Tag: Bronx

  • Outdated but still funny

    Welcome wagon Serrano Votes Against Wall Street Bailout – NY Times BlogShare, Yesterday at 8:31pm Four of New York State’s 29 representatives voted no on the $700 billion economic bailout package that the House of Representatives rejected on Monday in a historic vote, 228 to 205. The four no votes from New York State came…

  • City Urged to Scrap Homeless Shelter Plan By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer

    March 21, 2002 Opponents of a proposed 400-bed homeless shelter in Williamsburg rallied against the plan last night, calling on Mayor Bloomberg to cancel it. “What they’re creating is a warehouse for homeless men,” said Jose Leon. Opening the East Williamsburg Industrial Park facility, at an old factory at 89 Porter Ave., is the first…

  • HERO, BROTHER, EVERYMAN: BRONX MONUMENT IS ONE ALL OF US CAN EMBRACE By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

    Sunday, May 24, 1998 The monument to Cpl. Walter J. Fufidio, which has come to serve as memorial to those who served in World War II and the other wars that have followed, stands almost nondescript most of the year in the square named after him. It will be spruced up in time for Memorial…

  • Rudy Pooh-Poohs Dem Bigs’ Digs

    Sunday, October 26, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and LISA REIN Daily News Staff Writers With a comfortable lead in the polls, Mayor Giuliani yesterday refused to engage in a war of words with Democratic challenger Ruth Messinger — even allowing harsh comments from his predecessor, former Mayor David Dinkins, to go unchallenged. Dinkins, who…

  • Shot Cop Is Stable By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer

    Sunday, June 8, 1997 A rookie cop was in stable condition yesterday after four hours of surgery to repair a bullet wound suffered in a Bronx shootout that left a robbery suspect dead. Police Officer Washington Zurita — on his first unsupervised patrol — was struck in the left arm, but managed to fire his…

  • Raid Bags 2 in Holdup; Shootout suspects nabbed By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and PATRICE O’SHAUGHNESSY, Daily News Staff Writers

    Sunday, May 11, 1997 Lying in wait outside a Queens hideout, police yesterday captured two of the suspects in the wild 50-shot ambush that wounded a retired cop and a moonlighting detective during a payroll heist in Queens. A third suspect — believed to be a twin brother of one of the two arrested —…

  • LIVOTI BOUNCED IN SAFIR CRACKDOWN; Commish orders profiles of too-tough cops

    February 22, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JOHN MARZULLI, Daily News Staff Writers Police Commissioner Howard Safir yesterday vowed tougher monitoring of cops accused of brutality after he fired a controversial Bronx officer whose use of an illegal choke hold led to a man’s death. Safir canned Officer Francis Livoti for violating departmental regulations…

  • Rudy Probes His Own Campaign

    February 17, 1997 by BOB LIFF and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani’s reelection campaign has launched internal audits to determine whether any corporate contributors gave donations that exceeded the $7,700 limit allowed by the city’s public campaign finance law. Campaign officials disclosed the reviews after the Daily News reported that a…

  • Swiss Ask Jews For Help With Fund

    February 14, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer The Swiss government yesterday invited the World Jewish Congress to Switzerland next week to help administer and distribute a fund set up for aged Holocaust survivors. It was the first gesture by the Swiss, under increasing pressure to compensate Holocaust victims for looted World…

  • Poll: Wild About Mayor, Not Rudy

    February 12, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and FRANK LOMBARDI, Daily News Staff Writers City voters soundly approve of Mayor Giuliani’s job performance and would reelect him in a walk, even though they aren’t wild about his personality, according to a new poll. The Quinnipiac College Poll showed 62% of voters approved of the first-term…