ACT UP's 25th Anniversary

Bloombo Dicto is "silent" on ACT UP's 25th Anniversary, so is Christine Quinn

A25: Annette Gaudino of Healthcare for for the 99% speaks at ACT UP AND OCCUPY, ACT UP/NY's 25th Anniversary Action.

Bloombo Dicto Wants More Zone-Busting Towers Around Grand Central Station

Size Queen

If he had to, Mayor Michael Bloomberg would go so far as to close hospitals so that he could approve zone-busting skyscrapers and high-rise luxury condos in the area around Grand Central. First, Mayor Bloomberg violated the spirit and ethics of Jane Jacobs by allowing the Rudin family to demolish a focal point of Greenwich Village. Now, Mayor Bloomberg is going to violate the spirit and ethics of Jacqueline Kennedy by pushing a demolition plan for the area surrounding Grand Central.

Is New York's status based on Mayor Bloomberg's fixation with size ?

North Shore-LIJ Patient Information Stolen

Patient information, including names, insurance coverage, and Social Security numbers, have been stolen at North Shore-LIJ University Hospital on Long Island in what has been described as two separate infiltrations of patient records.

From WABC Eyewitness News :

"It's hard to imagine that your privacy inside a hospital could be as vulnerable as your health, but Eyewitness News obtained a letter that North Shore University Hospital on Long Island has sent to patients, notifying them that confidential information on the computer network was stolen in an attempt to open up credit cards in the person's name."

Hero Newark Mayor Saved Woman From Fire

In Newark, Mayor Saves a Woman From a Fire

Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark carried a woman out of a burning house and was treated for smoke inhalation on Thursday night. Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York announced his latest budget cuts to FDNY and a new list of proposed firehouse closings. "Look, see ? We don't need all these firehouses in Queens and Brooklyn, we have superhero people like Cory Booker, who save lives on their time off. We just have to find a way to make Mayor Booker to move to Long Island City," Mayor Bloomberg said.

Bloomberg ECTP Fraud Investigation

What Is The Status Of The Emergency Communications Transformation Program (ECTP) Fraud Investigation ?

From the Office of the New York City Comptroller :

"ECTP is now a billion dollars over budget, from an estimated $1.3 billion, to now an estimated $2.3 billion (City Capital Commitment plan, dated February 2012.) The project was scheduled to be completed in 2008. The latest figures released by Mayor Bloomberg now peg completion in 2015 - seven years behind schedule."

Bloomberg Hiding 911 Statistics

Court Orders Mayor Michael Bloomberg To Hand Over 911 Call Processing Review Report.

The Bloomberg administration is reviewing its "next move" following the court order, issued by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron. Judge Engoron issued his order following the filing of a complex labor-arbitration case brought against the City by two fire department unions. According to The New York Post, "The unions have subpoenaed the report in their effort to show the city's 911 system is worse than ever despite $2 billion in improvements."

911 Bloombo Dicto Sees No Emergency

Stephen Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, attacked the Bloomberg administration during a news conference today, exposing the fact that Mayor Bloomberg was deliberately decreasing 911 response times to justify the closure of firehouses. As usual, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn had Mayor Bloomberg's back and would not criticise the billion-dollar broken 911 system.

Rudin May Day Protest

Reminder : Please R.S.V.P. to the protest against the Rudin Family on May Day in connection with the shady way that they foreclosed on St. Vincent's Hospital, forcing it into Bankruptcy Court. Note : the Rudin family then paid pennies on the dollar for St. Vincent's, so that the Rudin family could build a billion-dollary luxury condo and townhouse complex in a zone-busting real estate deal that will make the family hundreds of millions of dollars in profit from the tragic closing of the only hospital in the entire Lower West Side of Manhattan.

OWS March Across the Brooklyn Bridge

Video of the April 1, 2012, #OccupyWallStreet march across the Brooklyn Bridge. No activist was arrested during the peaceful process of this march.