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• TAKING SIDES: Behind 421-a split.(city councils are planning for affordable housing development)(Brief article)

  - 2006-11-06

  City Council members will seek to stiffen affordable-housing requirements as the council takes up the Bloomberg administration's plan to overhaul the 421-a tax abatement program. The real estate industry, meanwhile, will seek to retain a program that City Council members will seek to stiffen affordable-housing ...

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• Business loses its clout in the city all about business.(Viewpoint)

  - 2005-09-05

  Byline: Greg David In the early days of the Bloomberg administration, the mayor proposed a 25% increase in the real estate property tax. A horrified real estate industry tried to mobilize opposition. The City Council cut the increase to 18.5%, sti Byline: Greg...

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• Inbox.(At Your Disposal)(Big Apple Trash Corral )

  - 2005-07-04

  Byline: Pete Fehrenbach So the latest showdown at the Big Apple Trash Corral is a wrap. According to an article from the New York Daily News, Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood firm while his archrival, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, flinche ...

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• Bloomberg gets personal with voters; Campaign using data for many different direct-mail messages; candidate loses lunch.(News)

  - 2005-05-16

  The bloomberg re-election campaign is said to be preparing a direct-mail operation that will be the most sophisticated targeting effort ever used in politics on any level. Instead of printing five or six variations of fliers, insiders say, the may The bloomberg re-election...

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• City street furniture plan could require makeover; Council moves to reconsider; judicial setback also possible.(News)

  - 2005-03-21

  Byline: anne michaud The Bloomberg Administration's much-touted street furniture plan is running into significant obstacles which could, over the next several weeks, send the $1 billion deal back to square one. Early next month, City Council wil Byline: anne michaud ...

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• City to reduce arts budget; Bloomberg tells groups to stop complaining, raise prices; battle looms.(Cultural Scene)(Mayor Michael Bloomberg)

  - 2004-12-06

  Byline: miriam kreinin souccar The city is planning major cuts in its funding for arts and cultural organizations, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is warning the institutions not to try to do anything about it. During a surprise visit last week to a...

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• Government Alert: Companies move to nail down contract; Eye street furniture project; mayor to rule on armory.(Briefs)(NYC street furniture contract)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-07-07

  Companies are lining up to bid for the city's street furniture contract even as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council continue to wrangle over the terms of the franchise. Cemusa, a Spanish firm that operates in 110 cities internationally, j Companies are...

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• Government Alert: Contract provides juice for Queens plant; Con Ed helps stalled Astoria project power up; rezoning accord for Park Slope.(Briefs)(Consolidated Edison Co. gets 10-year contract for power plant in Astoria, Queens)

  - 2003-05-05

  Consolidated edison co. of New York Inc. last week awarded a 10-year contract to a power plant proposed for Astoria, Queens, to provide 500 megawatts of electric capacity to New York City. Officials say that the contract should allow the plant, whi Consolidated edison...

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