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CITYWIDE


BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG SPENT MORE THAN $77 MILLION ON RE-ELECTION


Mayor Bloomberg, a billionaire, spent more than $77 million to win a second term, breaking the $74 million record he set in 2001 for his first try at politics, according to documents released yesterday. The spending amounts to more than $103 per vote. The first campaign finance filing after the November 8 election shows that Mr. Bloomberg spent $14.1 million in the final few weeks alone against Democratic challenger Fernando Ferrer. – Associated Press


LIBRARIES LAUNCH WEB SITE TO HELP STUDENTS WITH HOMEWORK


The New York, Brooklyn, and Queens Public Libraries will announce a new Web site today designed to help New York City students with their homework. HomeworkNYC.org will provide live one-on-one assistance, study guides, and access to newspapers, periodicals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. The site is a joint project of the three public libraries and was funded in part by a grant from the Wallace Foundation. – Special to the Sun


STATEWIDE


GREEN, SPITZER ANNOUNCE ENDORSEMENTS


With last month’s city elections now fading into political history, the candidates running for state office are beginning to roll out endorsements. Yesterday, the defeated Democratic mayoral nominee from 2001 and former public advocate, Mark Green, announced support from 95 lawyers in his bid for state attorney general. The lawyer who represented Vice President Gore in the 2000 Bush v. Gore election case, David Boises, and First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, were among his supporters. Also yesterday, the current state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, announced support in his bid for governor from 35 mayors and mayors-elect across the state. – Staff Reporter of the Sun


BROOKLYN


STEWART’S FUNERAL TO DIVERT SOME BUS SERVICE


Some bus service in Brooklyn will be rerouted today to accommodate the thousands of policeman from around the country and other mourners expected to attend the funeral and procession for Dillon Stewart, a policeman who was killed during a chase in East Flatbush last week, New York City Transit officials said. At 9:30 a.m. today, Avenue D in Brooklyn will be closed to traffic between Utica Avenue and East 48th Street until the procession ends later this morning. Utica Avenue will be closed at 9 a.m. between Snyder Avenue and Farragut Road until the procession ends. – Special to the Sun


QUEENS


CONSTRUCTION ON JETBLUE TERMINAL BEGINS TOMORROW


Construction will begin tomorrow on a new $875 million 26-gate JetBlue Airways terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The low-cost carrier signed a 30-year lease November 22 with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The authority will pay most of the cost of building the new facility, with JetBlue contributing $80 million toward the construction of the 635,000-square-foot terminal, parking garage, and roadways. Until the terminal is completed in 2009, JetBlue will continue to operate out of Terminal 6 and other temporary facilities. – Special to the Sun


MANHATTAN


TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO MULL LAW ON BOAT SPEED IN HARBOR


The City Council’s Transportation Committee today will consider legislation to create a “no wake zone” on parts of the Harlem River in light of increased river traffic and damage to Manhattan’s shoreline, piers, and marinas. Should the legislation pass, it will be the first attempt to regulate boat speeds in New York Harbor. In October, a rowing shell collided with a motorboat, killing one of the rowers onboard. – Special to the Sun

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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.


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