Dollar May Boomerang on the City
Currency Rise Could Have an Impact on Real Estate, Tourism
BY CANDACE TAYLOR - Staff Reporter of the Sun
A rapidly rising dollar is threatening to boomerang on New York City's real estate and tourism industries, economists and real estate officials say. Over the past month, the greenback has surged against gold and foreign currencies, including the euro…
Albany Has Fix For Doctors' Insurance Ills
BY E.B. SOLOMONT - Staff Reporter of the Sun
By freezing liability premiums for a year, lawmakers have delivered financial relief to doctors in New York, but the battle over malpractice insurance rates is far from over. Lawmakers placed a moratorium on a rate increase between July 1 of this year…
'Bait' Car in the Bronx Nets 3 Arrests
BY Associated Press
New York City prosecutors planted a car loaded with electronics as bait in a Bronx neighborhood where a recent rash of break-ins occurred and caught three people breaking into the vehicle. Prosecutors say auto crime police surveillance teams spotted…
Politicians Demand More Protection for Seniors
BY Special to the Sun
Elected officials — including the president of Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz, and three City Council members — demanded more protection for seniors yesterday in response to a recent chain of assaults on the elderly. Police believe that one man, who…
City Officials Point to Increase in Food Stamp Theft
BY Associated Press
Officials say identity thieves are feeding off New York City's vulnerable by stealing their food stamps. A fraud officer with the Human Resources Administration says it's become a common occurrence: Identity thieves break into welfare accounts and…
School Bus Operators Set Fight Over Special Ed Routes
BY ELIZABETH GREEN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
Just weeks before the first day of school, yellow school bus operators in the city are preparing to battle the city Department of Education, which they say is signaling a desire to drop 640 special education bus routes this fall. A spokesman for the…
U.S. Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies at 58
BY M.R. KROPKO - Associated Press
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died yesterday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said. Tubbs Jones, 58, died…
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