Retired Cardinal Edward Egan’s former diocese in Connecticut is fighting hard to keep documents about alleged sexual use private. Here’s a report about an appeal to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

From the Associated Press:

Associated Press Writer
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut that has fought for years to prevent the release [...]

Yesterday I wrote about the push to make Sept. 11 a day to volunteer.

Jay Winuk, whose brother Glenn died at Twin Towers trying to help, has been behind the effort since soon afterthe attacks, and this year, he’s thrilled that Congress has made it official. Sept. 11 is now a National Day of Service and [...]

In May, I wrote about women’s magazines and their emphasis on super skinny models.

“The 7-Day Slim Down: Our Easy Plan to Tone Every Jiggle Zone,” read one headline.

Or “45 Foods That Burn Fat.”

It is my spring ritual, I noted: I flip though the pages and imagine myself perfect.

For the September issue, Glamour has broken with [...]

The updated bottle bill has had its problems. It covers only water not many of the other drinks environmentalists wanted. And it landed in court.

But this week, a federal judge lifted an injunction. Federal District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts ordered most provisions of the “Bigger Better Bottle Bill” to go into effect immediately, and [...]

Gov. David Paterson proposes tougher DWI laws when children are in the car.

Spurred by the Taconic wrong-way in which four children died, Paterson’s bill would make it a felony to drive drunk or high if a child younger than 16 is a passenger.

“In 2007, there were 9,480 accidents related to driver intoxication in New York [...]

The uproar over the appointment of Sen. Pedro Espada’s son to a $120,000 job handling government relations apparently had its effect.

Pedro G. Espada will resign from the post later today.

The Daily News first reported the story.

Sen. Espada issued this statement:

“My son, Pedro G. Espada, has informed me that he will officially withdraw on Thursday (Aug. [...]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has appointed Fatima Shama, one of his education advisers, as head of the city’s immigrant affairs office.

Shama was born in the Bronx to immigrant parents: Her mother is Brazilian; her late father, Palestinian.

I wrote about Shama a few years after the World Trade Center was destroyed, when she and other Muslims formed [...]

Manhattan Rep. Carolyn Maloney has reportedly decided against running against Kirsten Gillibrand for U.S. Senate.

Maloney is a nine-term congresswoman who represents the Upper East Side.

It is hard to understand why she waited so long to make her announcement.

She is not that well known outside of New York City and Gillibrand was picked as a new [...]

If you have a meal at Zereoue, a West African-French fusion restaurant on East 37th Street between Fifth and Madison avenues, remember to say “the Woodruffs sent me.”

Zereoue, which is owned by former NFL running back Amos Zereoue, will donate 15 percent of the check of any diner who mentions the Woodruffs to Remind.org, the [...]

Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, known for prosecuting a drunk driver on murder charges, says she is a big proponent of ignition interlocks.

Earlier this year, I wrote about an effort to make them mandatory for drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated, but like much else in Albany, the bill has gone nowhere.

Here’s an excerpt from [...]