Tag: Rudy Giuliani
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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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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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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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Rudy, Merchants In Mega Food Fight
November 27, 1996 by BOB LIFF and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani and opponents of the city’s megastore plan yesterday accused each other of failing to talk turkey on Thanksgiving food prices. Merchants fighting the plan said the city Department of Consumer Affairs used bogus prices for a survey that found…
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Fifth May Hafta Stand Kiosks
November 15, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Step aside, Saks Fifth Avenue. Move over, Bergdorf Goodman. And Tiffany’s, watch out. Newsstands may soon be coming to New York’s ritziest real estate. The city plans to add 100 stands to the 330 already operating around Manhattan. And officials of the Municipal Arts…
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Rudy Sez He’s Tops, And Dems Are Flops
November 9, 1996 by DAVID L. LEWIS and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani fired the opening salvo of the 1997 mayoral battle yesterday, slamming potential challengers as inexperienced, extremist or “machine politicians.” While insisting he hasn’t decided to seek a second term, the Republican mayor for the first time dropped his…
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City XXX-pulsion Plan Put on Hold
October 25, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JAMES RUTENBERG, Daily News Staff Writers Times Square sex shop owners yesterday said the red-light district would stay lit as a state appeals court temporarily blocked the city’s plan to start restricting X-rated businesses this weekend. Smut shops advertising “Live Girls” and hawking such videos as “Slut…
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Statue Unveiled, Hil Hails Eleanor
October 6, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and DON SINGLETON Daily News Staff Writers Two American First Ladies came together in Riverside Park yesterday afternoon, one the current occupant of the White House and the other a larger-than-life bronze statue. With songs and speeches and flags that rippled gently in the sunshine of a perfect…
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$304,000 LOTTA GS FOR GIULIANIS
Saturday, April 13, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Rudy and Donna Hanover Giuliani’s combined income jumped to $ 303,889 last year, thanks to the First Lady’s blossoming radio, television and film career, their 1995 tax returns show. The 21% increase from the couple’s $ 250,343 reported earnings for 1994 marked the…