Bronx News Network reports that the City's Economic Development Corporation released the results of its study on the impact of a living wage bill, and it findings are that it would potentially kill tens of thousands of jobs and stifle commerical development. Of course, a number of politicians, including Bronx Council members Oliver Koppell and Anabel Palma who sponsored the bill at the behest of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., panned those findings and called the process rigged. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has not taken a formal stance on the issue, but the Gotham Gazette reports that Councilman Koppell has stated that he is willing to consider using a rare motion to discharge the bill and bring it to the floor should Quinn not support the bill. UPDATE: Here is a recent Daily News article by Dan Beekman tracking the progress of this proposal.
The rejection of the Kingsbridge Armory mall project will always be Ruben Diaz Jr.'s political albatross.
ReplyDeleteOne of your readers who calls himself “Manny G” is a conspiracy nut. So I would like to direct him (and your other readers) to the following book review from this Sunday’s New York Times:
ReplyDeleteTHE PARANOID STYLE
''AMONG THE TRUTHERS'
By Jonathan Kay | Reviewed by Jacob Heilbrunn
A journalist travels the world of conspiracy theories, about everything from President Obama’s birthplace to 9/11 to vaccines.
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/books/review/book-review-among-the-truthers-by-jonathan-kay.html?ref=books
Hmmmm....
ReplyDeleteto work myself up from the bottom honorably or sit on my ass all day long and do absolutely nothing but still be able to afford jordans for me and the kids....
decisions, decisions...
Can't we get some young people involved in Bronx politics and replace these longtime incumbents with some fresh faces and new ideas?
ReplyDeleteThe out-of-touch local politicians we currently have are the direct result of minuscule voter turnout at the polls. If someone other than the elderly would actually show up to vote in the Bronx primaries, we would have more responsive political representation in the city council, the state senate and the state assembly.
ReplyDeleteI think that the performance of all the Bronx politicians is pretty shoddy.
ReplyDeleteAll of you folks up in Riverdale, don't be so smug in your little ethnic and intellectual bubble.
ReplyDeleteI think Koppell suffers under the delusion that most people in Rivedale know who he is.
ReplyDeleteStill talking nonsense ... What a difference a year doesn't make!
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