Weekly Digest – August 1, 2013
…and incumbent chair Mark Gaston Pearce was approved by 59-38. The vote came after a compromise ended a Republican filibuster that threatened to reduce the board to only two members,…
…and incumbent chair Mark Gaston Pearce was approved by 59-38. The vote came after a compromise ended a Republican filibuster that threatened to reduce the board to only two members,…
…Authority is misleading the public by claiming that toll collection, and not tax revenues, to finance repairs on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge exempts it from “Buy American” provisions to purchase American-made…
…app, FT Pay. It is the latest addition to First Trade’s consumer offering, which includes paperless online account opening, unlimited ATM rebates, and mobile banking apps for smartphones and the…
…rally for their right to quality Public Transportation. The event will take place outside of MTA Headquarters on Wednesday, July 24th beginning at 8:30am. For over three years, this broad…
…The app is free and it’s available for download in the iTunes app store (to download click here: iTunes app store.) Other platforms and web will follow. This “you have…
…job, which gave me great pride, I was responsible for making sure that the children of Manhattan who were visually impaired or had hearing problems were given the services they…
…his opposition and Barack Obama just hasn’t had a good summer yet. Here it is the summer of 2013 and the President faces a barrage of bad news. First it…
…amounts of Medicare coinsurance charges. Providers reported their own charges for Part B services to Medicaid instead of the Medicare-approved amounts, therefore inflating the amount they were reimbursed by Medicaid….
…if they do not use it in a certain time period (for example, within 6 months). In addition, due to critical staffing shortages at prisons, officers are not being allowed…
…to read.” And, the First Amendment’s protection of the right to peacefully assemble “is more than the right to attend meetings” for it does not simply protect political association, but…