27 Council Members say they are willing to overturn the public referendum that has limited their and the Mayor's hold on office. A deal in which one hand washes the other may be in the works.

The Subway Map translation project takes two more big steps forward, with a new contribution for Estonian, and a near completion of the Polish translation

The Bloomberg administration and NYPD continue to payout civil rights violation related expenses from tax payers' wallets; a group of 52 people who were protesting the Iraq war in 2003 in midtown will receive a big check for being illegally arrested by the City.

Willets Point Business Owners who are under assault by Mayor Bloomberg's attempted eminent domain land grab will protest today will encircle the stadium with truck traffic.

A collection of groups, angered by the historical and recent abuses of power by the NYPD will call for great disciplinary measures and an end to harrassment of watchdogs who capture the NYPD gone wild on tape.

The NYPD is embarrassed that they have been caught instigating violence on the streets - again - so as usual they are making shit up to cover their ass.

The NYPD Officer who knocked a cyclist to the ground in Times Square Friday made a statement to the DA about the incident. The statement was made before the video was known. The statement is jarringly at odds with the video.

After being slammed off his bike without warning, the cyclist was arrested and spent the weekend in jail. The crime: bicycling with other people.

The folks at Room 8 have been fighting a subpoena from the Bronx DA for months now, though they've had to do it in silence as they were threatened with prosecution if they even revealed the document's existence. It seems that the Bronx DA was upset by the comments of someone posting anonymously on Room 8 and was hellbent to use the powers of his office to find out who they were and intimidate a small blog into compliance.

A new green striped bike lane padded by a pedestrian area will stretch from 42nd St to 34th St