In the wake of delays in the state’s review of hydraulic fracturing, elected and appointed government officials and industry experts are at odds over the benefits of extending a process that has already taken more than four years. To read the full article at City & State click here 
A controversial proposal to re-draw New York City Council district lines could violate the city charter and split African-American and Latino communities, critics say. To read the full article at City & State click here 
After months of fruitless negotiations and strong-arm tactics by upper management, Brooklyn Cablevision workers wrote a letter to Cablevision CEO James Dolan saying that they now plan to leaflet the venues he owns, which include Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theater and Radio City Music Hall, in an attempt to put pressure on Cablevision to 
In time for tonight’s debate, and the election season, famed political satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin lampoons the infamous Romney family adventure in Dog on the Roof: On the road with Mitt and the Mutt. For the first time, Kluger and Slavin present the completely true—only mildly embellished—story of Seamus Romney, the Irish setter 
The Barclays Center officially opened its doors on Friday nine years after the plan to build the arena was unveiled in City Hall, but development at the rest of Atlantic Yards remains stalled. To read the full article at City & State click here 
This week was all about money. We learned that the gap between rich and poor New Yorkers is widening, that Mayor Bloomberg is the tenth richest man in the U.S., and that 47 percent of Americans don’t pay federal income tax, mostly because they’re very poor or elderly. To read the full article at City 
With the New York City area’s three major airports plagued by the worst flight delays in the country, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it is looking into taking over the Atlantic City International Airport to try to ease the load on JFK, LaGuardia and Newark. To read the full article 
Actor Kal Penn and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas will co-host a fundraiser for Public Advocate candidate Reshma Saujani on October 16th at the Downtown Community Television Center in Manhattan. To read the full article at City & State click here 
Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer’s press secretary Audrey Gelman is in Vogue this month. To read the full article at City and State click here 
Every time Charlie comes back from the dentist, he breaks the law. “I’ve had eight teeth pulled in four sessions, and each time I only needed the OxyContin for a few days, but I ended up with enough for more than a week,” said Charlie, a 26-year-old Brooklyn resident with no criminal record whose last 
