In a scathing decision, the state Supreme Court's Ap pellate Division yesterday ruled against the threatened use of eminent domain by New York state to benefit one private party, Columbia University, at the expense of another private party — my famil... Full Story »
The White House didn't invite the firms that will create new jobs to its "job summit" -- dominated by the CEOs of big firms, Ivy League economists and union officials -- because they weren't available. Many of them don't even exist yet. Our econo... Full Story »
The tenant lawyer who recently led a groundbreaking court battle over rents at Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village is up in arms over a Wall Street report that predicts the ruling will drain billions in dollars from the city's real estate market. ... Full Story »
When Air Force One jets off to Co penhagen next week, clouds of greenhouse gases billowing in its wake, the president would be wise to recall why the US Senate voted 95-0 against the Kyoto Protocol in 1997: It required huge economic sacrifice from A... Full Story »
So how dumb is this? Congress wants to know how unin vited fame-and-glory seekers Tareq and Michaele Salahi managed to crash last month's state dinner for the prime minister of India -- and the White House is stonewalling. Pretty dumb. The ... Full Story »
THE ISSUE: Climate Czar Carol Browner's defense of the manmade-global-warming argument. *** Michelle Malkin has all these Frankenstein scientists in the Obama camp pegged ("All the Prez's Climategate Deniers," PostOpinion, Dec. 2). Even with al... Full Story »
THE ISSUE: John "Junior" Gotti's fourth racketeering and murder mistrial since 2005. *** What happened with John "Junior" Gotti's trial may very well be what will happen with upcoming terrorist trials ("Father's Day for Freed Gotti," Dec. 3). I... Full Story »
THE FBI's failure to see clear warning signs in the Fort Hood case revives the ques tion of whether it's up to the task of countering terrorism. Before his murderous rampage, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was exchanging e-mails with a radical Yemen-base... Full Story »
Next week's Copenhagen summit on climate change already seems doomed to failure, and voices on both sides of the global-warming debate are trying to pin the blame on Climategate. "Climategate" refers to the leaking of vast numbers of e-mails and ... Full Story »
Thank consumerism, the reverend is back!Perhaps it’s a good thing that Rev. Billy — a.k.a. Windsor Terrace performance artist Bill Talen — got only one percent of the vote for mayor this year. Otherwise, he’d be preparing for his swearing in rather t... Full Story »
A Brooklyn Heights small business owner faces thousands in fines — even though she only posted one thing on a Court Street lamppost.The owner of Sketch & Hammer, Susan Hager, freely admits that she taped an envelope containing 15 of business cards fo... Full Story »
‘Twas the season for parishioners to unite in song – plus enjoy a merry mingle with Kris Kringle – as Yuletide festivities got underway at Good Shepherd Church.The young and the young-at-heart ushered in the holidays at the house of worship, Batcheld... Full Story »
As happens every year, local motorists have been on the receiving end of advice that is intended to make sure that everyone’s holiday is merry: Don’t drink and drive.While the temptation is ever present, Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, the commandin... Full Story »
The mayoral election has been resolved, but Mayor Bloomberg is still bashing outgoing Comptroller Bill Thompson — this time over the controversial Brooklyn House of Detention. This morning, the Bloomberg administration sued Thompson, alleging that th... Full Story »
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes (center) accepts the distinguished Brooklyn Masonic Award from Lennox Britton, president of the First Kings Masonic District (left), as Masonic District Deputy Grand Master Cyril A. Francis looks.The award cap... Full Story »
Attention investors! Now that the key bond-rating agencies have signed off on the financing for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards arena, $500 million in tax-free notes are poised to go on the market any day now.On Tuesday, Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s... Full Story »
Watching the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s gripping but inconsistent — though sold-out nonetheless! — production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” one could not help but feel the vague palimpsest of one of the last big productions on the same BAM Harvey s... Full Story »
Hopes for the Gowanus Canal to be designated a Superfund site were reigned in on Thursday night as a top official cautioned that it is very rare for a proposal to be approved in less than a year. “It is unusual for a Superfund listing to be made in l... Full Story »
With their regal deep wine color and their complex, sensual flavor, beets make a striking -- and addictive -- addition to holiday tables.The best beet dishes allow the sweet earthiness of the beets to prevail, their softness contrasted with crunch, a... Full Story »
The main opponents of a city plan to rezone Coney Island’s faded amusement area in hopes of encouraging the development of housing, retail and a new 12-acre ocean-front amusement park have sued the city on the grounds that the new theme park isn’t bi... Full Story »
General Electric may be delighted to end its two-decade foray into entertainment, but giving up its space and signage at 30 Rockefeller Plaza is something else entirely. Despite the deal struck yesterday to hand over control of NBC Universal to ca... Full Story »
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts yesterday completed his five-year quest to become a content kingpin. Taking some of the sting out of his failed bid to acquire Disney in 2004, Roberts seized control of NBC Universal in a deal that he said on a conference... Full Story »
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suffered the slings and arrows of outraged lawmakers yesterday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill. He stood up to his five-hour grilling and is expected to win his s... Full Story »
Wall Street had hoped for a strong start to the holiday shopping season, but it got a lump of coal instead. Major retailers from Macy's to Gap to Abercrombie & Fitch reported November sales yesterday that sorely disappointed investors, sending thei... Full Story »
A group of congressional Democrats proposed taxing large transactions in stocks and derivatives, an idea that has received a cool reception from the Obama administration. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there's a "great deal of merit" in imposi... Full Story »
Holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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