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A muni-meter in front of 345 Hudson Street - New York, NY - Apr 10, 2012 (credit: Evan Bindelglass / WCBS 880)

City Council Proposes Muni Meter Reprogramming To End Overpayment ‘Scam’

Currently, if a driver deposits cash into a Muni Meter when payment isn’t required, there’s no way to get a refund.

2013/05/01

Crown Heights Arrest Video (credit: YouTube/CHInfoVideo)

Cop On Modified Duty As Officials Investigate Violent Crown Heights Arrest Video

The Oct. 8 incident at the ALIYA Center on East New York Avenue in Crown Heights is being investigated by the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Brooklyn district attorney.

2012/10/16

Aidan Jack Seeger  (credit: Personal Photo)

Brooklyn Family, Who Lost Son To Genetic Disease, Hoping To Save Other Children

From eye doctors to a neurologist, no one could figure out what was wrong with Aidan Jack Seeger until an MRI uncovered that Aidan had called Adrenoleukodystrophy or ALD.

2012/10/11

A swastika found painted on a building in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Friday, June 15, 2012 (credit: Office of Assemblyman Dov Hikind)

6 Swastikas Spray Painted Across Borough Park, Including At School, Synagogue

Brooklyn lawmakers are vowing to find those responsible after six swastikas were found painted on multiple locations in Borough Park Friday morning.

2012/06/15

Muni-meter

City Council Votes For Muni-Meter Grace Period, Banishes Alternate-Side Stickers

Drivers in the city know what it’s like to cut it close at the muni-meters or get one of the much-maligned stickeds on their cars. Now, after the City Council vote, New Yorkers will get a break.

2012/03/28

New York City Sanitation Truck (file / credit: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

City Council Members Slam Plan To Charge Non-Profits For Trash Pickup

Council members from all five boroughs are vowing to stop a Bloomberg administration plan to charge non-profits for garbage pickup.

2012/03/01

Faucet (file / credit: Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Protest Held At City Hall Over NYC Water Bills

Politicians, business owners, and residents fuming over water bills that have gone sky high since New York City began installing automated meter readers protested on the steps of City Hall on Monday.

2012/02/28

(credit: nyc.gov)

Council Member Wants NYC Alternate Side Violation Sticker Ban Despite Poll Results

A new poll says a majority of New Yorkers like the sticker policy, even though the City Council recently voted to get rid of it.

2012/02/09

Midwood cars torched

Police Investigate Anti-Semitic Arson, Vandalism In Midwood; Neighbor Captures Spree On Video

At least three cars were torched and dozens of pieces of anti-Semitic graffiti were plastered along benches along Ocean Parkway between Avenues I and J early Friday morning.

2011/11/11

Leiby Kletzky (Credit: Handout)

New York City Lawmakers Push For Leiby’s Law

Lawmakers gathered Wednesday outside the place where 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky was last seen alive and pledged to make a change.

2011/07/20

Parking Meter (credit: CBS 2)

City Council Squares Off With Bloomberg Over Parking Grace Period

Parking in the city can be an exercise in frustration and costly. The City Council is holding a hearing on how to improve street parking and reduce the number of nuisance tickets.

2011/04/05

AP File Photo

Bill Would Grant Parking Perks For Pregnant Women

A New York City councilman is introducing a bill that would grant special parking rights to women who are having a difficult pregnancy.

2011/01/23

NYC fire hydrant

NYC Councilman: Paint Curbs Near Fire Hydrants

In New York City, parking near a fire hydrant can cost you dearly. So a councilman is proposing a way for motorists to “see” how close they can get to a pump and still be legal.

2010/12/16

A man goes through a full body scanner at John F. Kennedy International Airport - Queens, NY - Oct 22, 2010 - Photo: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880

NYC Councilman Wants Full Body Scanners Banned

The New York City Council’s lawyer believes it has the power to ban the new full body scanners in use at airports.

2010/11/19

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