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Richard Ravitch

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Name: Richard Ravitch

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

WNET

Former NY Army Corps Commander On Post-Sandy Reality: ‘Climate Change Is Real,’ ‘We’ve Got To Stop Ignoring It’

At a May 16 televised forum on the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, a former top military infrastructure official called on Americans to “stop ignoring” climate change and “realize it’s the new reality.” At the Sandy town hall organized by public ... [Published Think Progress - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Army Corps, WNET, Sea Level Rise

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Paul Volker

Trentons global finance big shot But can even it save public pensions?

Doubts abound in financial circles — even though the Investment Div. boasts of being among the national leaders in returns earned and in minimizing fees paid out (the division manages 75 percent of its investments itself).In a semi-hushed sort of way, ... [Published Trentonian.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Richard Ravitch, Task Force, Paul Volker, Office of Management and Budget

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

What’s On Thursday

9 P.M. (NBC) THE OFFICE The series comes to an end as, months after the documentary is broadcast, Dunder Mifflin employees past and present reunite for a wedding and a final round of interviews in which hatchets are buried and mysteries are solved. Mindy ... [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Chris Rock, A. O. Scott, Katharine Houghton, Lisa Cholodenko

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

For New York Mayor, D’Amato Puts His Money on a Democrat

He was the rough-and-ready boss of the New York State Republican Party for a quarter-century, the senator from the suburbs who helped make “liberal” a dirty word in American politics. Yet , it turns out, is the biggest financial backer for one Democrat ... [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Amato's, Betsy Gotbaum, Richard Ravitch

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

City Room: De Blasio Reaches Fund-Raising Cap; Thompson and Lhota Collections Impress

3:40 p.m. | Updated Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, reached a crucial milestone in his bid for mayor on Tuesday when his campaign reported that he had raised all the money he is allowed to spend in the coming Democratic primary.William C. Thompson ... [Published New York Times - May 14 2013]

Entities: Joseph Lhota, Jonathan Prince, Richard Ravitch

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Thompson Doubles Money Raised in Mayoral Race

NEW YORK—Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson’s campaign raised close to $600,000 for this filing period, doubling the last three-month filing period, according to Thompson’s Chief Strategist Jonathan Prince.“It is a dramatic uptick in our fundraising ... [Published Epoch Times - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bill Thompson, Jonathan Prince, Richard Ravitch, Ruben Diaz, Jr.

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Noting Bill Thompson's strides

It has been a great couple of weeks in the mayoral race. But something important may be happening away from the spotlight.Consider these revelations:The candidates were quizzed at a forum about when they last lived in a rent-regulated apartment, which ... [Published Crains NY Business - May 10 2013]

Entities: William Thompson, Herman D. Farrell, José M. Serrano

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Insight: New York authorities in wave of pension payment deferrals

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Niagara Falls, a city in New York staring at the prospect of insolvency in the face of a weak local economy and soaring employee costs, diverting money earmarked for pensions to cover short-term spending needs seemed like the ... [Published Morning Call - May 09 2013]

Entities: Thomas DiNapoli, Niagara Falls (United States), Fiscal Year

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Thompson Picks Up Backing of a Fiscal Repairman

In recent weeks, William C. Thompson Jr. has been increasingly unfurling mayoral endorsements from African-American and Hispanic leaders, hoping to solidify his base.But now Mr. Thompson, a Democratic candidate and former city comptroller, is adding someone ... [Published New York Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Richard Ravitch, Michael Bloomberg, Christine C. Quinn

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

State budgets are in disarray

All the focus on our national debt, sequester cuts and federal tax increases is obscuring a smoldering problem in the states. Declining tax revenues, budget deficits and underfunded pensions have legislatures scrambling for revenue. Many states are taxing ... [Published Camas-Washougal Post-Record - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Bankruptcy, Health Care, Medicaid, Richard Ravitch, Task Force

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Ravitch, Rendell, Romasco on Cost of Health Care

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch, former Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell and Robert Romasco, president of AARP, participate in a panel discussion about managing the cost of health-care benefits for former ... [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Richard Ravitch, Edward G Rendell, Health Care, Lieutenant Governor, Source: Bloomberg LP

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Road to the fiscal cliff goes through Albany

Everyone knows that if you want the real answer, you follow the money. Now, a former lieutenant governor, best known as the man who saved New York City in the 1970s when there was no more money left to follow, has proposed a more subtle approach to explain ... [Published Record Online - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Albany (New York, United States), Fiscal Cliff, Richard Ravitch, Money Management

Quotes

...smoothing, but that's a lot of nonsense, they're borrowing," said former New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch, a critic of the deferrals. "they're contributing promissory notes to the pension fund and that is what's called in my world kicking the can down the road, and i consider it highly irresponsible, highly risky."

Insight: New York authorities in wave of pension payment deferrals [Published Morning Call - May 09 2013]

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What’s On Thursday [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]
For New York Mayor, D’Amato Puts His Money on a... [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]
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Thompson Doubles Money Raised in Mayoral Race [Published Epoch Times - May 14 2013]
Bill Thompson quietly builds formidable mayor... [Published New York Daily News - May 12 2013]
Noting Bill Thompson's strides [Published Crains NY Business - May 10 2013]
Insight: New York authorities in wave of pensio... [Published Morning Call - May 09 2013]
Thompson Picks Up Backing of a Fiscal Repairman [Published New York Times - May 08 2013]
State budgets are in disarray [Published Camas-Washougal Post-Record - Apr 30 2013]
Ravitch, Rendell, Romasco on Cost of Health Care [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 30 2013]
Road to the fiscal cliff goes through Albany [Published Record Online - Apr 17 2013]
If conscience dictates, then expand Medicaid [Published Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Feb 27 2013]
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Illinois probes pension problem [Published Columbia Daily Herald - Dec 31 2012]
âCliffâ looms for Va. as well, report warns [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Dec 30 2012]
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