Tom Dworetzky

Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended police handling of the Occupy Wall Street protesters and also of journalists, during his weekly radio address. Congressman Jerrold Nadler has called for an investigation.

Oh, irony, your sweet breath sends chills down my spine! Now Hilary Clinton called the Russian Election rigged and is urging the Occupy Kremlin crowd to speak up...Say nyet, she urges foreign protestors, to corruption and cronyism that infects the Putin government and its one percenters. But silence, near as I can tell, to cracking down on ours.

Oh, irony, your sweet breath sends chills down my spine! Now Hilary Clinton called the Russian Election rigged and is urging the Occupy Kremlin crowd to speak up...Say nyet, she urges foreign protestors, to corruption and cronyism that infects the Putin government and its one percenters. But silence, near as I can tell, to cracking down on ours.

John Lennon was right then, and he's right now: All you need is love.

The fatal 2008 crane collapse is heading to open court, prompted by worries by both prosecutors and families of victims.

Strawberry Fields Forever: John Lennon was shot and killed 31 years ago, today, outside the Dakota home he shared with Yoko Ono.

Strawberry Fields Forever: John Lennon was shot and killed 31 years ago, today, outside the Dakota home he shared with Yoko Ono.

The Highline project's third phase might more ahead sooner than expected. That section would extend west and then north from the present end of the line at 30th St towards the river, along the Westside Highway, and north.

The long shadow of Occupy Wall Street fell across the New York Legislature Tuesday, when its leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to changes to New York State's income tax, which will cut rates for many in the middle class, while adding a new bracket for those making over $2 million a year. And we, the middle class, owe that rag-tag group of small-d democrats our gratitude.

The long shadow of Occupy Wall Street fell across the New York Legislature Tuesday, when its leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to changes to New York State's income tax, which will cut rates for many in the middle class, while adding a new bracket for those making over $2 million a year. And we, the middle class, owe that rag-tag group of small-d democrats our gratitude.

Last year saw a record number of discarded votes in New York elections--60,000 in total. The main culprit, apparently, was poorly designed ballots that let people vote for more than one candidate in a contest, according to a New York University study..

Every New Yorker trapped in a tiny, cramped apartment--since Mr. Blandings--has dreamed of a new world...a new life--and driven by enough extreme urban chaos--even a new planet. Now NASA has found one.

Every New Yorker trapped in a tiny, cramped apartment--since Mr. Blandings--has dreamed of a new world...a new life--and driven by enough extreme urban chaos--even a new planet. Now NASA has found one.

Fresh from his appearance at a exclusive Tea Party event on Staten Island Saturday, from which International Business Times was barred, Newt Gingrich met with Donald Trump, seeking his support.

The annual Kennedy Center Gala this year bestowed its recognition on Diamond, actress Meryl Streep, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, singer Barbara Cook and saxophonist Sonny Rollins. It's also a weekend that saw the comeback victory of Tiger Woods, the personally troubled golf great, who finally won a tournament after a two-plus-year drought, the Chevron Challenge and Sherman Oaks, held Sunday in Los Angeles. Why do we hold up athletes as role models so much more often than we do artists?

What do Vladimir Putin, a real Don, and Herman Cain, a real Godfather Pizza Don, have in common? The connection is psychological, maybe even Dostoevskian. But it isn't about depression, unless it's ours, the voting public. It's about delusion.

Occupy Wall Street is the sharp tip of the spear, the Seal Team 6, that has driven the first hole in the unbroken line of Grover Norquist's famed anti-tax, pro-elite movement--and its so-called pledge. OWS has already done its work, already changed the public debate.

Occupy Wall Street is the sharp tip of the spear, the Seal Team 6, that has driven the first hole in the unbroken line of Grover Norquist's famed anti-tax, pro-elite movement--and its so-called pledge. OWS has already done its work, already changed the public debate.

Facebook 'Friends' New York: It won't talk about its IPO, but it will tell you that it's opening an engineering office in New York City-its first outside the left coast.

I was cautiously optimistic to see the unemployment figures dropping to 8.6 percent, concerned that only 7 percent of those who lost and regained jobs during the financial mess are maintaining their previous financial position and despair at the impact decaying infrastructure, like the New York City L Train, has on small businesses and our chances of economic recovery.

Unemployment is down, but so is the financial position of job-finders. The New York City L train is shut too many weekends for piecemeal repairs, while desperately needed infrastructure needs go unmet. It's hurting small Williamsburg shops--and speaks to the proper role of government.

Unemployment is down, but so is the financial position of job-finders. The New York City L train is shut too many weekends for piecemeal repairs, while desperately needed infrastructure needs go unmet. It's hurting small Williamsburg shops--and speaks to the proper role of government.

According to a report in the New York Post, Apple's Grand Central Terminal store may a better deal for the computer giant than the MTA, and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has begun an investigation into its overly generous terms.

The New York Post reports that David Abrams, assistant commissioner, who tops Office of Standards, Assessment and Reporting for the states's school system, is getting the boot

Venerable rock star, Jackson Browne, and the groups Third Eye Blind and Dawes are making the Occupy Wall Street scene at Zuccotti Thursday noon,

As if Bikram Yoga wasn't hot enough, now its founder, Bikram Chaudhury has filed suit against Yoga to the People, an inexpensive East Village Yoga studio, for ripping off his copyrighted moves, according to reports at DNAinfo.

Last December's blizzard mess won't happen this year. The Dept. of Sanitation will keep us safe. We're going to have to get back and prove to them that one little slip is not the way we are going to operate in the future, Commissioner John Doherty told reporters at a news conference. I remember that blizzard, and I remember other ones from years gone by. And, maybe I'm just contrarian, but, know what? I like them!

Detective Gescard Isnora, who allegedly triggered the incident that let to the shooting and killing of Sean Bell, has been recommended for firing by the commissioner who handled the review, unnamed sources.

The J.Lo, TATS Cru mural suit has been settled, The Daily News reports. The unauthorized use in a Fiat ad was resolved at high speed, and while terms are confidential, the Cru seems down with it.