Mayor Eric Adams announced a revised $111.6 billion budget plan on Wednesday that avoids new spending cuts and increases estimates of the city’s tax haul, reflecting his administration’s increasingly sunny view of New York’s finances. But the proposal rebuffs the City Council’s request to undo far more of the billions of dollars in cuts he has ordered since last year, setting the stage for a tug-of-war with lawmakers in the coming weeks.The budget restores $80 million for childhood programs, cultural organizations and police classes that he had previously cut starting last year, when he warned that the migrant crisis and shrinking federal aid would lead to alarming shortfalls in the coming years. And City Hall says it has staved off the need for further cuts thanks to an improving economy, money from the state and its own efforts to pare down spending, especially on migrants — although critics have charged that the administration overstated the need for the initial cuts in the first place.“Thanks to our discipline and prudent approach, we’re able to invest in the things that matter to New Yorkers,” Adams said in a City Hall speech on Wednesday. The mayor has made a show in recent months of reversing some of the cuts he ordered beginning in November, no doubt conscious of polls that showed his approval rating plummeting amid widespread disapproval of his budgeting.Adams’ executive budget, which has grown compared to his $109 billion January plan, will serve as a framework... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Hilary Bradt and her former husband George Bradt became book publishers by accident, writing their first travel guide on a river barge floating down a tributary of the Amazon while vacationing in Peru in 1974. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Response to "God and the Gay Christian" kicks off new Southern Baptist imprint; awards and honors; Logos offers Episcopal Church titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sue Townsend’s funeral is to be held in her hometown of Leicester next week. All are... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than half of Britain’s online retail spend goes to Amazon, working out at £70... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" and Dan Fagin's "Toms River" were among the winners of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A late addition to the hot books at the London Book Fair is a debut novel called "Hausfrau" that Random House's David Ebershoff preempted world rights to on Friday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Astri von Arbin Ahlander is not your average 29-year-old. She’s also not your average literary agent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katherine Rundell’s novel Rooftoppers (Faber and Faber) has been crowned the overall winner... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning April 1, St. Martin’s Press will take over the publication of the Palgrave Macmillan Trade list of nonfiction titles in the areas of humanities, social science, and business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has acquired world English language rights for All This Has Nothing To Do With Me (Tout... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you bought a lot of bestsellers, you could see a hefty credit on your Amazon account on Tuesday. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ITV chief's remuneration rises by 189% on 2012, boosted by shares awarded in 2010 and company's performance share planITV chief executive Adam Crozier's total remuneration almost tripled to more than £8m last year, boosted by the award of shares worth nearly £6m under incentive schemes.Crozier... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has a clear policy prohibiting brands from publishing advertising on their pages, but things get murkier when ads take the form of sponsor content. The post Facebook takes hands-off approach to sponsor posts appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&H author on Dancing with the Stars; Religion Communicators honor books; Outreach magazine selects winning titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Let Books Be Books campaign wins instant repsonse from publisher Usborne, in time for International Women's DayA campaign to break down gender divides in children's publishing has met with instant success, after one of the publishers under fire announced they will stop producing titles labelled... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Oscars 2014 ceremony saw the movie '12 Years a Slave,' based on the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, score big by winning the Best Picture prize. The Oscars 2014 awards were held on March 2. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sparked by societal changes, some evangelical Christians have begun to break from a deeply anti-homosexual history. Two new books offer a more welcoming and modern take on Bible passages that are often used to exclude those who are LGBT from full inclusion in the church. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We interview one of our favorite YA writers, Eliot Schrefer, about his latest YA novel, Endangered, set during a chimpanzee preservation mission in Gabon. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our definition of success has become narrow, boring, and limited. If we want young people to be creative and innovative, we need to reward them for it. The following is an excerpt from Smart People Should Build Things by Andrew Yang. Copyright 2014 Andrew Yang. Reprinted courtesy of Harper... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bargains aren’t just for Walmart shoppers anymore. Starting in April, Time Inc.’s All You, the magazine for budget-conscious women, will be sold at stores outside the retail giant—the title’s sole newsstand distributor since launching 10 years ago. The exclusive deal with the world’s... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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