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  • staten island ferry
  • Starting in six months, the ferry will run every half hour in both directions between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. on weekends.
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  • council votes for nypd inspector general
  • Stacy Sager has more on the vote.
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  • As a City Hall faceoff over creating new oversight for police heads for a make-or-break vote later this month, a lawmaker who had been seen as a potentially crucial swing vote made clear Wednesday he's standing by his support for the legislation.
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  • The most expansive plans in years to impose new oversight on the New York Police Department passed the City Council early Thursday, as lawmakers voted to create an outside watchdog and make it easier to bring racial profiling claims against the nation's largest police force.
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  • newsstand price cap
  • Newsstand operators and supporters say the City Council proposal to lift the more than decade-old limit from $5 to $10 would help the venerable businesses keep up with the times.
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  • Mayor Bloomberg says lowering the fines is one of the stupidest things he has ever heard.
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  • The New York City Council has approved a measure to improve access to taxis for the visually impaired.
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  • It means a pay hike to $11.50 an hour for people who work at companies that receive $1 million or more in city subsidies.
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  • People have been hurt by bike riders on sidewalks, and now New York City Councilman James Vacca wants to do something about it.
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  • New York City Council's Housing and Buildings Committee will review two bills on elevator safety at a hearing on Monday.
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  • Dave Evans has the details on the New York City Council members' protest.
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  • What would you do with a million dollars? You may have the answer, but four NYC Council Members apparently don't.
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  • In Manhattan, filled with taxis, you would figure that a city council member would have no problem hailing a cab.
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  • The New York City Council is expected to approve legislation Thursday that raises the age limit for the FDNY from 29 to 35.
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  • It's hard to forget the holiday blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow and paralyzed New York City.
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  • Dave Evans reports
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  • Tim Fleischer reports
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  • New York City Council held another hearing on the city's response to the blizzard of 2010.
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  • The Queensborough Bridge may not be one of our prettier bridges, but it is an icon.
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  • They're the fastest-growing form of transportation in the country.
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  • The New York City Council held a hearing Thursday on the possibility of a Wal-Mart store opening in Brooklyn.
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  • The New York City Council is getting tough on dog owners.
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  • MTA officials are feeling the heat Friday as the City Council opens another hearing into the transit mess during the holiday blizzard.
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  • New York City Council will vote on a bill on Thursday to crackdown on unscrupulous debt collection agencies.
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