Category: New York Daily News
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SLOWDOWN NOT THE TICKET; Rudy sez cops’ll be punished
January 25, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Giuliani yesterday escalated his contract fight with city cops, warning rank-and-file officers not to engage in a ticket slowdown — or else. “If a police officer absolutely refuses to do his or her job, then that police officer will have to be disciplined,”…
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MONEY, MONEY, MONEY AND FUN IN FUN CITY; We Spend Our Lives Focusing On the Dollars
Tuesday, January 21, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN AND PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers Money is at the root of all that troubles and excites New Yorkers. They fight about it and dream about it–far more, even, than sex. Many spend more than they have, and a large number have no savings at all.…
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IN THE CITY, SEX IS A RICH EXPERIENCE; Borough Of Queens Sits Atop the Lust List
Monday, January 20, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers The rich are different from the rest of us and not just because they have more money. They have more sex, more fantasies about sex and more sex partners. But, then again, so do people living in Queens. Yes, Queens,…
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City Shoppers Do the (Tax) Waive
January 19, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and DEAN CHANG, Daily News Staff Writers The Great Sales Tax Experiment began yesterday in a deep-freeze frenzy, as cost-conscious shoppers and media-conscious politicians flooded city stores to be among the first to cash in on the one-week tax waiver on clothing. “That’s why we’re here,” said Darryl…
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Rudy: Shed Half Of Clothes Tax
January 12, 1997 by MIKE CLAFFEY and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani yesterday revived his call for 2-cent cut in the city sales tax on clothing buys — and vowed to press for approval even if the state doesn’t match the reduction. In an election year bid aimed at city shoppers…
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THE ZERO PROBLEM; Computer Glitch May Byte Big Apple
January 3, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GEORGE MANNES, Daily News Staff Writers New York City is facing a mother of all computer glitches that could cause key city services to crash in the next two years. Welfare, pension and payroll checks for thousands of New Yorkers may be mailed or computed incorrectly, or…
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Rudy Rips Probe Of Diplo Fight
January 2, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Giuliani yesterday accused the State Department of dragging out its probe of Sunday’s slugfest between city cops and diplomats from Russia and Belarus. In his latest lashing over the envoys’ invocation of diplomatic immunity, the mayor demanded that federal officials immediately back the…
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City Cites 30 Shops For Shady Practice
December 18, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Unscrupulous electronics stores are ripping off consumers by using misleading ads, reselling used goods as new and other shady sales practices, city officials charged yesterday. Following a three-week probe, the city hit 30 stores with more than 1,100 alleged violations of consumer laws —…
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Queens Activist Is Shot Dead
December 18, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JOHN MARZULLI, Daily News Staff Writers A Queens community activist who collected teddy bears for homeless kids and helped start a volunteer ambulance service was found slain in his printing shop last night, the victim of a possible robbery. Richard Trupkin, 64, had been shot several times…