Hillary says goodbye. [POTH] During his confirmation hearing, Eric Holder says waterboarding is torture. [Politico] Jeff Klein wants for video slots to fund education. [AP] A Carroll Gardens blogger urges residents to write to City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden about the Gowanus rezoning. [PMFA] The mayor of Nyack is not running for re-election, and he may be leaving the Democratic ...

In a quarterly survey of economists, "participants were 'unanimous' in describing the U.S. economy as being either in a recession or on the brink of one. Most said the recession had begun in April and would last 14 months." It looks like George W. Bush will leave Barack Obama $350 billion of the $700 billion bailout money At the ...

On Friday, we wrote about how the Municipal Art Society is putting together a design forum to come up with ideas for the redevelopment of Coney Island, kicking off the initiative today. But this weekend, a Department of City Planning spokeswoman sent over a statement from planning director Amanda Burden that effectively fired a shot over the Municipal Art Society ...

A CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED edifice of fruit rose from each attendee’s plate at the New York Building Congress’ Construction Industry Breakfast Forum on Tuesday morning, in the third-floor Grand Ballroom of the Hilton at 1335 Avenue of the Americas. A delightful little slice of star fruit sat atop a thin section of orange, which sat atop a half-slice each of ...