Politics
Con Ed: Changes Needed
Today, in advance of a Con Ed shareholders meeting on Monday, and with two deadly home explosions within two years, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens), Chairman of the Council Committee on Oversight and Investigations, called for Con Ed to overhaul its evacuation policy to require evacuations when gas leak readings are high in manholes - not just inside homes.
The Probability Of An Islamic State
The current governing paradigm in most Middle Eastern countries is marked by executive supremacy unbridled by any legal body or branch of government to restrain the oppressive power of the ruler. Bereft of a legitimate legislature and judiciary to counteract and neutralize an unjust and authoritarian executive, these Middle Eastern countries must seek to reform and ameliorate their form of governance to attain prosperity, just rule, and political justice....
The Politics Of Israel
As a country economically, culturally, and politically disparate from its neighbors, Israel represents a democratic bastion in a region rife with stagnant, totalitarian regimes. Zionism yielded a state born of immigrants from various backgrounds bound by a common Jewish identity, deeming Israel’s existence anomalous. The Eastern European immigrants of the aliyot developed the political framework of the pre-state period; these Zionist leaders subsequently became the leaders of the new state in 1948, opting for a representative parliamentary democracy....
Hezbollah & The Politics Of Lebanon
Hezbollah emerged in Lebanon as a corollary to a foreign intrusion by a country deemed the anathema of the Islamic world. In 1982, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon subsequently spawned the force that was to resist it. In its nascent stages, Hezbollah existed as an Iranian proxy whose raison d'être was to resist and eject this foreign occupier in attempt to extricate Lebanon and restore its sovereignty....
Just How Corrupt Are NY Democrats?
There was a great deal of talk late last year and in early 2009 about corruption in Illinois politics, highlighted by the desire of former Governor Rod Blagojevich to in effect sell President Barack Obama’s former seat in the U.S. Senate to the highest bidder....
The Shia Awakening
The removal of Saddam Hussein inadvertently disrupted the existing power distribution between Shia and Sunnis, precipitating a momentous change to the status quo which had long persisted in the Middle East....
Politcal Economy Of The Middle East
The political economy of Middle East is determined by a combination of economic development, state structure, and social actors, but more broadly by concomitant economic, social, political, religious and historical forces. ...
Netanyahu Pleads With The Pope
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday appealed to Pope Benedict XVI "to make his voice heard" and use his moral authority to condemn the harsh anti-Israel rhetoric voiced by Iran's hard-line president....
New York Gay Marriage Bill Vote
The New York State Assembly will vote on a gay marriage bill on Tuesday, May 12, 2009....
Paterson Announces Special Election
Governor David A. Paterson announced today that a Proclamation has been issued calling for two Special Elections in the Bronx to be held Tuesday, June 2, 2009....
Ban Fast Food < 0.1 Miles Of Schools
Today, following the release of a study showing that students whose schools are within 0.1 miles of fast food outlets are more likely to be obese, and with diabetes a growing epidemic in New York City, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) and MeMe Roth, President of National Action Against Obesity (NAAO), announced Gioia will introduce legislation to ban fast food stores within 0.1 miles of schools....
Federal Stimulus Cash For Boroughs
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced community development projects and programs that will benefit from more than $48 million of federal stimulus funding received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed by President Obama in February. The funding will be directed to nine City programs and projects that are supporting New York City’s households and stabilizing and strengthening neighborhoods in all five boroughs. ...
Thousands To March To City Hall
Thousands to march to City Hall and protest proposed kindergarten elimination eliminating kindergarten in day care centers to cost city millions. Plan would shift 3,300 children from day care to overcrowded public schools....
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