b*****d 发帖数: 61690 | 1 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a plan Tuesday to offer free
tuition at state and city colleges for qualifying students.
According to The New York Times, any student who has been accepted to a
public university in New York will be eligible for free tuition if their
family earns $125,000 or less a year.
Cuomo announced his plan alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who made
free college tuition a plank of his 2016 presidential campaign.
Sanders touted the proposal as a "model for the re... 阅读全帖 |
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f*******e 发帖数: 3433 | 2 估算时$163 million一年。对每个学生钱不算多,4年的总共免2万多刀,两年的总共免
8000多刀。主要花销还是在住房和别的fee上。可能会提高州立和市立的4-year
college
的学生质量。很多收入<12万的已经通过已有的TAP免全部或部分学费了,政府这种情况
只付差价。大花销是现有的TAP。
Students wouldn’t have to pay the $6,470 yearly cost of tuition ($4,350 for
two-year programs), but they’d still have to pick up the cost of room and
board if they live on campus ($12,590), along with fees ($1,590) and books.
They would also have to graduate on time, meaning in two years for an
associate degree and four years for a bachelor’s,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 3 CNN连遭重创之后,奋起反击,抡圆了胳膊,用尽吃奶的力气,又给了自己一个大嘴巴。
事情还是起源于老顽童川普,这老头儿前两天随手转发了一个视频,那是他以前为WWE
做的,视频中把一个对手撂倒在地,猛捶了几拳。只是,挨打老兄的脸被人换成了CNN
的图标。这个帖子三天之内被转推了34万次(视频在文章最后)。
知道WWE(世界摔跤娱乐)的都明白这是恶搞,纯娱乐性质的。但是左媒不干了,一把
鼻涕一把泪地哭诉,这是霸凌,这是欺负我们孤儿寡母,这是煽动暴力!CNN的表亲纽
约时报跳得更欢,说这是怂恿大家武力袭击记者!但是别忘了,纽约时报公开支持那个
刺杀川普的舞台剧。
飞洋在线
左派媒体一贯标准:我可以骂你,你不能骂我。我可以信口开河,你反驳必须有依据。
我可以演戏把你杀掉,你同样演戏打我两拳就是大逆不道。
但是CNN这次除了哭天抢地以外,还偷偷摸摸做了一件遭人唾骂的事:他们通过下三滥
手段找到了改编视频的人,是个15岁的孩子,然后逼迫他公开道歉,发誓再也不做这种
视频,否则CNN就要把他的私人信息曝光!
这不就是黑社会的敲诈勒索嘛。
白纸黑字写着:他道歉了,后悔了,许诺要把自己冒犯别人的帖子全部删... 阅读全帖 |
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f*******e 发帖数: 3433 | 4 Cuomo不会,他和NYC市长和参议院比,算很右的。而且Cuomo今年选举,
已经DEM primary出线了,并且大选Cuomo需要上州independent的支持,
所以他不需要走极左路线获得极左支持。他上次选举54.2% VS 40.2%赢得。
Kristen上州选票可能受影响,她2012年选举赢了上州大部分地方,赢了
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j****3 发帖数: 2836 | 5 ACLU宣布支持NRA对纽约州长的起诉案
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) threw its weight behind the
National Rifle Association (NRA), filing an amicus brief on the gun rights
group’s behalf in its lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
The ACLU's action comes after the NRA filed a lawsuit earlier this year
against Cuomo and New York’s financial regulation agency, alleging a “
blacklisting campaign” aimed at getting banks to cut ties with the gun
group.
“In the ACLU’s view, targeting a nonprofit ... 阅读全帖 |
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S******n 发帖数: 617 | 6 Background: BoA merged ML at the end of 2008.
1st, Cuomo letter to Senate & CONgress:
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/04/20/daily43.html?ana=yfcpc
2nd, Paulson now blames Bernanke:
Hank Paulson admitted to Andrew Cuomo that he threatened to oust Ken Lewis
and the Bank of America board if Bank of America invoked a Material
Adverse Change (MAC) clause to block the deal, Cuomo says. Paulson also
added, however, that he made this threat at the request of Ben Bernanke.
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s*********8 发帖数: 901 | 7 New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed two lawsuits today accusing
Rattner of bribing folks to invest in his private-equity firm, Quadrangle.
Cuomo wants at least $26 million from Rattner and a lifetime ban from the
securities industry. Separately, the SEC announced today that Rattner agreed
to pay $6.2 million to settle similar charges. Rattner issued the following
statement:
While settling with the SEC begins the process of putting this matter behind
me, I will not be bullied simply beca... 阅读全帖 |
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n*********e 发帖数: 25274 | 8 每天都要去纽约上班的是没办法逃了,很杯具。。。
Steep Increases Proposed for PATH Fares and Tolls at Hudson Crossings
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: August 5, 2011
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proposed its steepest toll
increase in modern memory on Friday, unveiling a plan that would raise the
cost of crossing the tunnels and bridges that span the Hudson River by 50
percent for most drivers and raise the price of a monthly PATH train pass by
65 percent.
TollsE-ZPass users would see a jump from $8 to... 阅读全帖 |
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b********8 发帖数: 346 | 9 Good points.
Below are the comments copied from YouTube:
Z Nancy :
"the male anchor is very rude. according to his logic, there are racial
discrimination to many races so Chinese should stand it as well. i would say
all races that are being discriminated should stand up and fight back those
arrogant. no one is entitled to teasing the others over their family
background; this is especially true in USA because none of the arrogant is
native to the land."
jdcdd818
"That man is Chris Cuomo. He was ... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i 发帖数: 6973 | 10 Yes, this is jurisdiction of FEDERAL government, under US constitution. That
is why some arguments in court (including those made by the Obama
administration through US Department of Justice) against Arizona state law
over illegal immigration is that immigration belongs t6o federal government.
No, this matter is NOT jurisdiction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (
ICE) 移民局 but of
Customs and Border Protection, though both agencies belong to US Department
of Homeland Security.
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a********c 发帖数: 3657 | 11 _w600.jpg
One month before New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves office, his
chief digital officer — Rachel Haot — has been hired by New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo. Haot was the city's first chief digital officer. As she
explained to The Verge earlier this year, she worked with Mayor Bloomberg
helped to build an ecosystem for startups, modernize digital infrastructure,
and promote engineering education. Watch our interview with Haot below.
She will reportedly become the state's first deputy s... 阅读全帖 |
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S*******h 发帖数: 7021 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: dlz (ddllzz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 大纽约人民终于发声了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Apr 19 23:09:33 2016, 美东)
首先祝贺Trump!
我们纽约人民实在被左棍折腾够了
各种高税费,各种奇葩政策法律,各种官僚主义+腐败,各种庞大冗员办事效率奇差的
政府机构。。。
在Albany,以Cuomo为首的一帮左棍把持州议会,可以说是为所欲为
NYC华尔街灯红酒绿,而广大纽约上州地区的经济每况愈下。听说过全美最严厉的枪支
法SAFE吗?差一点点连买子弹都要background check了(此条由于过于奇葩后来被drop
了),其他就不说了,连可伸缩的枪托都成了“assault rile”的衡量标准之一,尼玛
真无语。。左棍议会们每每把仅适用于NYC的法案强加于全纽约州,尼玛Cuomo你干脆带
着你在Albany的那帮人一起搬去NYC独立算了。
由于是所谓深蓝州,所以总统大选时支持GOP的纽约客都很郁闷,反正投了也没啥用(
我身边就有一个郁闷的GOP朋友搬去了OH)。
但这次不... 阅读全帖 |
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p**j 发帖数: 7063 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: V123 (vvv), 信区: USANews
标 题: 丧心病狂的NYC左逼市长开始向charter school 下手了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 4 08:21:44 2014, 美东)
赶走4个租用public place 的charter school, 让700个孩子没有学上
为啥? 为了payback teacher union for their support
(teacher union thugs hate charter school,因为charter school 必须考自己名声
来吸引学生)
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools states it is outraged at
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to limit school choice by “
kicking out” four charter schools from their s... 阅读全帖 |
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s****r 发帖数: 31686 | 14 Cuomo: New law banning magazines over seven rounds should be repealed
“There is no such thing as a seven-bullet magazine. That doesn’t exist. So
you really have no practical option,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo admit
ted yesterday at a news conference, explaining why his tough ban on ammuniti
on magazines over seven rounds should be repealed.
The bill must be repealed if New Yorkers ever want to purchase an ammunition
magazine for their firearm.
Cuomo explained yesterday, however, that the ne... 阅读全帖 |
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l****f 发帖数: 332 | 15 不知道是谁想出来的主意
To Pay New York Pension Fund, Cities Borrow From It First
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/nyregion/to-pay-new-york-pens
ALBANY — When New York State officials agreed to allow local governments to
use an unusual borrowing plan to put off a portion of their pension
obligations, fiscal watchdogs scoffed at the arrangement, calling it
irresponsible and unwise.
And now, their fears are being realized: cities throughout the state,
wealthy towns such as Southampton and East Hampton, count... 阅读全帖 |
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b*s 发帖数: 82482 | 16 谈判破裂了……
The LIRR’s labor costs are already 30.1 percent higher than Metro-North’s,
the other commuter railroad, even though Metro-North does five more runs
daily.
That’s why the LIRR requires bigger tax subsidies than the subways or Metro
-North do. Riders cover 59 percent of subway costs, and 60 percent of Metro-
North costs. They cover only 46 percent of LIRR costs.
Guess who makes up the rest — about $734 million a year? Cuomo’s taxpayers.
In fact, the MTA should take advantage of any strike ... 阅读全帖 |
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r***l 发帖数: 9084 | 17 ryan的方案即使是扯淡,人家毕竟提了一个具体的。民主党不同意自己就提一个呗,如
果觉的ryan方案里面国防砍的少而medicare砍的多,民主党自己就提一个建设性的方案
,大家商量妥协,弄个折中方案,反正这么高的deficit别管花在哪里,没法sustain的
。可民主党自从前年O8为了回应ryan的计划提了个口号式的计划,再没有任何建设性的
方案,现在都是揪着ryan的方案打,挑动穷人富人对立,为自己拉票。
其实别管增税还是砍花费,把budget控制就好。 砍社会福利和其他开支,砍到一定程
度总有砍不下去的时候,增税也一样,如果不控制开销,任其指数型增长,迟早有一天
征100%的税也没法平衡财政,更何况大量工作机会是富人提供的,他们的钱越多交税,
private工作机会就越少,穷人也没好处。所以双方都要让步,本着负责任的态度商量
个方案。
解铃还须系铃人,美国财政赤字问题还是需要民主党来解决,需要民主党出一个真正为
国家利益考虑的领导人。共和党提出什么方案,都会被扣上有利富人不管穷人的帽子,
根本没法继续。O8最让我faint的是,从去年就开始为连任做准备,天天飞来飞去,搞
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c****g 发帖数: 37081 | 18 http://news.yahoo.com/man-killed-2-firemen-left-note-killing-pl
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — The ex-con who lured firefighters to their deaths in a
blaze of gunfire left a rambling typewritten note saying he wanted to burn
down the neighborhood and "do what I like doing best, killing people,"
police said Tuesday.
Police Chief Gerald Pickering said 62-year-old William Spengler, who served
17 years in prison for the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother, armed
himself with a revolver, a shotgun and a mil... 阅读全帖 |
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T**********e 发帖数: 29576 | 19 这光头竟然在CNN说KO game 是小黑干的,CNN的白牛主持马上出来当场消毒。
NYPD Detective: "Knockout Game" Being Done By Black Youths
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Now I get why the cops don't want to attach it to
this title because they don't want to glorify the activity. What are you
talking about with PC is an important part to make. What are we not hearing
here that the police need to focus in stopping these incidents?
HARRY HOUCK, FORMER NYPD DETECTIVE: Well, I'll tell you. Stopping the
incidents are going to be very hard to do... 阅读全帖 |
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a*******m 发帖数: 14194 | 21 纽约州的快餐业,已经先搞了,先干为敬了。
加州的州立大学系统也跟上了。
下面就是由点到面,全面扩散的过程了。
装王八,当孙子7-8年,美帝真是牛逼起来了。
这个东西非常有标志性意义,但是,我现在没空分析,
等我有空了,再来展开。
New York moves to raise state minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers
http://news.yahoo.com/york-moves-raise-state-minimum-wage-15-fa
07/22/2015
By Sebastien Malo
Related Stories
New York panel set to make recommendations on minimum fast-food wage Reuters
State Expected to Recommend $15 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers on
Wednesday Eater New York
New York Panel Approves $15 Fast... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 22 12 月 1 日 又看了一则新闻, 呵呵
刚看了一则新闻关于麦当劳转卖的新闻,对于中国的食品安全,我总是千百个担忧,有
必要好好看一看接手人的背景及相关信息。接手麦当劳不容易啊。我不评论啊,只是观
看。你们撒的毒气越多,电磁波攻击的越强,我阅读的效果就越好。呵呵。
A consortium led by private-equity firm Carlyle Group (CG.O) and Chinese
conglomerate Citic Group Corp has neared a deal to buy McDonald's Corp's (
MCD.N) stores in China and Hong Kong for up to $3 billion, a source with
direct knowledge of the matter said.
The deal is likely to be signed before Christmas, the source said.
Reuters had reported in October that U.S... 阅读全帖 |
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L*****d 发帖数: 5093 | 23 Yet another wave of bomb threats hit Jewish community centers across
America Monday — including one in Staten Island.
Jewish centers in at least nine states faced threats through the morning and
afternoon, and in at least the fifth series of such class this year. Most
were closed or evacuated. There were no reports of any of the threats
leading to an attack.
The targeted locations included three New York center — in Staten Island,
Tarrytown and New Rochelle, according to officials and center
rep... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 24 纽时是比较客观靠谱,可读性强的左派媒体,比CNN强多了
没读完,注意到如下几点:
1. 2010年一个未向公众披露的调查显示:某隧道工程1/3的工人吃空饷,每天1000美元
工资
2. 工会收买政客要挟建筑商
3. 纽约隧道工程操作同样的机器,做类似量的工作,
需要的人手是亚洲澳洲欧洲(法国等)国家3-4倍
4. 挖隧道工人时薪+福利每小时111元,周末节假日时薪翻倍,超时再翻倍到 400/
per hour, 结果发现工人工作很容易超时(为啥工程整体进度还是那么慢想不明白)
。。lol
The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth
How excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic
rules dramatically inflate
capital costs for transit in New York. An accountant discovered the
discrepancy while reviewing the bu... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n 发帖数: 38600 | 26 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: USANews
标 题: 法官耶鲁同学:法官是个酒鬼
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Sep 29 13:55:15 2018, 美东)
Classmate: Kavanaugh drank heavily
Liz Swisher, former Yale classmate of Brett Kavanaugh, told CNN's Chris
Cuomo she never saw Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh be sexually
aggressive, but said that he lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee about
his drinking habits.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/29/liz-swisher-yale-classmate-
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s******r 发帖数: 5309 | 27 The discovery of five pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, CNN and a
liberal billionaire put the country on edge Wednesday and sent law
enforcement officials scrambling to prevent any more packages from reaching
their targets.
The hunt for a serial mail bomber began late Tuesday night when Secret
Service personnel conducting standard mail screenings found a pipe bomb
inside a plain manila envelope with a bubble-wrapped interior addressed to
former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. A simil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 28 这是一对行事高调的名人夫妻。妻子凯丽安·康威很牛,法律专业毕业,民意测验专家
、政治顾问和评论员出身的女强人,她担任特朗普的竞选经理,成为美国第一位赢得总
统大选胜利的女性竞选经理。凯丽安随特朗普进入白宫做他的高级顾问,无比忠诚无比
敬业。为了替总统的言行开脱她可真是豁出去了,“另类事实”一词就出自她的发明。
她在公开场合号召支持伊万卡品牌,有两党议员呼吁对她进行道德违规调查。
没有最牛,只有更牛。再看看丈夫乔治·康威,哈佛本科,耶鲁法学院法学博士,现在
是纽约一家知名律师事务所的合伙人,专司商务法,经手的都是超大超复杂的经济案子
。在律师个人收入和合伙人年度进项上,如果这家律师所排名第二的话,全美国没有哪
家敢说第一。乔治2010年代理过最高法院审理的Morrison v. National Australia
Bank(莫里森诉澳大利亚国家银行案),获得胜诉。特朗普曾一度考虑给他司法部民事
司的副检察长的位子。乔治一向直言不讳公开批评特朗普,甚至召集了一些保守派律师
成立了一个叫Checks and Balances(制约与平衡)的小组,专门反对特朗普。
就是这样一对结婚十几年,养... 阅读全帖 |
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s******r 发帖数: 5309 | 29 Rudolph W. Giuliani claimed Wednesday night that he “never said there was
no collusion” between President Trump’s campaign and Russia leading up to
the 2016 presidential election.
In a remarkable, at times contentious, interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo,
the president’s lawyer was accused of contradicting his own past statements
about collusion as well as what Trump and his supporters have repeatedly
asserted. On Twitter, Trump has used the phrase “no collusion” dozens of
times, and a number of th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 30 NB啊。
继剑桥分析事件后,Facebook又摊上了一起用户隐私数据事件。
据华尔街见闻2月23日报道,本周五,《华尔街日报》发布重磅调查文章,指出即便用
户没有使用Facebook,他们的个人隐私数据也会被共享给这个社交巨头。报道发出当日
,纽约州州长Andrew Cuomo下令纽约州两部门对这起Facebook访问用户隐私数据的行为
进行调查。
根据《华尔街日报》的测试,当用户打开一些App仅仅几秒后,Facebook就会从中收集
用户个人信息。更令人惊讶的是,即使用户没有使用Facebook账户登录,甚至不是
Facebook的注册用户,他们的信息也会被收集。
调查在测试了Apple store超过70款应用后发现,至少11款流行App卷入其中。排名前15
的健康健身类应用中,至少有6个发送了潜在敏感信息,包括最受欢迎的心率测试应用
HR Monitor、声称拥有2500万活跃用户的生理期追踪应用 Flo Period & Ovulation;
此外还有房地产软件Realtor.com等。安卓应用商店中也发现类似情况。
HR Monitor在用户心率记录下来后立即发给Facebo... 阅读全帖 |
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l*********r 发帖数: 695 | 32 纽约州长兄弟俩都很棒
Chris Cuomo在CNN
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q***i 发帖数: 627 | 36 All workers in nonessential businesses across New York state are required to
stay home in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic,
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced at a press conference Friday morning.
The executive order takes effect Sunday evening, Cuomo said, and comes a day
after California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state's nearly 40 million
residents to stay home. The two states have a combined population of nearly
59 million people, meaning the two orders affect ... 阅读全帖 |
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B******e 发帖数: 16928 | 38 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Senate's $2 trillion stimulus bill would
be "terrible for state of New York."
He said that based on the way the bill is written New York's government
would only get $3.8 billion. He added that "sounds like a lot of money" —
but it's not considering he estimates the state is looking at a revenue
shortfall of $9-15 billion and response has already cost New York $1 billion.
Cuomo added that in the Senate bill, New York City gets $1.3 billion, which
he called a "d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 39 不光川普,连土共都感到威胁了。
obama, trump, cuomo 三个里面cuomo最能干而且快准狠,虽然是民主党,但是民主党
里偏右的,居然要减少medicaid, 我觉得他上台不会大力引进非法移民。 |
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c**********0 发帖数: 836 | 40 你不知道纽约已经有3000非手动呼吸机库存啊。而且这种手动呼吸机
早就机械化了,现在不用手动。纽约主要还是靠cuomo, trump当然
帮了忙。没有cuomo, 纽约市就更完了。错误百出就少说话。 |
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l**********3 发帖数: 10970 | 41 Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, questioned
Friday the effectiveness of City Hall’s call for New Yorkers to cover
their faces outside, which was the latest move by Big Apple authorities
desperate to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
Zucker told reporters during a Friday press conference that there was “no
clear evidence” covering faces would help slow the spread of the disease,
but added his office was continuing to look into the matter.
Cuomo then jumped in and add... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 42 Posted on Advocate.com June 08, 2011 06:50:00 PM ET
Queens United, Almost, for Marriage Equality
By Julie Bolcer
A substantial contingent of elected officials, labor leaders, and other
advocates hosted a press conference Wednesday to show support for marriage
equality in Queens, N.Y., a borough represented by two undecided state
senators key to passage of the legislation.
The event, which brought together federal, state, and local leaders,
signaled the start of the final, intensified push for ma... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1 发帖数: 19713 | 43 New York Assembly Passes Marriage Equality Bill
By Julie Bolcer
DANNY O'DONNELL X390 (SOURCED) | ADVOCATE.COM
The New York state assembly passed the marriage equality bill for the fourth
, and perhaps the final, time on Wednesday. The measure now awaits
consideration by the senate.
Lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled chamber passed the bill by a
bipartisan vote of 80 to 63 after four hours of impassioned but largely
civil debate. In wide-ranging remarks, with a heavy emphasis on religion,
spe... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1 发帖数: 19713 | 44 Catholic Conference: Marriage Equality Bill Against Religious Liberty
By Julie Bolcer
TimothyDolanx390 (Arch NY) | Advocate.com
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan
The New York State Catholic Conference, which is lobbying to stop the state
Senate from voting on the marriage equality bill, argues that support for
the bill as currently worded would constitute “a vote against religious
liberty and against the very ministries and services that New Yorkers cannot
do without.”
In a note posted to Facebo... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 45 Posted on Advocate.com June 20, 2011 09:40:00 AM ET
Deadline for Marriage Equality in New York
By Julie Bolcer
Monday is the last scheduled day of the legislative session in New York,
where the marriage equality bill, which remains one vote short of passage,
awaits a vote in the senate.
The New York state legislative session is scheduled to end on Monday, giving
the senate one more day to hold a vote on the marriage equality bill that
remains one vote short of passage. Following a series of majo... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 46 Posted on Advocate.com June 20, 2011 05:20:00 PM ET
N.Y. Senator Tweets for Marriage Equality Feedback
By Julie Bolcer
New York State senator Greg Ball, an undecided Republican who asked his
Twitter followers how he should vote on the marriage equality bill, said the
feedback appears to be trending toward support of the measure, but he
refuses to budge unless the bill includes stronger religious exemptions.
Ball, an Air Force veteran who advocated against the “don’t ask, don’t
tell” policy, pose... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 47 42年前,在纽约Stonewall Inn拉开了美国同性恋平权运动的序幕,1969至2011,等待是
漫长的,来之不易的胜利是激动人心的。纽约是世界看美国的窗口,纽约州同性婚姻合
法化是一个标志。
同性婚姻合法将会在三年之内为纽约州增加2亿美元的收入。生活在同性婚姻合法的州/
地区的总人口将从一千六百万增加到三千五百万,生活在同性婚姻合法的州/地区的同
性伴侣将翻一番,从6.9%增加到14.3%。
纽约州42,000对同性伴侣(包括14,000个小孩)将和异性伴侣在州级权益方面有了真
正的平等。纽约从2008年开始承认州外的同性婚姻,州外结婚的住在纽约的同性伴侣可
以享受很多异性伴侣享受的州级权益,但不是所有的权益。比如异性伴侣可以继承对方
的遗产,而不用交税,而同性伴侣则必须交税
(这是Windsor v. the United States 的由来)。能在HOME STATE结婚的象征意义
也是不言而喻的。
今年上半年MD和RI合法同性婚姻的努力意外受挫,NJ的类似提案也因共和党州长的上任
而蔫了,纽约的成功一定会为这些州打一剂强心针。
纽约的成功的特殊意义在于它是两党合作的结果。... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e 发帖数: 22013 | 48 【 以下文字转载自 Rainbow 讨论区 】
发信人: whiteRice (白米饭), 信区: Rainbow
标 题: 请大家谢谢他们--转自朋友微博也谢谢他和微博
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jun 27 10:23:28 2011, 美东)
右二兄即纽约州州长Andrew Cuomo先森,和小女友,food network台的主持人桑德拉小
姐。才发现Cuomo的老爸当年也是纽约州州长,想从政童鞋麻烦请投好胎~~ 左边的纽约
市长bloomberg爷爷的气场就弱掉了有木有~ |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 49 次贷危机的根本原因是政府干预市场
作者:王蔚
2009-05-28 18:24:58
The Root Cause of the Subprime Fiasco is Government Intervention in the
Market
2007年初开始浮现的次贷危机(1)导致了全球性的金融风暴,进而造成了多数国家的经
济衰退。
看到总裁和董事长们成千万上亿的工资加奖金,人们很容易把这场经济危机归罪于华尔
街和银行(在本文范围内也包括房贷企业)的贪婪。也有文章用一两句试问那些明知没有
还贷能力却签字买房者有无责任。那么美国政府在这其中作了什么呢?
政府立法干预银行营运
Community Reinvestment Act(CRA)
1977年美国国会通过,由卡特总统签署了“社区再投资法”Community Reinvestment
Act(CRA)(2)。该法是由一些社区组织和活动家(community groups and activists)积
极推动而成的,目的是敦促银行给低收入者(多为少数族裔)贷款购房, 消除这方面的
“种族歧视”。一些银行在贫困社区开设分行,吸收存... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 50 作者:王蔚
2009-05-28 18:24:58
The Root Cause of the Subprime Fiasco is Government Intervention in the
Market
2007年初开始浮现的次贷危机(1)导致了全球性的金融风暴,进而造成了多数国家的经
济衰退。
看到总裁和董事长们成千万上亿的工资加奖金,人们很容易把这场经济危机归罪于华尔
街和银行(在本文范围内也包括房贷企业)的贪婪。也有文章用一两句试问那些明知没有
还贷能力却签字买房者有无责任。那么美国政府在这其中作了什么呢?
政府立法干预银行营运
Community Reinvestment Act(CRA)
1977年美国国会通过,由卡特总统签署了“社区再投资法”Community Reinvestment
Act(CRA)(2)。该法是由一些社区组织和活动家(community groups and activists)积
极推动而成的,目的是敦促银行给低收入者(多为少数族裔)贷款购房, 消除这方面的
“种族歧视”。一些银行在贫困社区开设分行,吸收存款,支付利息,是鼓励贫困家庭
储蓄... 阅读全帖 |
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