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City Overhauls Crane Testing
In an announcement yesterday, the city handed over its license testing responsibilities for smaller crane operators to the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators. The city will still conduct tests for larger operators looking to get crane operator licenses, but one official did not rule out handing over that responsibility to the national group as well. The move precedes expected indictments at the Department of Buildings. For more, see Land Use Links in the News.

Council Divided on Term Limits
In a closed-door meeting, the City Council seemed split over a proposal to extend term limits, according to several members who attended. Some say the proposal, which would extend the city's term limit from two to three, should not be decided in the council chamber, but by a referendum. City Hall reports Council Speaker Christine Quinn is expected to support an extension. That revision met further opposition when billionaire Ronald Lauder, who had expressed support for the plan, said he would not support the proposal unless it was a one-time only extension. A bill to revise term limits is scheduled for introduction at the City Council today. For more, see City Hall News.

Term-Limits Deal?, Paterson Call for Cuts, NY faces $1.2B budget shortfall, Third Term Try Official , A Three Term Future, Bloomberg to Try for Three, complete archive of lead stories.

In the Press

Nonprofits Feel a Pinch (NY Times)

Arguments on Brutality History Prohibited at Protest Trial (Daily News)

Ground Zero Plaza Sees Delay, Again (NY Post)

State Pension Suits Settled (Newsday)

How Businesses Back Bloomberg (City Limits)

Environmental Advocates Criticize Starbucks Water Usage (AM New York)

Today's Report
Risk of High Blood Pressure
A new study by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found more than 750,000 New Yorkers are at risk of heart attack or stroke because of dangerously high blood pressure. Half of the 1.5 million New Yorkers with high blood pressure do not have the condition under control. The survey found one in four New Yorkers have high blood pressure compared to 30 percent nationwide. (read the full report)

Recent Reports
Low Food Stamp Access in Immigrant Communities, Healthier School Buses, The Regional Economy, Mental Health of 9/11 Workers, more recent reports.