Yesterday, after a contentious press conference, the City Council passed the living wage bill, in a 45-5 vote. more ›

As promised, New Jersey governor Chris Christie went and vetoed gay marriage in the Garden State today. It took him six hours from it reaching his desk to issue what he called a "conditional" veto of the bill. more ›

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has is throwing his weight around again, this time to shut down Snooki and Co. Christie has officially blocked the $420,000 tax credit Jersey residents were about to pick up for the first season of Jersey Shore. more ›

Remember how Governor Paterson had to personally sign over 6,700 line items for veto last week? Well, his staff delivered them to the Legislature. Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook said, "We are not negotiating. These vetoes have been delivered...at this point, what needs to happen is that the Senate needs to pass a revenue bill and then the budget is complete." In case you forgot, the state budget was due on April 1. more ›

Veto-palooza is over—for now. Yesterday, Governor David Paterson completed his marathon of vetoing 6,709 line items that the Assembly and Senate added to his budget. The madness began on Thursday, with Paterson offering his initials to veto over 4,000 porky items; yesterday's session was at the Governor's Mansion, with Paterson knocking out about 2,000 items. According to the Daily Politics, "That's more than $500 million in additional spending he slashed as well as nearly $200 milliion more in member items approved in previous years but still not paid by the state." more ›

Last night, the State Assembly and Senate voted to approve a budget that would restore hundreds of millions to education and health care, but then hours later, Governor Paterson said he'd veto every single one of the over 6,900 items. According to the Times Union, "The governor will have to initial every rejected item personally -- with no mechanical help. At the rate of one line-item veto every five seconds, that means the governor will have to spend almost 10 hours straight on the project -- and that's without bathroom or meal breaks. Paterson has 10 days to complete the project." Paterson's spokesman was able to joke, "We'll set up a webcam," while the governor himself said, "If I start now, I figure I should be finished before I leave office." more ›

Last week a Bronx motorist threw a ticket agent's hand-held computer to the ground during an angry dispute over a parking ticket issued minutes after his Muni-Meter expired. "I get a five-minute grace period. It was in the media, today on the news," George Collazo reportedly yelled during the altercation. George, if you're reading this, we regret to inform you that your grace is still denied. more ›

The Mayor and City Council are facing off over housing regulations that could lower barriers to low-income tenants receiving federal housing vouchers to subsidize their rents. The City Council is attempting to pass a law which would make it harder for landlords to refuse Section 8 tenants, but Mayor Bloomberg just vetoed the Council-passed law. more ›