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Double Standard for the Times; But Then Why Not? Bloomberg Owns This Town

Leonie Haimson | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

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Leonie Haimson

In the mind of the Times, accountability for billions of dollars in tax funds for public education meant that one man alone, namely Bloomberg, should continue to have total control.

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Raymond Harding: Former NY Power Broker Guilty In Pension Probe

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — A political power broker and an investment executive who advised government officials in several states have pleaded guilty to securi...

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Pension Costs For New York's Cities And Towns May Triple

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York

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Local governments in New York State face an unprecedented increase in pension costs that will force them to triple their contributions to the state pe...

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Bloomberg Bemoans Pension Costs But ...

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York

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Pension costs have ballooned, Mayor Bloomberg says, threatening to bankrupt the city. Municipal unions and lawmakers in Albany created the crisis, he...

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