When guessing takes the place of knowing, something’s wrong in school.

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