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Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to drop his administration's controversial plan to charge motorists involved in accidents for emergency-response services, a coup for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn .

Mayor Drops Accident Tax After Criticism Michael Howard Saul 2011

Last fall, as the Bloomberg administration grappled with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, the FDNY and the mayor decided New York should join a growing number of municipalities around the country that are charging motorists involved in accidents for emergency-response services.

Mayor Drops Accident Tax After Criticism Michael Howard Saul 2011

More Complete Coverage: The Gulf Oil Spill Coast Guard and other federal emergency-response officials told the commission they wouldn't have acted differently if they had known the spill rate was much greater than BP's initial 1,000 barrel a day estimate.

Spill Panel Finds U.S. Was Slow to React Stephen Power 2010

The American Red Cross mobilized resources as well, including 200 emergency-response vehicles, 120,000 ready-to-eat meals and 1,000 volunteers, said Chief Executive Gail McGovern.

East Braces for a Walloping Mike Esterl 2011

Military helicopters and fire-fighting assets were assisting civilian emergency-response personnel in securing the crash site, the spokesman said.

Plane Crash in Canadian Arctic Kills 12 Chip Cummins 2011

Brunete created a new emergency-response team, while providing cleaning services and various types of building materials for local schools.

Spanish Towns Struggle Under Crushing Debts Jonathan House 2010

Business leaders might think of service the way it's taken to heart by our best emergency-response and military outfits -- service to our country, service to the world.

Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011

Business leaders might think of service the way it's taken to heart by our best emergency-response and military outfits -- service to our country, service to the world.

Steve Leveen: When Government and Business Get It Really Right -- Together Steve Leveen 2011

According to the Spanish Federation of Municipalities, cities pay more than € 7 billion annually for services that they say should, by law, be provided by other levels of government, including nursery schools and some types of police and emergency-response services.

Spanish Towns Struggle Under Crushing Debts Jonathan House 2010

"The current international emergency-response framework needs to be reassessed," Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Monday at a news conference after an extraordinary meeting of the agency's 35-nation board of governors.

U.N. Agency Calls for Safety Review Flemming Emil Hansen 2011