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Mayor Bloomberg slammed Congress Sunday for not providing federal funding to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Touting a new anti-illegal gun Super Bowl ad, the mayor said city and states don’t get enough money to perform proper background checks on gun applicants.

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If Mayor Bloomberg has his way, the empty Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx may soon be filled. Bloomberg will announce in his State of the City speech Thursday that the city plans to once again seek new development ideas for the former Bronx military post.

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A possible record crowd of revelers welcomed the New Year in Times Square, bidding farewell to troubled 2011 on a night when the weather and the vibe were pleasantly warm.

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A flailing Newt Gingrich looked to score points with middle class voters Wednesday by taking a swipe at a guy who isn’t even running for President — Mayor Bloomberg.

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The state’s plan to convert the city’s nonprofit health insurer into a for-profit venture could cost the city $300 million, Mayor Bloomberg said Friday.

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Brooklyn: So Dr. Pamela Cantor professes to tell us how to fix our schools (“How we help failing schools,” Op-Ed, Dec. 19) and goes on to inform us that her organization uses intervention and strategies to address the lack of cultural and economic understanding on the part of school personnel.

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The Queens political operative who stole $750,000 from Mayor Bloomberg is headed for the slammer.
A judge dismissed pleas for leniency and sentenced John Haggerty to one and a third to four years in state prison.

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