[external] The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week Jun 26, 2005
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week. Whether the bulls are running or the bears are growling, depend on our team of 50 Wall Street pros to give you the winning edge FREE.. (Yahoo Finance -- Broadcasting & Cable TV)
Bloomberg Extends Lead In Poll Jun 22, 2005
NEW YORK -- The rejection of a Manhattan football stadium tied to the city's diminished hopes of hosting the 2012 Olympics did not damage Mayor Michael Bloomberg's chances at re-election, according to a poll released Wednesday. Bloomberg extended his lead over former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, and the mayor's approval rating surged to a three-year high in the Quinnipiac University poll. (WNBC.com, NY)
A new Games plan in NYC Jun 14, 2005
NEW YORK -- The city will use a new baseball stadium for the New York Mets in Queens as part of its latest bid to land the 2012 Olympics after its Manhattan football stadium plan foundered, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who opposed the West Side project, voiced support Sunday night and pegged the state's cost for the Queens stadium at about $75 million. (Albany Times Union)
10 Spot: Cupholders in urinals. Really. Jun 14, 2005
The New York campaign for the 2012 Olympics now features a planned Mets stadium in Queens as the bid's main Olympic stadium following last week's rejection of the Manhattan football stadium by state leaders. The Mets were understandably eager to play in an Olympic-host stadium after seeing how well it worked out for the Expos. (CNN)
Jets stadium in Manhattan: Boon or boondoggle for state May 15, 2005
Their plan to put up $600 million in public funds to the New York Jets for a $2 billion Manhattan football stadium would be a new high in public sports facility subsidies. And it comes with giant headaches -- major critics, multiple lawsuits and a reluctant public. (Albany Times Union)
Jersey gives Jets' stadium Bronx cheer Oct 6, 2004
Trenton, N.J. Fearing adverse impacts from traffic and sewage, New Jersey officials want an additional environmental study of the proposed Manhattan football stadium for the Jets. Attorney General Peter Harvey and officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection said the project would have a harmful impact on New Jersey. (Times Herald-Record, NY -- Sports)
Jets arena is similar to fumbled ... May 19, 2004
4 billion Manhattan football palace, raising the prospect that the team may accomplish a development feat that the Patriots failed to pull off several years ago. The Jets 75,000-seat retractable-roofed stadium, topped by 34 electricity-generating windmills, would rise on the banks of the Hudson River near New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Madison Square Garden. (Boston Herald, MA)
New York Mayor Bloomberg and NFL Commissioner Tagliabue announce ... Oct 8, 2003
7, 2003) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced that nine Lower Manhattan projects would benefit from $5. Created in 2001, the NFL Disaster Relief Fund is a collaborative endeavor of the National Football League and the NFL Players Association developed to assist organizations directly and indirectly affected by the events of September 11th, and whose projects improve business conditions, educational opportunities and quality of life... (NFL News)
